Early start Saturday

My son woke up briefly just before 5 so I decided I'd take the opportunity to get up and out then and went to check St Nicholas church for the reported Nightjar, no sign, but perhaps it was already too light?
On to DP, but incredibly quiet for the time of year, no hirundines at all, nor of the Lesser Whitethroat, but at LFGP a pair of Mandarin were feeding out of the water in the far NE corner.













On the walk back I thought it made a nice change to not be flooded everywhere and at least the light was great first thing, but grey clouds were appearing as I left around 06:30.