Friday, 14 April 2017

13th April - sunny spells, light-mod NW, 12C

At Stanford reservoir today new birds included 2 Ringed Plovers and 3 Common Sandpipers.  Still a good number of Pied Wagtails, 20-30, with up to 6 White Wagtails, and 4 Yellow Wagtails were present.  A single Meadow pipit was feeding on one of the islets.

9 Goldeneye, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Gadwall and a Shelduck was present on the water, a couple of Greylag Geese flew in, while c100 Sand Martin and several Swallows fed overhead. A flock, ~30, of Linnets were feeding on the adjacent field, 4 Bullfinch were in the bordering hedgerow.




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