Popped over the local reservoir with Jim today and picked up a late year tick when we found a juvenile Arctic Tern still present hunting over the causeway between the basins. There were at least ten Goosanders and a drake Goldeneye and we spotted a Peregrine on the pylons. A Sparrowhawk flew in and sat on the bank to watch the Tern fly by with the Tern actually sitting on the bank a couple of feet from the Sprawk at one time.
The numbers of Tufted Duck and Coot are climbing and there's a few Gadwall, Mallard and Pochard present along with both Great Crested Grebe and Little Grebes but little else of note on this visit.
Year list now 228 and just ten off that worst ever year I've started to chase to get me out a bit more.
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Canada Geese |
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| Canada Geese |
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