Another glorious spring day in London prompted an after work visit in the hope of connecting with a migrant or two, but to no avail, Little Ringed Plover and Sand Martin are well overdue and it's a complete mystery why we haven't had a singing Blackcap yet. I did add two to the year list however, a pair of Greylag Geese on Bow Creek and an immature female Sparrowhawk flying south over the basin being mobbed by Starlings; the year list now stands at 53, a reasonable total considering it contains no migrants. It was high tide so I checked the wader roost, it held two Common Sandpiper and nothing else, that's probably it for Redshank now until the late autumn, unless we get a passage bird or two. Finally a comprehensive wildfowl count produced two Canada Geese, two Shelduck, circa 40 Mallard, 96 Common Teal and 49 Tufted Duck.
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