We made the most of the decent weather this morning and got out to complete the first of our woodland bird surveys. Although it was fairly quiet (no blackbirds heard) there were at least 10 chiffchaffs singing in the carpark/Meadow Trail area.
Large birds were making the most of the thermals and a reasonable passage of migration was noted. A red kite lingered for a few hours on Tuesday before heading off east and I was lucky enough to get of the office to see 3 common cranes flying over the visitor centre on Monday. Small numbers of common buzzards were also on the move and the first of the marsh harriers have been seen locally.
Several sand martins have been present over the last few days but we will need to wait for a few more weeks yet to see the migration step up a gear.