9 Common Scotor at the reservoir this afternoon    All departed SW at 1430.

Best from another quick evening visit:

11 Goosander.

28 Lapwing and 1 singing Snipe.

c150 Swift dashing around the eastern dam.

1 Stonechat and 3 Wheatear.

First Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull present at the reservoir this evening 

Best from a quick evening visit:

35 Goosander.

14 Lapwing, 1 Curlew and 1 Common Sandpiper.

c30 Swift.

1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear and 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler.

Worst:

Abundant midges!

3 Common Tern dropped in from high to the west this morning, rested briefly before moving on East. One was colour ringed though reading it may be difficult. Another first for me up here.

Little ringed Plover also flew over high heading south, Common Sandpiper on north side and the Snipe still singing by the windtower.

Info re the  Lesser Black-backed Gull R8RY..it was ringed on the Ribble on 1st July  2006, seen twice in 2007  and hasn't been seen for 13 years .. until it turned up at AMR on 1st July 2020..

A few hours from the north shore this afternoon .

Willow Warbler singing from Owd Betts and  below Ashworth View House.  Common Scotor still present.

Little Egret dropped in from high to the east and departed south west after a brief stop. First I have seen up here. 

A few hours this afternoon on the north side.

Adult Yellow-legged Gull present again amongst growing numbers of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. 1st summer Common Gull also present along with around 20 Herring Gulls passing through.

One of the Lesser Black-backed Gulls was  Black colour ringed with Yellow lettering (R8RY) but not able to track the project down just yet.

Common Scotor still present.   

Yellow-legged Gull departed west at 1830 and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls also on the shrinking island ..Common Scotor still present and a Green Sandpiper and also a Common Sandpiper on the remaining mud by the inlet gully 

Common Scotor still present this afternoon and a Hobby again flew south low over the water   

Only a few gulls in the island after walking over this afternoon but nice views of a Hobby flying south across the reservoir made up for it ..

Common Scotor on the reservoir 1st thing this morning .

An hour this evening sat on the north side.. Adult Yellow-legged Gull came in from high to the east and spent 45 minutes on the island before continuing west. c50 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a couple of Herring Gulls also moved west across the reservoir. 

Brief look through the Gulls passing through late afternoon.

Yellow-legged Gull came in from the east with a small group of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. After a brief spell on the island all departed west after being flushed by a Peregrine heading towards Yates 

Early visit ..

32 Goosander on the island 1st thing that all departed south .

A few large gulls passing through and resting on the island, one of which stood out to me but only managed a single photo before it departed west . Ian later confirmed it as showing many features of a Yellow-legged Gull. 

2 Great Crested Grebe on the water during a brief morning visit. Also 1 Curlew and 1 Dunlin, 30+ Swift and 1 singing Whitethroat.

Willow Warbler have bred below Ashworth View House and feeding young this morning on the north side of the reservoir. Whitethroat also still present here.

Steady trickle of mainly adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls moving across the reservoir mainly East to West,  a couple of Herring Gulls and a single adult Great Black-backed Gull also amongst them. 

2 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Snipe, 3 Curlew and a single Lapwing on the island this morning.  

2 Oystercatcher, 15 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 2 Curlew and 1 Common Sandpiper noted during an afternoon circuit. c50 Sand Martin with a few Swift and Swallow over the water. Flock of 145 carefully scrutinised Starling on the eastern slopes, and 2 Stonechat.

Came up mid morning to check starling flock for a rarer cousin but none here today! 150+ swifts feeding low over res with some swallows and sand martins 1 common sand on north shore Male stonechat on southern stone wall (second brood??) Tried between showers but got caught in hail at 11:30 home to dry off

2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 16 Lapwing, 1 Curlew and 1 Dunlin this morning. Also a northward movement of Rook, with 35+ birds heading over between 7.15 and 8.15, 1 Buzzard, 1 Whitethroat and 3 flyover Lesser Redpoll sightings, probably 2 birds.

Single Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper and 2 Willow Warblers first thing this morning .

3 or 4 Dunlin at the reservoir first thing this morning. There may be a possibility some of these birds have been driven off the moors nearby. The high tops are totally baked and bone dry leaving little scope for Dunlin or Golden Plover up there.