We started the day at Bagmoor where we had our first Swift of the year and a large falcon over the tip which we put down as a Lanner(probably a falconers brought in to chase the Gulls off). Along the road side plenty of Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroats and Willow Warblers all trying to out do each other vocally. On to Barton where we had unprecedented numbers of Grasshopper Warblers, Lesser Whitethroats, Sedge Warblers and a couple of Bearded Tits along with our first Common Terns of the year. Later in the day a trip to Messingham with a short stop off at Normanby Enterprise where a couple of Wheatears, a Green Sandpiper, a Cuckoo and Little Ringed Plovers put in an appearance. At Messingham 12 Black Terns gave a great display over the main lake serenaded by a Cuckoo and in the late evening a fantastic aerial display by our first Hobby of the year hawking insects over the Grebe lake plus our earliest ever Garden Warbler, also seen on the sheep field at the back of the reserve a Little Ringed Plover and Yellow Wagtail.
A quick stop off at home gave us our first ever Common Whitethroat in the garden and a pair of Nuthatches are still persistently visiting and calling in the garden but we are still unable to track down the nest site.
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