It's a washout!

It rained all day. It rained heavily all day! A SW wind.

It was just a day to see what you can see from a car. I checked a few spots and saw, mainly rain! (Malcolm)

Knowlys Rd 

No sign of any Brent geese in the skear corner or out from the play area. No obvious flocks of Knot.

Imperial Rd

The only things of note were 6 Little Egret in the horse field just east of the roundabout.

Middleton Nature Reserve - main pond 

Mute Swan pair plus 3 immature 

Mallard 20+

These two males were fighting over a female.

Tufted Duck 11 minimum, both males and females

These were working on their synchronised diving, doing quite well after a bit of practice.

Gadwall 4 males

No Shovelers seen

Several Coot and a Moorhen, there was no sign of a Little grebe.

The feeders were well stocked and attracting several species.

Blackbird 2

Reed Bunting 4 (2males)

Ronin 1

Dunnock 2

Great Tit 2

Blue Tit 2

Long-Tailed Tit 4

Great and Blue Tits

Great and Long-Tailed Tits

This male Reed Bunting was finding the morsels dropped from the feeders.