It was a hard target to beat - Marsh Lane

Hail stones and thunder brought the day to an earlier close than normal, and as usual another visit to Marsh Lane was completed where i'd forgotten something, this time my drink!

Nowhere near lastweeks 53 alas, but a reasonable 45 with x2 new ticks for the Life List, which of course means x2 new ones for the year as well, so here they come

1. Great Tit
2. Blue Tit
3. Crow
4. Reed Bunting
5. Mallard
6. Lapwing
7. Chaffinch
8. Gadwell
9. Starling
10. Tufted Duck
11. Mute Swan
12. Coot
13. Shoveler
14. Greylag
15. Black-headed Gull
16. Lesser Black-backed Gull
17. Buzzard
18. Wood Pigeon
19. Greenfinch
20. Song Thrush
21. Green Woodpecker
22. Chiffchaff
23. Redshank
24. Jackdaw
25. Heron
26. Pheasant
27. Moorhen
28. Little Grebe
29. Black Swan
30. Magpie
31. Tree Sparrow
32. Ringed Plover
33. Sand Martin - NEW
34. Teal
35. Blackbird
36. Pintail - NEW
37. Shelduck
38. Oystercatcher
39. Cormorant
40. Canada Goose
41. Wigeon
42. Great Crested Grebe
43. Pochard
44. Jay
45. Pied Wagtail