May 7th 1982.Weather,rather cloudy,some rain during the day.

Abbey Mead lake 2 Cuckoo heard calling on the east bank of the river (Eccles),25 singing Sedge Warbler around the lake,2 Nightingale,2 Whitethroat,1 Yellow Wagtail,1 Ringed Plover,1 L R Plover,1 Common Sandpiper,fewer Swallows and Martins,pair of Lapwing nesting in the Sunken marsh.Large areas in the Brookhouse area are being Bulldozed and flatterned,also drained (Lapwing,Ringed Plover and L R Plover, nesting habitat).