In total, 35 species seen in the one visit, pretty good for a concrete bowl and some surrounding fields / hedgerows! Things seem to be on the move....
Barnacle Geese - 6 (first I've ever seen at the reservoir, on the bank for all the time I was there, then saw them in the air as I drove away) Whooper Swan - 28 (flew over south to north and two landed on the water for a couple of minutes then carried on their way) Buzzard - 1 Fieldfare - c20 Redwing - 2 Oystercatcher - 3 (returned a little earlier in March than last year, when they stayed around for the whole summer) Great Crested Grebe - 18 Gadwall - 17 Goldeneye - 7 Jay - 1 Tree Sparrow - 4
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