After a night of heavy rain I thought it might be worth a quick trip to the reervoir late morning in case the weather had brought in any migrant waders overnight. Unfortunately there were no mega rarities about, but Common Sandpipers numbered some sixteen birds and a single Green Sandpiper was also present, all viewable from the area outside the hide.
The adult Yellow-legged Gull was again present and was seen making light work of a Crayfish. A Kingfisher flew past heading up the reservoir and the two Little Egrets were seen again. A single Mandarin was roosting on the water's edge with a Teal, and a second Mandarin was on West Pool.
After about half an hour the incessant drizzle was getting too much so I came on home to enjoy the last of my day's off this summer.
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