Weather: bright & sunny, warm. 4:30 to 7:30pm.
Out to the Lee Valley with Sian because she wanted to hear singing nightigales & I thought this would be just the place. It was another lovely May spring day with the hawthorn in full bloom. Unfortunately the nightingale were mostly silent & it felt like we were too late in the season despite May getting off to a cold start & spring migration generally thought to have been delayed due to colder weather in the previous few weeks.
We walked the same path I had when I came for the Savi's warbler, visited the Bittern hide then took a long loop round the back before coming back along the same path.
From Car-Park.
Chaffinch, Magpie, Woodpigeon.
Greylag Goose, Canada Goose.
Blackcap - heard.
Wren - heard.
Chiffchaff, Dunnock.
Sedge Warbler - heard.
70 Acres Lake.
Great-Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tufted Duck, Crow.
Mute Swan, Mallard, Pochard.
Robin, Common Tern, Reed Bunting, Garden Warbler, Long-Tailed Tit.
Nightingale - as we neared the Bittern hide, suddenly a nightingale broke out with a brief burst of song. Unfortunately before it could get into full swing a couple of people walked along the path ahead us & past the bush the bird was singing from. They were talking the whole time & this stopped the singing & it never started again though we waited for some minutes afterwards. Unusually we didn't hear any later as the evening wore on either.
Bittern Hide.
Gadwall, Reed Warbler.
Continuing Around Lake.
Bullfinch - a couple, male & female, quickly into the thick hawthorn & away, showing distinctive white rumps.
Whitethroat - several around, one flew up in song-flight.
Blue Tit, Great Tit.
Hobby - heading back around the lake, one flew over quite high up, typically like a large swift. When we got back to the car another was hawking around a field adjacent, coming closer every now & again but generally staying close to the river.
Swift, Swallow, Jay, Blackbird, Jackdaw.
Song Thrush - heard.
Cetti's Warbler - heard.
37 species.
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