1 of 15 stone curlew in NE Bulgaria today - exceptionally confiding

Just this, this is why I love this little bit of the world #Bulgariabirds

Crappy early morning record shot of the glossy ibis SW over the layby pit, Stanwick at 6.30 this morning. It appeared to drop onto the main lake but couldn't find it again #Northantsbirds

An improvement at Stanwick this morning with juv med gull, 2 ruff, 4 com sand, ringed pl and green sand. Also swift and hobby and a noticeable increase in warblers and hirundines #Northantsbirds

8 yl gulls at Stanwick today, also blackwit, 2 com sands, green sand, snipe and a family party of 5+ Egyptian geese #Northantsbirds

8 lrp on the layby islands this morning constituted the first evidence of any wader passage thro' Stanwick this autumn #Northantsbirds

Still no sign of passage at Stanwick this morning but a badger trundling along the shoreline of the main lake was excellent. The mess left by Sundays visitors was staggering. The way people treat the countryside is depressing to say the least

A family of grey wags have been knocking around our garden all day today. Regular breeders along the valley these days, often in quite strange places #Northantsbirds

2 cattle egret at Stanwick this morning and a curlew flew SW #Northantsbirds

Impossible to count but the wrens seem to have done well in our garden this year #Northantsbirds

Cattle egret on the main lake at Stanwick this morning but little else. A crossbill over our garden in Irthlingboro' calling yesterday perhaps a sign of things to come #Northantsbirds

The whole black headed gull colony on the layby pit at at Stanwick seems to have deserted over the weekend. I wonder what caused that? #Northantsbirds

This moulting drake mandarin was sheltering on the brook at Stanwick this afternoon. Otherwise just 4 ringed plover and hepatic cuckoo today #Northantsbirds

The hepatic cuckoo again around the layby pit, Stanwick this morning #Northantsbirds

A smart, bright brown morph cuckoo around the layby pit, stanwick this morning. Thankfully my reflexes are as good as ever and I managed a couple of clear, crisp photos #Northantsbirds

A duck has been caught speeding on traffic cameras in the town of Koeniz in central Switzerland. Local police said the mallard - a wild duck - was snapped on radar images on 13 April clocking in at 52km (32 miles) in a 30km zone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A bit more of the glossy ibis just before it flew NE this morning. Very glossy #northantsbirds

Glossy ibis main lake stanwick currently #northantsbirds

Turnstone on the layby islands stanwick this morning #northantsbirds

Superb barwit on the main lake stanwick this morning #northantsbirds

A whimbrel dropped in for 20 mins at Stanwick this morning and 11 arctic terns flew NE. Also ringed plover and 2 com sand #Northantsbirds

2 of the 3 greenshank at Stanwick this morning. At last we seem to be getting a few birds #northantsbirds

A spoonbill came in to the main lake stanwick low from the SW just before 6AM this morning and stayed for about 40 minutes before returning in the direction it came from #northantsbirds

Whimbrel NE over Stanwick this morning #Northantsbirds

19 arctic terns in total thru' Stanwick today, also hobby and 3 com sands. Is there anything better than inland arctics powering through against a stormy sky in the spring? #Northantsbirds

A nice rusty barwit nearly landed at Stanwick this afternoon. With blackwit, 3 dunlin, com sand, 2 lrp and 4 yellow wags a little improvement #Northantsbirds

Another 5 little gulls NE through Stanwick at midday and then 2 from our garden on the edge of Irthlingborough late afternoon. With birds all over the Midlands I wonder how many were moving today. Long may these Easterlies continue #Northantsbirds

4 Little Gulls NE over the car park at Stanwick this morning hopefully heralds a change in fortune #Northantsbirds

Stanwick really under performing so far this spring. 2 lrp, 1 sand martin and otter the best early morning. I'm sure there's better to come #Northantsbirds

Nice Angle Shades in the garden this morning

The 4 cattle egret leaving the main lake egret roost at Stanwick this morning. Always the last of the 3 species to leave the roost #Northantsbirds

2 flighty avocets dropped in at Stanwick this morning, also 2 cattle egret, 5 redshank, 7 goosander and sand martin #Northantsbirds

Still a bit stagnant at Stanwick this morning, 2 cattle egret thro', 4 redshank, 8 goosander and redpoll (quite scarce here this winter) #Northantsbirds

2 cattle egret, 3 redshank, 7 goosander and barn owl Stanwick this morning. Been a really poor winter here but spring is coming so fingers crossed #Northantsbirds

C/c marsh harrier Stanwick again early morning today, also 7 goosander and 3 redshank #Northantsbirds

3 cattle egret still N lake Stanwick, 3 redshank on main lake and a confiding and curious otter on the layby pit this morning

Curlew flying around over Stanwick several times this afternoon #Northantsbirds

Best at Stanwick early morning 2 cattle egret, 3 redshank, 15 goosander and 2 otters on the main lake #Northantsbirds

Cattle egret NE over main lake Stanwick early morning. Also 18 goosander and 2 redshank. This cetti's on the layby pit is getting reliably showy #Northantsbirds

2 cattle egret at North lake, Stanwick this morning and at least 8 chiffs along Hogs Dyke, also 3 redshank and 7 goosander #Northantsbirds