Arriving at the reservoir at 10.00am after dropping Ellie off at church I scanned across the water from the northern causeway. A small herd of six Mute Swans were on the main reservoir along with nineteen Coot. But other than a single Common Gull there was nothing else of interest so I drove down to the southern end of the reservoir.
A long walk in wet and muddy conditions produced a few birds of interest. Five Snipe were flushed from the water's edge and a mixed flock of twenty or so Redwings and Fieldfares were foraging for food. A single Great Spotted Woodpecker was being rather obliging by perching at the top of a small tree calling.
A Peregrine flew in and alighted on one of the pylons before heading off south. This obviously led to the wildfowl being rather flighty and sure enough the mixed flock of Teal, Wigeon and Mallard were not settled. A surprise find, a pair of Pintail, were in with the other duck and a single drake Pochard was present.
Before I knew it, it was 11.00am so I had to head off and collect Ellie. All in all a pretty good morning.
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