Willey; a Kestrel was sitting on the telegraph wires along the village lane this morning.
Eyebrook Reservoir; after lunch I was just about to head off to Stanford Reservoir when news came of a Ferruginous Duck here, so I decided to go a see. It had been off the ‘island’ but wasn’t showing when I got there. The island is really a small peninsular, but you can not view the end of it easily, which of course is exactly where it was. After a while it did show, a drake still a little in eclipse plumage, among a small group of Pochards and eventually preening on the edge of the shore, but a little too distant for a photo.
Also, present were a nice selection of wildfowl, a little later 10 Barnacle Geese flew in, probably from the Rutland Water flock. Quite a few Pintail were present, with Teal, Gadwall and several Shelduck.
At the inlet ~500 Golden Plover, a few Dulin, 2 Ruff, many Lapwing and a Redshank were feeding. A single Goosander flew over. A Barn Owl hunted along the lane verge. A couple of Red Kite were over the nearby fields.
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