Shustoke Reservoir.

Great visit to Shustoke Reservoir this morning, where a lot of my visit didn't actually consist of the reservoir itself, but the surrounding areas, I decided to deviate from the water early on and instead headed to the large fields in the direction of Whitacre Waterworks Pumping Station, and I'm so glad I did as one of the very large fields which has been left barren for as long as I can remember, and it looked absolutely superb with many fairly well established trees which were not evident at all on my last visit to that area a couple of years ago, there were also plenty of bushes and wildflowers, in that area I saw Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat and Blackcap of which the Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat who were also very vocal I didn't see or hear in any other location this morning which made visiting that area worth it for that alone.

On the reservoir it was amazingly quiet with not many waterfowl in evidence at all, all the same it was great to see a Grey Heron and the following juveniles, Canada Goose (4) and a lone Mallard Duckling, other juveniles spotted today were, Grey Wagtail, Long Tailed Tit and Robin, above the water it was a pleasure to see House Martin, even if their number was only small.

Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Blue Tot, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Starling, Pheasant, Collared Dove, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jackdaw, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron, Canada Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Gadwall, Tufted Duck and Mallard.

Obviously, it was also great to see all the trees, bushes and flowers finally coming into full bloom, which also has the added bonus of not only looking great but also gives the birds and other wildlife plenty of cover,