Occasional Yellow Wagtail flying around again.
At 1530h, I was again lucky to catch sight of a Hobby flying over me, very low, while in the village. A couple of Swallows chased after it, but it was not seriously hunting and it shrugged them off and they left it alone.
This evening I thought a walk at Stanford reservoir would be nice and a bit colder, though still 24C, let's face it for the UK hot days and warm evenings are not too common nowadays.
The first bird was a Kingfisher on the water tower, I never tire of seeing these little gems. Initially one Common Tern was seen over the water, later a second appeared and joined it. Pochard numbers have increased over the last week, although 10 were present the other day, only seven were seen today. The male Goldeneye was seen again, soon others should return. A Grey Heron was fishing on the dam, no waders today until I heard three Curle, these flew in from the east, circles looking for a place to settle, however there is no suitable shore at the moment, so they left westward. One may have been a juvenile, so probably a family group.
Several Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff and Blackcap were in the water edge Willows, also Long-tailed Tits, Bullfinch (3).
Several Speckled Wood, a single Green-veined White and a good number of Dragonflies were out, all making the most of the very warm evening.
In a nearby field the harvest was being gathered, making the most of the dry weather after the recent showers. The dust was amazing, they were chopping and spreading the straw behind the combine, it looked like smoke.
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