Shustoke Reservoir.

A trip out to Shustoke Reservoir today which upon arrival was misty and foggy but that soon gave way to a glorious hot and sunny day. Birds spotted were, Green Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Robin, Swallow, House Martin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon,  Carrion Crow, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Pied Wagtail, Common Tern, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Canada Goose and the following juveniles, Cygnet (4), Great Crested Grebe (4), Coot (numerous), Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Pied Watail, Swallow and House Martin. The Green Woodpecker was only spotted by default in the meadow when a Buzzard swopped down, possibly for an unsuspecting mouse or vole, of which it didn't capture anyway, but it did manage to flush out a very panicked Green Woodpecker, which flew into a tree over the train tracks where I then lost sight of it. There was a lot of Buzzard activity today around the reservoir and in the fields, of which were very vocal for some reason, they were probably excited by all the songbird activity making the most of the unseasonal warm sunny British summer. With the sun making a visit for a change, it was great to see plenty of butterfly and insect activity, I saw hundreds if not thousands of butterflies and blue damselfly, as well as plenty of tiny insects, so it was no wonder there were thousands of Swallow and House Martin having a feeding frenzy including many of this years juveniles. Talking of feeding frenzies, the House Sparrow's in the back garden are eating the bird seed like it going out of fashion, you'd think seed had just been invented, I'm filling up the feeders at least twice a day at the moment and they're stripping them clean, saying that there seems to be more juveniles every day, there's certainly no shortage of House Sparrow by me, they could easily be numbering in the hundreds. Hopefully I'm off to Edgbaston next week for some more reservoir goodness.