30 Mar - An excellent spring day in the Cotswold Water Park. Firstly, Kim Milsom found a drake Garganey (11) at pit 74, which I saw briefly from the gate before it disappeared back into the reeds on the scrape. Also here - 10 Sand Martins and my first 2 Swallows of the year, together with the usual singing Cetti's Warbler. 12 Shoveler, 10 Teal, 12 Wigeon(10), a Redshank, a Snipe and a Little Egret were also on the scrape.
At Shorncote (1), 3 Little Ringed Plovers were displaying constantly (3,4) - joined by 2 superb Black-tailed Godwits which flew in (7,8), then by a Ruff (9). 4 Shelduck (2) and 4 Red-crested Pochards were on the pools. 12+ Sand Martins were overhead. Lapwings were also displaying over the pits and fields (5,6).
A very good range of species for early spring, in continuing superb weather.
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