Port Meadow Birding

A lunch-time run around the "patch" today found some signs of change. Burgess Field was very quiet with not much around at all. However on the Meadow itself there were large numbers of meadow pipits newly arrived. I estimated at least 60 birds, many of which were feeding in amongst the cattle  à là  YELLOW WAGTAIL (of which there were only three). In amongst the many pied wagtails were at least 2 WHITE WAGTAILS. Five GOLDEN PLOVER were flushed from roughly opposite the poplar trees  and they flew over to the former flood area. There were at least 40 lapwings about and the flock of 30 odd linnets were still buzzing around the grassland. Two buzzards were soaring at quite low altitudes, at times being harassed by crows.