As the much needed rain had fallen over night I was hoping for a fall of migrants, almost the first bird I saw as I left home was a Northern Wheatear my hopes rose even higher. As I moved into Dengemarsh a Cuckoo(my first of the year) started singing from the top of some Sallows, almost immediately I heard a a Nightingale singing from deep inside some nearby Sallows, this being the first one I have heard on the shingle for several years, it was such a pleasure that I stood listening to it for a long time, as it competed with Sedge, Reed and Cetti's Warblers and some half hearted booming from a Bittern. Over the Boulderwall Fields something I haven't heard for years was a drumming Common Snipe.
My first Cuckoo of the year
Nightingale singing with a short burst of a Cuckoo and Sedge and Reed Warblers
Common Whitethroat
My first Lesser Whitethroat of the year
A very light shower bought down lots of Hirundines, many Greenland Wheatears, at least 12 Little Gulls, also a Black Tern (RW),
Greenland Wheatears
5 of a Flock of 12 Little Gulls on the lakes
The hay fields are looking really good for breeding waders and wildfowl at the moment. There seems to be more Lapwings, Redshanks and Oystercatchers than usual there, so fingers crossed for a good season. Also on the floods at least 5 Greenshanks, a Spotted Redshank, 2 Green Sandpipers and several Garganey. As I walked past on my way home another pulse of Hirundines came through including another Red-rumped Swallow with 3 Barn Swallows, all of which just zipped straight through.
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