Mild, cloudy, showers, W4 - Spent some time first thing this morning checking through the bushes at Lade ponds where there was a large overnight fall of Chiffchaffs and Robins, but little else apart from the odd Blackbird and Chaffinch and a party of Long-tailed Tits. A hefty cloud burst forced down several hundred migrating hirundines, over the willow swamp, that comprised mainly Swallows and Sand Martins. The islands and margins across the site attracted hundreds of Cormorants, three Great White, ten Little Egrets and ten Grey Herons.
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The only change on the bird reserve was a female/immature Long-tailed Duck on ARC found by OL, and a different bird from the drake a week ago at Lade. It spent more time under the water than on the surface while I was on site and could be seen at distance from Hanson hide over towards the causeway. The wind picked up making for difficult birding conditions, although in the shelter of the willow trail hundreds of Migrant Hawkers and Common Darters were active with many basking on the boardwalk in the dappled sunshine.
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