Both birds showed a well striped crown.
Apologies for text stating male Wigeon which should have said female, heat of the moment excitement!
Oxenhope Reservoir 1445- 1600 hrs Calm, slight SE> 2, dull and damp.
A great hours birding ,even though the shoreline is limited now there was enough to hold over 700 gulls and 80 + Lapwings.
The surprise of the day was a female Wigeon on the shore with the gulls and briefly in the water. This is a very early returning bird, my first is usually recorded at the end of September.
A Dunlin and 3 Snipe were in the back ponds with 2 Yellow Legged Herring gulls standing out from the crowd.
A final scope along the shoreline before I left found 2 Whimbrel way over in the furthest point of the SW corner but showing well in the scope.
c 500 LBB gulls
c 200 BH gulls
31 Herring gull
2 Yellow Legged Herring gulls 1 ad 1 3rd summer
3 Snipe
1 Dunlin
2 Whimbrel
3 Pied Wagtails
Tons of Swallows
+ usual sp.
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