First Tern of the Year

The male Reed Bunting was again singing on the Pit Tip Top at sunrise, and a single Meadow Pipit was also present. At the Mill Lakes a pair of Gadwall were on Mud Island again , and a juvenile Grey Heron was in the shallows near Greylag Island. Highlight of the morning was brief, in form of a Common Tern over the north end of the Mill Lakes, heading ENE at around 6:30am. On the way home an adult Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen feeding a juvenile male along the back of Warren Hill.