First Song Thrush

Lade - mild, sunshine and showers, sw 4 - A largely dry day once the early morning showers had cleared, but always with a nagging wind. A Song Thrush dropped into the garden fir trees just after dawn (something of a scarcity in these parts) to join several Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests. Outback more Chiffchaffs in the bushes, Meadow Pipits and Linnets on the Desert and hundreds of hirundines over the lakes.
  Called in at Hanson hide mid-morning where a juvenile Peregrine was upsetting the wildfowl and waders before eventually landing on the back of an island. Three Little Gulls performed over the lake amongst hundreds more hirundines, while a few Lapwings, two Greenshanks, two Black-tailed Godwits, Dunlin and the usual ducks were on the islands, plus Sparrowhawk, Great White Egret and Water Rail. The car park scrub attracted a large mixed passerine flock, mostly tits and Chiffchaffs, plus a few Goldcrests, Blackcaps and a Lesser Whitethroat.
  After watching QPR getting outplayed by WBA I needed cheering up! Like a true optimist I then spent 90 minutes at the fishing boats, with CP, watching distant Gannets, Sandwich Terns and Arctic Skuas, plus a Red-throated Diver, nine Common Scoters and a few auks.