I made a visit to Stanford reservoir this morning, shooting nearby was causing some disturbance, but still plenty about. The female Scaup was still present, diving off the main Reed bed. The other usual ducks were present and four Little Grebe were out on the water. In the reed bed, two Water Rail were 'squealing'. A bird flew over and caught my attention, it was a male Peregrine Falcon, it disappeared behind the adjacent wood.
Near the inlet there was at least 300 Fieldfare and along the by-pass bushed about 70 Redwings were feeding. Plenty of Long-tailed Tits were around roving the trees and bushes, along with them were Goldcrest and Treecreepers, although I could not find a Chiffchaff today.
After lunch I had to pop in to Lutterworth, so I decided to have a quick look at the country park area, really with the thought of potential Waxwing here or on the nearby estate which has a variety of food trees. The thick hedgerow on the northern boundary is very good as it has a variety of food bushes, trees, including apples. At least 12 Blackbirds were there, a few Redwings and plenty of Tits and Finches. There is a small pond area too, which is reed fringed, three Moorhen and Mallard pair were visible and two Water Rail were calling from reed cover - I was not expecting that.
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