I ventured out in to the murk this afternoon to Stanford reservoir hoping that a scarce duck or Goose was new in. As it was the Lon-tailed duck was still present in its preferred area. Goosander numbers are still increasing, I counted 67, and probably missed 10, but was unsure in case I had counted them already. This may be a record count here. Plenty of the usual other duck species were around. Only 8 Little Egret were seen around the waters edge.
In the bushes along the by-pass was a flock about 12 Long-tailed Tits and a couple of Goldcrest, but little else. On the adjacent rough ground a small flock of Goldfinch and Chaffinch were feeding along with Blackbirds, Redwings, Fieldfare and a Mistle Thrush. A Buzzard was in the Rookery wood calling and flying around, a single Jay scalded from within the wood.
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