I had a walk around the area in warming conditions which produced 1 Mute Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 10 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Pheasant, 2 Swift, 3 Moorhen, 10 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 3 Cormorant, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, 4 Swallow and 3 Chiffchaff. There were 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Long tailed Tit, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest was heard singing, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Linnet, 8 Goldfinch, 3 Yellowhammer and 2 Reed Bunting. It was nice to add a new dragonfly to the patch list with 5 Red veined Darter being seen and 1 Scarce Chaser (2nd record in 10 years) was also noted.  

Firecrest

Red veined Darter - male

Highlights from an early walk Saturday morning included 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Lesser Black backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 18 Cormorant, 1 Bittern booming early morning from the Stour Valley, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 4 Skylark, 5 Sedge Warbler, 18 Reed Warbler, 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Long tailed Tit, 6 Blackcap, 13 Whitethroat, 4 Song Thrush, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer, 4 Red Kite and 2 Hobby. A look this morning for only an hour produced 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Tern, 1 Marsh Harrier, 7 Red Kite flying North, 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long tailed Tit, 3 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Goldfinch and 1 Yellowhammer. 

Red Kite

Sandwich Tern (s) (111) were sound recorded flying over Nethergong on the 22nd, a scarce bird here and only the second record of this species in 10 years. Highlights this morning included a Bittern heard booming from the Stour Valley, 3 Raven and 1 Yellowhammer.

Sandwich Tern