A bright morning with a moderate southwesterly 8:am-9:30.

This morning I walked out to the river,through the riverside hawthorns passing Abbey Meads on the way,over the railway,through the east scrub and back along the Millstream path.

Along the river I saw (8) Grey Herons (2) Little Egrets (1) Little Grebe (6) Teal,a high count of 96 Mallard (60+) B H Gulls (2) Herring Gulls and (1) Kingfisher.Walking through the hawthorns I had (6) Bullfinch (1) Cetti`s Warbler and (2) Jays.The east scrub continues to be quite with just (1) Green Woodpecker and the only summer visitor of the morning,a Chiffchaff being of note,the Millstream path produced (1) Cetti`s Warbler.

All I could see on Abbey Meads was just (4) Coot and (2) Great Crested Grebes.