Wetlands the only place to be

15th June 15             morning               mid section

sunny &  warm,  11-14°c,  1022mb,   E 7 - ESE 4 mph

Yes the rest of the mid section was pretty hopeless, but morgan's folly produced the goods. I spent 15 minutes just hanging around, in that time the moorhen had been seen toing and froing some distance away. On leaving I had to walk passed and was surprised to find the adult moorhen taking food to 3 little chicks, after more time checking if there were any more hiding away ( I couldn't find any ) I was ready. But wait! a duck mallard flew in to splash -down at the far end, I had to find out what was going on, I found it poking around a small low patch of vegetation then into the water to be followed by the only surviving chick. So she hasn't deserted after all. She only spent 10 minutes max before flying out again.

Mallard	1 brood	♀ returned for 5 mins joined by 1 chk  WL,
Buzzard	1 over	Compton Field
Moorhen	2 brood	1+3 chk WL,   1+1 w/grown  Meadow View,
Swift	odds over	Barleyfield
Wren	8 singing	mid section
Dunnock	7 singing	mid section
Robin	1 singing	Station Paddock
Blackbird	4 singing	mid section
Song Thrush	3 singing	mid section
Whitethroat	1 singing	Shrike Bushes
Blackcap	7 singing	mid section
Chiffchaff	8 singing	mid section
Long Tailed Tit	5+	The Paddock
Jackdaw	odds over	mid section
Chaffinch	3 singing	The Paddock