11/05/2026

Singing male Wheatear

 A very cold with a touch of frost start to the day at the ARC found no sign of the Temminck's Stints, a few Common Terns and Avocets, a Whimbrel, Redshank, a Common Sandpiper and a 3 Ringed Plover on the islands, all the usual Reed bed Warblers were singing and a Hobby flew over, there was no sign of yesterdays birds on the Boulderwall Flood.

At The Point a singing Wheatear was pretty much the highlight there.

A slightly dejected Hobby at Dengemarsh in the rain

The reserve was unsurprisingly quiet in the wet and cold, but lots of Hirundines were feeding low over the lakes, a couple of Grey Plover and Redshanks were feeding on the islands among the nesting Herring Gulls. A Cuckoo was calling at Hookers and a Garganey was flushed from hayfield 2 and disappeared into Dengemarsh, where the several pairs of Common Terns are showing interest in the newly deployed Tern rafts, a Bittern was calling from the usual spot there where hopefully he has a mate nearby, there only appears to be one Bittern calling this year.

Swallow

Sand Martin

House martin

Common Swift