Draycote and Brandon

I had the dreaded dentist yesterday and afterwards decided to cheer myself up with a visit to Draycote followed by Brandon Marsh.  As I turned onto Farnborough Bank/Spit at Draycote, the heavens decided to deluge me with practically everything they had, sleet, hail and rain and lashing wind.  However, despite all this I persisted and managed to set up my scope to scan what initially looked like a pool of water with no birds on it whatsover.  After sereral scans, I manged to locate about 3 to 4 individual Common Terns way at the other end of the reservoir and a solitary Black Tern that was very difficult to see due to it hugging the surface of the water most of the time.  I eventually managed to then find 2 Arctic Terns on the bank opposite to Farborough Spit and closer by on the spit itself I had 2-3 Wheatears, several Yellow and White Wagtails and a Ringed Plover.  No sign of any Little Gulls unfortunately.

As time was marching on, I decided to make my way over to Brandon Marsh to see if I could find the Nightingale that had taken up residence.  Unfortunately, no sign, but I did manage to see my first Cuckoo and Reed Warbler of the year and the Barn Owl put on a great show quartering the field in front of the Carlton Hide.

Albeit a successful evening with many species seen that I don't manage to view that often - However a bit wet and windy for my liking.