Somewhat bereft of birds today (there were a couple of foil surfers). The RC pochard was still escorting a female mallard, now with only 5 ducklings (they look the same as rest though), other families still had 7, 2 & 1. NO diving ducks or coot seen, just GC grebes, cormorants & gulls. House sparrows & pied wagtails on sides.
4 summer plumage dunlin near Cheddar Tower this morning. Also 4 common sandpipers flying about. Yesterday a brief little ringed plover near Axbridge Tower and a red kite flew low over..
At least 2 Common Sandpipers still present this afternoon between Sailing Club and Cheddar Tower; drake Red-crested Pochard also loitering close to Axbridge entrance.
A few hirundines over the water, mostly Swallows but the odd House Martin and a single Sand Martin were noted.
Lesser Whitethroat singing at the back of the cemetery.
At least 4 of them are still there this evening, but were chased off the side by a loose dog. I didn’t go any further than scanning both ways from the cheddar tower
I was hoping for black terns, given the number reported up the Severn recently, but there are 6 common sandpiper braving the surf between cheddar tower & sailing club (with pied wagtails & house sparrows), also 2 mallard ducklings, plus the RC pochard by axbridge entrance
Someone reported common sandpipers again yesterday, so that seems most likely, although I have also seen Sanderling at this time of year previously
two groups of Swallow and Martins this morning, walking the cycle path a group of predominantly Swallows numbering around 20, and continuing around to the res; a larger mixed group numbering around 70, and a bunch of 7 or 8 waders [no bins to enable ID…sandpiper size] continually on the move adjacent to the sports filed
A few swallows over the reservoir were part of a much larger arrival across the Somerset levels. The male RC pochard is also still present
a group of around 20 House Martins this morning [08:00 ish] from the Axbridge gate heading toward the boathouse
Sunday morning. 6 Common Sandpipers. Male Red-crested Pochard getting friendly with an unusual female Mallard with a black bill.
down middle moor lane, Green woodpecker 2 male Blackcap singing in fierce competition withing some 30 metres of each other, several chiff chaff and Wren, onto Stubbington Drove toward the river a single Reed Bunting , LT Tits and in the field of reed apparently used as a bio fuel so i have been informed, absolutely thronging with Reed Warblers so many you could not make out numbers,and at least 3 Skylark
a group of around 50 mixed martins this morning on the Middle moor lane side, and a single common sandpiper near the Cheddar Tower
Grey wagtail, on south shore of reservoir, around midday.
small group of Martins scooping around the playing fields this am, 3 wrens,2 Bullfinches, a green woody, two greenfinches calling in the field next to the construction site and a pair of chaffinch also several ChiffChaff along the cycle path
Windy walk round on 7th April 7.15-8.15pm included one ringed plover (flushed and flew west at 7.45), one common sandpiper, two female goosander, one swallow. Didn’t pick up Little Gull or RCP.