This morning there were 54+ Swifts when I arrived, which is by far the most I've seen here so far this year. A Little Ringed Plover was calling but I couldn't see it so maybe just a fly over. Another, or maybe the same, Reed Warbler was singing in the scrub along the river and couple of Mistle Thrushes made a brief appearance by the wood. The star bird of the day, spring, and maybe even the year for me, then made an appearance - a female Cuckoo flew over the reservoir and appeared to drop in to trees/scrub near the railway but there was no further sign of it.
It is the first Cuckoo for me in nearly 20 years of birding at the reservoir and a bird I wondered if I'd ever get here. There have been a few records in that time but all fly throughs or brief visits seen by a lucky few.
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