Well having been off for a few days everything seems to have changed. Having struggled to break 200 species on the reserve last year this year we have sailed past and are now on 204 - the latest additions being crossbill, little auk, yellow browed warbler and richard's pipit (the last one was our sixth new species for the reserve this year taking the reserve list to an impressive 266)
Goose wise we have had a bit of a clear out with a very disappointing count of just under 21000 on Sunday, lets hope that some of that was due to the clear night and so birds were still out feeding in the fields.
The forecast is looking good for the rest of this week so perhaps 210 is achievable, watch this space.................