Wall to wall blue sky again,very warm.8:am-10:am.Birds noted - Cuckoo 4,with a fifth bird calling form the Country Park,Water Rail (heard,sunken marsh) Cetti1s Warbler 3,Common Whitethroat 3,Lesser Whitethroat 2,Reed Bunting 1,Chiffchaff 2,Greenfinch 4,Chaffinch 2 and Song Thrush 3.I thought I might have heard a Yellowhammer from deep in the sunken marsh but it was difficult to be sure with all the background noise.No sign of the Turtle Doves.

The Cygnets have hatched from the nest on Brookland lake.