A strange trip today to Shustoke Reservoir, the day started off foggy and misty (you could barely see fifty foot in front of you) then two - three hours later, it was almost like a summers day. Easily the highlight of the day was my virgin spot of not one but a pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, fortunately it was about ten minutes after the mist had lifted and it was a perfect spot at the top of a medium sized tree and with the sun behind me, you could see the one for a good five minutes, ironically the next spot a couple of minutes later were a pair of Great Spotted Woodpecker. All bird species spotted today (despite the early foggy weather) were Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard, Kestrel, Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Tree Sparrow, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Part Albino Carrion Crow (Black body with white feathers) Pied Wahtail, Gadwall, Pochard, Little Grebe (a male and female) Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose. There was also nine fisherman on the Shustoke Fly Fishers Pool, you can see three on the seventh picture. Strangely today I didn't see any Grey Squirrels or Rabbits, I did see plenty of Bees though.
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