I had an enjoyable morning at Collingham and Meering with Mark Speck, who'd come up from his usual patch at Attenborough. We gave the area a good thrash, but didn't come up with too much - or certainly, nothing unexpected. Ferry Lane Lake held 4(+) Common Sands, 5 Ringed Plover (which called a lot and then got up and headed south, although one doubled back and flew N), 2 LRPs, 3 Snipe (which flew SW), and 2 Greenshank which dropped in just as we were about to move on.
On the Silt Lagoon, the 5 Curlew were present again along with a further 2 Snipe, and there were 11 Golden Plover in the field to the south with some Lapwing. Mons Pool held a Ringed Plover (probably one of the 5 from earlier), a Greenshank which flew in from the river, a Dunlin, and the Egyptian Goose (also present last night). Mark refused to get excited about this bird; I guess they're a bit more commonplace at Attenborough!
Meering was pretty quite; best were 2 Turtle Doves on wires, whilst a juvenile Herring Gull was amongst a group of Lesser Black-backs following the plough in an adjacent field. We also grilled a few tit flocks as we'd been walking around, and had seen a few phylloscs and sylvias, but no Redstarts.
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