Some sightings from this morning with Simon Ghilks
8 Black-tailed Godwit circled around the reservoirs and eventually went south Green Sandpiper 2 Common Sandpiper Dunlin 3 Oystercatcher 4 Kestrel 44 Goosander included a group of 37 30+ Swift 1 House Martin
2 Little Egret 2 Terns were present for a couple of minutes first thing but flew high south, possibly Arctic but not totally sure on these. 1 Little Grebe 3 Goldeneye 200+ Tufted duck on No3 with more on No2, probably 250+ in total. 1 Pochard 4 Shoveler 3 Ringed Plover 1 Common Sandpiper
5 drake Common Scoter, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Kestrel, juvenile, A few Swift, Swallow, Sand and House Martin.
Some combined sightings from this evening from myself and two other observers
Little Egret on no 3 res 3 Mediterranean Gulls (ad, 2nd summer and juv) Black-tailed Godwit Redshank 4 Golden Plover 6 Lapwing 2 Ringed Plover Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper 2 Goldeneye 3 Goosander 2 smoky/melanistic Black-headed Gulls
Green Sandpiper 2 Dunlin Lapwing Ringed Plover 2 Grey Heron c60 Tufted Duck 50+ Swift Juv and adult Grey Wagtail Plus the usuals A stunning melanistic Black-headed Gull has also been around for a couple of days
Probably a Goosander, but as I was travelling past on the motorway this morning a very long necked 'diver' looking bird flew across into number 3 reservoir. If anyone is not at work all day then might be worth checking.
Just for a bit of interest there was a Bar-headed Goose on no1 this morning, firmly in cat E but always nice to see a new bird on a local patch whatever the origins. Not much else around, Ringed Plover, 8 Tufted Duck and a drake Goldeneye.