A much better reservoir watching morning with near ideal weather conditions apart from rain holding off. A moderate E>5-6 with full low cloud cover at 4 degrees.
The reservoir this morning had sprung back to life due to the conditions after the sleepy morning of blue skies and sunshine yesterday.
Another 3 pair of Ringed Plover had come in overnight whilst 11 Common Sandpiper are now present and very active moving around the bankings. A single Dunlin was in the waters edge along with 2 Redshank, 3 Oystercatchers and a distant Snipe.
Big gulls were moving >SW with 13 Herring and 38 LBB whilst 3 Skylark were up singing and 2 more Snipe up drumming.
Wheatear were everywhere with a count of at least 11, without risking double counting, one of which stood out as being a larger, chunky, long legged female with longer wings showing a count of 7 primary tips. This bird has all the features of the Greenland species, leucorhoa, and although the peach breast went full length of the belly, though not as deep coloured as I,ve seen them, so possibly an intergrade.
A light S then SE in the morning and a promise of rain, hopefully without the fog.
BS