17th September - well the juvenile Black Tern is now on its 7th day, so despite initial signs of moving on, it obviously likes it here.
The only other birds of note were seen today in the early afternoon when 2 Ringed Plover flew in during rain. They both looked like juveniles and after landing on the spit for a few minutes quickly departed.
The regular adult YL Gull is still being seen daily and a Common Sand is still around along with a couple of Snipe.
Today, a walk around the lake found numerous Chiffchaffs - at least 15 and a few Blackcaps, whilst yesterday and in slightly lesser numbers today, hirundines were over the lake in force. Yesterday saw an estimated 100 Sand Martins, the first large count I have seen this Autumn, similar numbers of House Martins and 200 Swallows. A couple of Dabchick were also a nice addition - possibly new birds or maybe a new one joining the fairly regular singleton.
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