The Osprey was still present around 9:30am, fairly high up and being mobbed (as usual) by corvids, but it was not seen to attempt to fish. An adult Arctic Tern sitting on a small buoy offshore was nice, as were the 3 Wheatears which included a smart winter male. Skylarks were moving westwards in groups of up to 6, while a flurry of Swallows were all going in the other direction. 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 11 Dunlin and 2 Ringed Plover were the pick of the waders. On Monday, there was a smart male Ruff on the river, still in some of it's breeding finery.
On Dale Airfield lots of Skylark, Meadow Pipit and Linnet, along with 4 Wheatear. A single Grey Plover was presumably the same bird seen on Monday, and there 3 Golden Plover on the weedy field at the western end, and a Snipe flew over.
