Another poor reservoir watching day weather wise with 0% cloud and full sun on a light E>2 at 12 degrees.
The single remaining Ring Ouzel was still in the boatyard along with 2 Reed Buntings and a very aggressive male Blackbird chasing everything in sight. I,m slowly converting the Bentley workers up there into birds and they now tell me where abouts the Ring Ouzel is as I arrive.
My first Snipe of the year was chipping this morning and flew briefly over the reed beds before dropping out of sight.
The ponds held 2 pair of Greylags and 2 Redshank as well as the pair of Pied Wagtails, otherwise it was down to Mallards, Mipits and Canadas with a lull on small waders and Wheatear. The single male Wheatear I had left with the Ring Ouzels a few days ago.
On the way back up the track a Raven was on carrion across in the field but flew before I could snap it on the ground.
An afternoon of garden duties as well as playing ball with the dogs and sky watching which isnt easy doing all 3 at once. Very little moving in the still bright skies apart from a few small groups of Herring gulls very high and >W which I would have missed if they had,nt been calling.
A pair of local Crows are busy nest building in a tall conifer which seems an unusual place for crows to nest.
Several small black looking butterflies were moving over the garden in threes and fours very fast and none stopping so I couldnt get a good look at them and knowing nothing about moths and butterflies I,ve no idea what they were other than they were very dark in colour and smaller than a small Tortoiseshell.
Fly Flatts
1 Ring Ouzel
2 Reed Bunting
1 Snipe
2 Redshank
4 Greylag
1 Raven.
BS..............only day 3 of lock down and getting very miffed off.