3 pairs of shelduck but no courtship calls heard. Teal pair near the houses. 4 linnet, headed for the haven. 60 Oyc’s. Blackcap, chiffchaff, dunnock song. 3 Magpie which I rarely get to record here. Unusually tolerant heron. 1 GBBG and its juvenile.
Cresting the ridge disturbed a rock pipit and - a personal first for this location - a wheatear.