Another trip to the Mill Lakes produced yet more Meadow Pipit on the Pit Tip Top, and a Kestrel was hunting around the far side of the Plantation. A couple of Willow Warbler were still around at Dawson's Corner, along with a male Bullfinch.
A family party of Bullfinch were at the Reedbed Boardwalk, as was the first of two singing male Chiffchaff, the other being by the Dipping Ponds with a pair of Song Thrush feeding on the berries. One or more Blackcap were chasing about in the marshy area at the other side of the path, and a Great Spotted Woodpecker flew over towards Moor Road.
On the water the Gadwall and Teal numbers were about the same as in previous visits, and I finally got onto the elusive female Shoveler (year tick) moving around the south side of the Peninsula. A single Little Grebe was also present along this stretch, which proved popular last year. There was no sign of the Snipe today, but I did get a nice view of a Sparrowhawk later that morning at the end of my road.
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