Shustoke Reservoir.

Great visit to Shustoke Reservoir this morning especially as this wasn't the intended location but like I say it didn't disappoint.

Highlights were seeing a Treecreeper foraging up a tree quite literally a few feet in front of me while also listening to a Reed Warbler singing right behind me, seeing and hearing Skylarks above one of the farmers fields, watching a Song Thrush accidentally scare a Green Woodpecker which in turn scared the Song Thrush so they both flew up from the grass and over the other side of the reservoir, observing juvenile Blue Tit, Great Tit and Mallard Ducklings (thirteen in total), watching a Coal Tit and a Wren going off with insects and they were clearly feeding young nearby and finally getting decent photos of a Pied Wagtail, one of which is above.

Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Skylark, Treecreeper, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Green Woopdecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Swift, Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose.

Great to see Bird's-foot-trefoil all around the grass which was near to the waters edge, large amounts of Teasel ready to spring into life, as well as two decent amount of areas of wildflower which included Cuckoo Flower,
Red Campion, White Campion, Oxeye Daisy, Field Poppy and Foxglove, in turn these areas also contained butterflies which were Peacock, Orange Tip and Small White.

The only downside of the day apart from the litter in the car park was seeing the building work happening at the cottage between the reservoir and the fly-fishers pool, where they have unfortunately completely blocked the eaves access for the birds which meant for the first time ever I didn't hear a single House Sparrow around the cottage and didn't see a single House Martin and Swallow there or even on the telephone wires which was a real shame, I know people are free to do what they like with their own property, it's just a shame the birds weren't taken into consideration.

I'll end the day on a high note though, when I got home the feeders were completely empty and there were juvenile House Sparrow in the pyracanthas, in the tree, on the floor, basically they were everywhere along with the 30-40 juvenile Starling who are also coming into the garden everyday, great to have so many baby birds coming into my patch :)