Walking up past the reservoir and to the wood hardly a passerine was seen or heard, with the only notable thing being a couple of Siskins that flew over. On the reservoir there was the juvenile Yellow-legged Gull with half a dozen Lesser Black-backs, the Tufted Duck and now two Great Crested Grebes. The Canada Goose flock was a lot smaller today but there was a Canada / Greylag hybrid with them that was different to the one a few weeks ago so they must be moving around a lot.
In the the wood the difference in bird life was instantly obvious. In the shelter of the trees a tit flock fed happily and noisily and a few more Siskins called. The tit flock had with it Golcrests, a Treecreeper, at least one Chiffchaff and three Coal Tits. A Lesser Redpoll called as it flew past and is the first one I have seen here this year. There was also a couple of Bullfinches around today.
Back out by the reservoir a fair few more gulls had settled for a wash and a drink. Mainly Lesser Black-backs, but there was also two Common Gulls and at least four Herring Gulls. Scouring through I found the juvenile Yellow-legged Gull had gone but a near adult had dropped in. It was quite nice to watch one well again in daylight and see it's open wing as it bathed.
Continuing on, a Meadow Pipit flushed from the cattle field and seven Swallows battled through the wind on their journey south.
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