Back on patch after a weekend away and starting at the northern causeway there were three adult Great Black-backed Gulls present on the pontoons off the Sailing Club. A quick scan of the southern end of the reservoir from the Canoe Club was not that beneficial, though two Mandarin were seen.
Round then to the dam and a couple of Little Egrets and three Common Sandpipers were noted before I found a summer plumaged Dunlin feeding in the far corner at the northern end of the dam. Result! A patch year tick in July.
A patch lifer today also in the form of a Fulvous Whistling Duck! Obviously an escapee it was nevertheless an enjoyable bird though always distant and rather flighty!
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