After a morning of heavy rain it cleared up after lunch so I took Tristan out for a couple of hours, though we stayed close to home and simply called in at the reservoir to see what was about. The water level is starting to rise again, so I guess the pollution concerns have past, though it may simply have been the volume of rain over the previous 24 hours that forced the levels up.
West Pool held a dozen Teal, but not really anything else. Off the Sailing Club three Tufted Duck were fast asleep on the water. The gull flock was smaller than normal, but I guess we were earlier in the day that our usual visits. About half a dozen Common Gulls dropped in alongside the more usual species.
The southern end of the reservoir was equally quiet, with no sign of the Great White Egrets that had been present for over a fortnight. However, a fly-over Stock Dove and Meadow Pipit added a bit of interest. The Teal flock was near the Canoe Club, and numbered some sixty birds. But finding nothing else we decided to head back home.
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