Dam End:- WeirWood early morning 6:30hrs onwards in flat overcast conditions. At the dam end a lovely Wood Sandpiper along the north shore, also 5 Little Egrets in various scattered areas around this end, 4 Common Sands on the dam, 104 Black-headed and just 2 Herring Gulls. 2 female Mandarin were present plus a male Teal. 25 Barn Swallows were feeding mid reservoir, 3 Common Terns were this end too. On the dam slope Green Woodpecker again and a Great spotted flew over. In the c/pk Goldcrest and still Blackcap singing.
West end:- there were 2 juv’ Black-headed Gulls noted but no juv’ Common Tern seen only 4 ad’s. A couple of Little Egret were this end too plus more Mandarins with 6 seen. 2 Kingfishers were present and in the narrows a Green Sandpiper was flying around, eventually landing on Martin’s island. Lastly a Hobby flew over the west end heading over the heronry.