There were 10 Collared Doves in and under the church Horse Chestnut, this is the largest number I've seen for quite a while. Some years ago the number seen around the village took a tumble, and possibly only a pair lingered, but the last couple of years or so the number has been increasing again.
This afternoon I went back to Stanford reservoir to see the Scaup again, alas they were not there. In fact all duck numbers were down compared to yesterday, all the usual's were present. A couple of Little Grebe were visible, half hiding in the reeds. Kingfishers were dashing about along the waters edge and a grey Heron was hunting. The Water Rails were particularly noisy, it seemed that almost every patch of reed heard at least one.
Two Great spotted and a single Green Woodpecker were seen, Chaffinch were numerous, a couple of Greenfinch and Goldfinch were around while a single Lesser Redpoll flew over head and continued by.
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