10th July - sunny spells, shower later, 21C, light SW

Stanford reservoir;  an evening visit was good for waders. The Greenshank still, a Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpipers and 19 Black-tailed Godwits were all passage birds.  Chris spotted a small 'brown' duck that on close inspection showed itself to be a juvenile Garganey, a great bird for this site. It kept to its self, not joining the 4 Teal feeding nearby.  Conditions were poor for a digiscoped photo, hopefully it will stay, in fact I think I saw this bird a few days ago but had poor views.

An Osprey put in a visit, fishing over the main water area.

Willey; nothing too exciting but I did find a Frog under the church wheelie bin, but no newt yet.