Because of the wet weather forecast I visited Stanford reservoir this morning, on arrival I bumped in to Mike Alibone who was scanning the water from the inlet and had spotted 3 Pintail some distance off, I did find them later - a drake and female. Just past the inlet 15 Little Egrets were roosting in the Willows. The number of Goosander has increased markedly over the last week, I counted 57, no doubt I missed some. The Long-tailed Duck was off the main reed bed, then flew in to the bay, where there was a 100+ Pochard.
Along the by-pass path 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Bullfinch, Blue, Great TIts, a Song thrush and 3 Redwing were busy feeding. Only a single Fieldfare was seen in the Hawthorn bushes. A Great-potted Woodpecker was drumming in the adjacent woodland.
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