Well it was always going to be cold and grey so back into winter buff, lined trousers and down jacket- and May just two days away!!
After yesterday's news of many hirundines at Posbrook it was no surprise to see 3000 or so of three species plus 125 Swifts over Ibsley Water hawking with 30+ Common Terns. Sadly, nothing else of note and just seventeen Black-tailed Godwits which dropped in.
This Goldfinch was one of four feeding on the ground but also taking advantage of this dead Black-headed Gull for downy feathers for nest lining.
Over the road a quick look at the moth trap with John and Tracey was pretty fruitless being virtually empty.
Woodland Hide was birdless and like the 'black hole of calcutta', Ivy South also birdless. This Garden Warbler did sit up nicely for a portait but the camera just wouldn't lock focus so the above was very distant.
With so little happening I left, did some chores and had a quick look at PHP which, apart from 80+ hirundines was birdless. The Reed Warbler was again singing from brambles presumably until there is substantial reed growth although the bird near the terrapin logs has found itself a dense enough patch. This patch of Honesty was pretty much the only colour all day.
