I began at Summer Leys, walking a full circuit of the reserve and adjacent Mary's Lake. A really good stroll about, with 7 adult Little Gulls, a flyover Marsh Harrier, an all-too-brief flock of 28 Barwits & one Black Tailed Godwit, a distant pair of Garganey in Wader Bay and a few late Fieldfares.
Other migrants included my first Garden & Reed Warblers of the year, Cuckoo, a couple of LRPs and lots of Warblers.
On next to Thrapston GPs, particularly to enjoy the two singing Nightingales that had recently arrived back. Walking up, I found the single, very distant Black Tern on Town Lake that was reported earlier. I watched it for a bit and then walked the short distance further along the river to the Nightingales which I could soon hear giving it full beans!
I sat down on the grass to enjoy them both, competing across the river. Sat next to one of them really did allow me to appreciate just how loud they are. A Blackcap singing closeby just couldn't compete! A little while later the Nightingale did venture out of the scrub for a short while but not for long before it flicked off to sing from another nearby bush. I left them to it!
After the Nightingales, I spent a bit of time scanning Aldwincle Lake and managed to pick out at least 1 Arctic Tern amongst good numbers of Commons.
On the walk back to the car, I spent a bit of time enjoying a particularly showy, displaying Sedgie. He was fully content sitting on top of his favoured pathside brambles and with a bit of fieldcraft, I was able to enjoy class views as he rattled off his repertoire!
Ah well, a fun day's birding, so all good!
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