7:20pm to 8:40pm with Ian

A minimum of one thousand swifts feeding at the res tonight, mostly feeding low over the water. Impossible to give an accurate count and the real number could have been anything up to 2000

c300 swallows also present

Also noted

• 1 male tufted duck
• 80 goosander
• 1 buzzard
• 1 kestrel
• 2 great black-backed gulls
• 1 herring gull
• 2 black-headed gulls
• min 500 lesser black-backed gull
• min 20 lapwing
• min 25 pied wagtail. No doubt there were more present. they appeared to be going to roost in willowherb and long grass near Owd Betts pub.
• linnet calling

cheers Kevin