With the reason for my planned morning trip to Linford cruelly gone, it was back to the Tring area early doors, where the theme of Wildfowl movement continued.
At College Lake, there was no sign of the 5 Goldeneye from yesterday, and Shoveler numbers were also down. Just the usual 2 Oystercatchers and 6 Redshanks.
The drake Red-crested Pochard was on Startops with 2 Barn Swallows, whilst the presumably plastic female Pintail has re-appeared to take bread with the Mallards on Marsworth.
This afternoon I tried to avoid the rain (and failed) to check a few sites, with just limited success;
Calvert - Cetti's singing, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Barn Swallows
Mid-Bucks - 4 Curlews
Weston Turville - 1 Little Egret
Wilstone (Herts) - Roy's Northern Wheatear still sat on the fence between the reservoir and Cemetery corner; hopefully it had moved at some point in the intervening 9 hours....
Pitstone Ind Estate - 2 Ringed Plovers still, but no sign of the LRP of yesterday.
Cheers & Good Spring Birdfinding,
Ben Miller