The last few visits to the Waste Water Lake during April and early May have produced a few new birds. A number of breeding Little Ringed Plover have been seen and heard calling and flying around suggesting they have young about. House Crows are now being seen in good numbers around the pond and nearby Cricket Fields. At least two Crested Honey Buzzards are still present and may well stay for the summer as they have done in the past few years. Migrants include Daurian and Red-backed Shrikes the later of which were not seen until late April which is quite late as they are normally seen early April and very occasionally in March. European Bee-eaters have been flying over in reasonably good numbers with flocks of twenty plus birds seen on many occasions. They are often heard calling before they are seen. Another migrant seen in larger numbers than normal this year has been Northern Wheatear, whilst Tree Pipit has been recorded less frequently than in recent years.
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| Little Ringed Plover |
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| Northern Wheatear |
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| Red-backed Shrike |
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| Red-backed Shrike |
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| Tree Pipit |
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| Crested Honey Buzzard |
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| Crested Honey Buzzard |
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| Crested Lark |
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| Daurian Shrike |
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| Daurian Shrike |
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| European Bee-eater |
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| European Bee-eater |
