Tyttenhanger

I decided to go down to Tyttenhanger yesterday, just for a bit of a change. The fact that 82 species had been recorded there on Friday was just a coincidence.
Unfortunately the weather had changed to some extent, the northerly airflow of recent days had died down, reducing the number of migrants moving south, and high pressure was starting to build up. As a result it was a rather warm, still day, but despite that there was a decent number of species around. I managed to get 55, missing a few obvious birds and Rupert Evershed hit 74 over the course of the morning, but since he covers the entire site almost every day he gets to find more than most.
I parked as usual in Church Lane and headed west past the allotments and scrub, but didnt get much apart from a flyover Bullfinch. Stopping at the container, a quick scan of the main pit produced a variety of gulls and duck but nothing of note, so I walked down to the Fishing Pit. I could see what appeared to be the long staying Black Tailed Godwit from the conveyor bridge and went for a closer look, meeting Rupert when I got there. He pointed out the two Snipe and the Common Sandpipers in on the very dry lake margins. The water here is very low, so looks to be very good for passage waders  but not so good for the fishery. Several Grey Wagtails and at least one Yellow flew over along with plenty of Meadow Pipits, so some birds were still moving.
I carried on along the river checking the sallows by the sluice but failed to find the Willow Emeralds (there were a lot of Common Blue damselflies and a few Common Darters though). I didn't get anything in the wood so carried on over the causeway, getting a flock of ten House Martins  and past the horse paddocks, picking up a couple of Tree Sparrows  before reaching the high viewpoint. The two here were interested in a distant perched falcon which turned out to be a Hobby and they mentioned a Wheatear in with the horses. Turned out to be right by the fence where I was standing checking the Tree Sparrow feeding station.
Before I went back, I found the Garganey, which had come out of the reeds and was swimming over what is usually a large expanse of mud-for some reason the water levels here have been kept rather high. We also had a small flock of Swallows over, and there were several Buzzards, Kites and singles of Sparrowhawk and Kestrel enjoying the thermals.
Whinchat and Stonechat had apparently moved on, and while it would have been nice to see them, or in fact a Redstart, the big hedge and fields didn't have anything at all, thought he recently ploughed field had a few Skylark and Pied wagtails.
I rechecked the scrub on my return-it looked ideal for a Wryneck but all I saw was a big flock of Long Tailed Tits.