Great day for birding, rain=no people=more birds. No sign of Black redstart, unusual gulls or Scaups.

Chiffchaff. 2 @ gas tanks (chirping as I have commonly seen with females, I’m guessing that females arrive first looking for nests?). 1 @ Jim Driscoll Way (seemed more yellow but mbe just the light).

Goosanders (2 x fem) in the bay.

Linnets (m+f) near barrage.

Cettis. 1@ Harvester. 1 @ Jim Driscoll. 1@ Clarence Rd Bridge

Turnstone 2 at Starbucks boardwalk.

Greast Crested Grebes starting to display at Harvester pond. Also privileged to witness the mating display of the Jay in Bute Park, often noted for being raucous & aggressive, the sensitive delicate song was a cross between a budgie a squeaky bike and a toy drum. Peregrine pair carrying a dead thrush? to Town Hall peak while a flamboyant wedding went on beneath.