A day of sunshine and occasional showers, with the sun far outweighing the rain.
The swans have 3 eggs in their nest, the pen stood up long enough for me to count them today.
There are 2 coot nests on the groynes, the usual assemblage of twigs and litter. They have also been known to build nests on unattended boats, and it is amazing that they manage to rear the young with so many black-backed gulls around.
I counted 12 terns today, at least 1 pair of which are nesting.
Common Tern x 12
Mute Swan x 2
Coot x 6
Blackheaded Gull x 50
Cormorant x 3
Herring Gull x 30
Common Gull x 40
Blackbacked Gull x 10
Mallard x 5
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