100 up

This afternoon at Collingham Pits, a Willow Warbler was my first of the year, and there were small numbers of Sand Martins, but no Swallows yet. The Glossy Ibis was still on Ferry Lane Lake, flying to Mons Pool mid-afternoon, where some fairly major earthworks meant there weren't many birds. However, the Silt Lagoon hosted a party of 7 Curlew. 

4 of the 7 Curlew

Moving round to Meering Marsh, another Willow Warbler was singing from Meering Wood, and whilst poking around a pond looking for frogspawn, I flushed first a Common Snipe, and then a Jack Snipe (but no frogspawn, despite this pool being full of tadpoles last year). This brought up 100 for the patch this year.  

Blackthorn blossom