Misterton; a look here first thing as it is a potential area for Hawfinch, did not find any. Had first site records for Shoveler and Gadwall. Plenty of woodland Tits, Treecreeper and Nuthatch, 2. Buzzards on the pasture, probably after worms.
Shawell Lagoons; after lunch a visit here for Gulls, foe what ever reasons the number of Gulls here has been disappointing recently and the same today, probably only a couple of hundred, Common, Lesser-Black Blacked, Greater-black Backed, Herring and Black-headed Gulls were in. Very little else, but I did spot a Water Rail feeding on the edge of the reed bed with a Moorhen.
I then checked the Beech trees near Stanford Reservoir for Brambling, but quite here too. The Red-crested Pochard pair could be seen distantly on the Reservoir.
Then on to a large fallow field near North Kilworth that looks suitable for a Short-eared Owl, not seen but worth keeping an eye on this area. Interestingly there was a flock of 120 Chaffinches feeding on the adjacent sown field.
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