12-May-2017
Good nos of goslings this afternoon: at least 56 Greylag & 5 Canada - mostly bunched together; plus a pair of Garganey, fly over Grt W Egret and 3 Hobbies and a male Marsh Harrier over distant Canada Farm Lake.

11-May-2017
No sign of a Garganey, or any waders in an hour visit late afternoon today. Best was a Grt Wh Egret, a Hobby and 2 gambolling Brown Hares.

Yesterday evening (10th) the 2 drake Garganey and 1 female were still present, also 1 Ringed Plover and 1 Wheatear, a large bright male , maybe Greenland race.

A Grey Plover in summer plumage on the Lows around 1130 this morning only the second of this species I’ve seen here!  plus the three Garganey as per Alison’s report yesterday, unfortunately no sign of anything smaller.

This evening there were three Garganey, 2m &1f; (2 drakes reported earlier) and also two Stints with two Ringed Plover. These four weren’t very close and feeding among the vegetation   and I couldn’t be sure what species the Stints were but did have Temmincks in mind as a possibility.  I left the hide as I had no phone signal nor a camera or notebook on me and unfortunately when I returned I was unable to relocate them, a Marsh Harrier was about so they had probably all departed.

Two Garganey on the Lows yesterday morning (Tues) along with four displaying Lapwing.

A wander around the heath and fen this morning produced plenty of singing warblers including one Grasshopper Warbler ,  seen as well as heard (on the left as you head up Lower Ropes Drove) two Cuckoo, a fly over Bittern and two Hobbies over the Lows, also Greylag, Canada Goose and Mallard families.

Three Little Ringed Plover were in front of the hide early afternoon , otherwise only a few Mallard and Gadwall, just one Lapwing seen and 35 Greylags with at least two broods and seven Little Egret in the wet area to the right of the hide A cuckoo was heard briefly in from the fen area.
Driving back to Burtle there were two Cattle Egret in a field feeding among the Longhorn cattle.

Plenty of singing Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap and Chiff Chaff, also a couple of Sedge Warbler, 1 L. Redpoll in the fen and heath , a large flock of Sand Martin over the Lows , smaller numbers of Swallow, 2 Great White Egret and 5 Littles, at least one brood of Greylag goslings , about 80 Teal,  and Marsh Harrier, Kestrel and Buzzard   were the
highlights this morning.