The start of the week delivered some more good quality birds, but with the wind switching to mostly northerlies and (mostly) clear skies this week was a bit quieter.
Monday started off with Ian finding a Sandwich Tern, which like the previous weeks' Kittiwakes and Arctic Terns it didn't hang around long. There was also Common Sandpiper and 2 Little Ringed Plovers.
I had an Osprey fly through Tuesday morning that, being harassed by gulls and corvids, flew north-west pretty quickly. There was also another Redstart along the river, a singing male this time. In the evening John found an absolute patch mega, a Grey Partridge! in the cattle field. This is such a scarce bird locally now and a very odd record for the reservoir, with the last one (that I know of) being from February 1995.
From the middle to the end of the week it was much quieter but there were 2 Common Sandpipers most days, hirundines around, and a few Sedge Warblers and Whitethroats. Today there was a Lesser Whitethroat up by the Borrow Pit pool and a Siskin over the wood.
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| Partridge courtesy and copyright of JFT |
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