At Collingham and Besthorpe tonight, there was a good selection of migrants, with 3 Common Whitethroats around the site (none singing), 2 Sedge Warblers at Mons Pool (one in song, the other silent in a hedge), a male Blackcap also at Mons Pool, and lots of Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers. I also had a couple of fly-over Yellow Wags, but perhaps most pleasing were 3 Northern Wheatears in the sheep field south of Ferry Lane Lake; I've been checking this spot for Wheatears on every recent visit and was beginning to lose hope...
Non-passerines included a Common Sandpipers on Wharf Pit and a Green Sandpiper on Ferry Lane Lake, with Mons Pool hosting a Redshank and a party of 7 Dunlin and 6 Ringed Plovers (with 2 and 4, respectively, seen earlier in the day); it's good to see that this site is attracting a few waders, and hopefully bodes well for later in the spring.
Hopefully I'll be able to get up early to give the patch a proper thrash round tomorrow; Ring Ouzel would be nice; a species I've seen a at Collingham and Meering in the past, but by no means annually... fingers crossed!
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