Had the last couple of hours checking the mere and surrounding fields from the road by Trehill Farm. Lapwing in most fields, with many 100s of birds settling to roost on the mere giving their forlorn calls. Skylarks the most obvious passerine with a single flock of 658. A Sparrowhawk, a Merlin and just before dark a Peregrine having a go but not the hoped for Harrier or SE owl, looked the perfect conditions and beautiful light. Derek stopped to tell me of the Goldies down at Martin's Haven which I was oblivious of at this end until a whimpering, shimmering flock of 100 flashed over at head height at dusk. 3 silhouetted diving duck in the north irrigation pond when I got back to the car (presumably the Tufties). The only other sighting was a single distant Andy Sims.
