Stanford reservoir; an afternoon visit on the first proper Spring-like day. I spotted my first Comma butterfly, and Brimstone had been reported by others. plenty of Lesser Celandine were in flower today too.
In the morning Chris had seen 6 Common Scoter, fortunately there were still here this afternoon, unfortunately they were distant to digiscope and roosting, and inactive.
On the dam a Redshank and Dunlin were resting. Some wader passage today, Chris also had Curlew this morning.
Two Goosander, plenty of Wigeon, Gadwall, Pochard, Goldeneye and ~60 Teal were on the reservoir too.
Pied and Grey Wagtail were also on the dam. A Chiffchaff was feeding in the bushes along the river by-pass.
Three Ravens were having a dispute overhead near the inlet. Skylark was singing on the fallow filed, 6 Fieldfare flew over and a few Redwing were in the bushes near the inlet gate. A pair of Reed Bunting were chasing each other.
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