30th July. "I've had worse"

"I've had worse." That's the phrase I seem to be using on an all too regular basis over the last month. On the whole it's been pretty grim and with no useful weather predicted and the water levels remaining stubbornly high I suspect I'll be saying it a few more times in the coming weeks. That said I really have had worse, but with only a Yellow-legged Gull, two more Common Scoters and a site first in the form of a Coal Tit not much worse!