Another fairly quick visit today after work and I made straight for the southern end of the reservoir where a drake Gadwall was a new arrival and somewhat of a surprise, one of the drake Tufted Ducks was also present still. A pair of Little Grebes were also seen, so are hopefully nesting, and a female Mallard swam across the reservoir with eleven small ducklings. I also managed to track down my first Blackcap of the year.
Off then to the northern causeway and a check of the gulls, and today something different turned up as a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull was hanging around with the Herring Gulls. So two more patch year ticks today, things may be picking up?
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