Nice visit to Shustoke Reservoir early this morning where it was nice to see so many Mallard Ducklings, I counted thirty seven in different stages of growth from tiny little young ones to others who are now only slightly different to the adults, also seen were four Mute Swan Cygnets, seven Coot juveniles as well as the following, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Robin and Carrion Crow, in fact the wooded area between the farmers field and the fly-fishers pool there was an amazing amount of juvenile birds which were mainly the aforementioned Tits and Finches, also heard but not seen were calling Great Spotted Woodpeckers, I also saw one Mute Swan on the nest and a Great Spotted Grebe trying to build a nest, they always find it difficult to build a nest on the reservoir.
The water fowl weren't present in great numbers today but there was a good flock of c.40 Canada Geese which is unusual for this location, there was actually more going on above the water with hundreds of House Martin, Swift and Sand Martin.
It was great to see two Skylark today of which were above separate farmer's fields, hopefully if they have nests in the fields they are left undisturbed.
Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Skylark, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Wren, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, House Martin, Swift, Sand Martin, Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose.
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