With three weeks' worth of germs and viruses now almost gone, the parents took me to Whisby for the afternoon. Seen/heard:
Nightingale - 4 birds heard Garden Warbler - prob. 6 or 7 birds Willow Warbler - various places Chiffchaff - singing all round the reserve Blackcap - singing all round the reserve. Willow Tit - one seen around the lake that you have a view of when you're eating at the Cafe. Mediterranean Gull - 2 Tree Sparrow - 2 near feeders
Also seen - Mallard, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Coot, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Chaffinch, Wren, Dunnock, Blackbird, Buzzard, Lesser Black-backed Gull and plenty of hirundines in the villages around the reserve.
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