A couple of trips to the reservoir today, starting off with a later morning visit which produced a bit of interest and a sign of some migration. Pretty much the first bird I saw was the juvenile Osprey being harassed by a couple of Carrion Crows over West Pool, it then drifted south and was lost to view.
A Snipe was flushed from the northern causeway and I heard a Common Sandpiper but failed to locate it. Overhead a good number of Meadow Pipits were passing through, and unbelievably the second Tree Pipit of the week!
I returned later in the day, but the weather conditions were not quite so good as it was more overcast and certainly a bit cooler. The Osprey was still present and viewable from the northern causeway as it rested in a tree. There was still a slight trickle of Meadow Pipits, with around ten moving through and over the reservoir at least five hundred Swallows were feeding. Several Chiffchaffs were around the site. The last bird of note was a Kingfisher seen zooming over the reservoir towards the Sailing Club.
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