A bit of migration action today. When I got to the reservoir at 7 there was a Little Ringed Plover but it soon flew off NE. A (or the) Common Sandpiper was still present but had disappeared by 8:30, while I was up at the Borrow Pit pool where the drake Pochard was still present. A single Sand Martin also flew through.
Back at the reservoir 17 Fieldfare went over west, which I thought was an odd direction to be going. I was also watching large gulls fly through that included a few Herring Gulls, when a Common Tern called and I saw it flying straight towards me at the northern end. It doubled back and flew around the bottom end, but unfortunately I got distracted by the gulls again and when I looked back for the tern it had gone!
Later in the afternoon Mark had c.20 Sand Martins and several Swallows at the reservoir.
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