Immediately post dawn it was calm, cool (!) and the waters of the reservoir appeared as a sheet of glass........ Ingbirchworth at its best. A quick count before " a circuit" showed duck numbers to be pretty much the same as previously and 4 Grey Herons spread around the waters edge.
Despite the shelter of the fringing willows midges were in short supply, although good numbers of Willow Warblers and odd Whitethroats were taking their toll! Again, virtually no visible passage was noted other than a rapidly moving party of Black-headed Gulls SW and a single adult Common Gull west, not always a feature of high summer. And that was it, other than six Grey Wagtails ( two adults ) , a couple of Yellowhammer still in song and a single Common Sandpiper.
A walk around a couple of other reservoirs showed much the same circumstances. Royd Moor did have a surprise in the form of 115 Grey lag Geese, a Lesser Whitethroat and a fly through Tree Sparrow, but that was it. Mid morning gave soaring temperatures and an opportunity to look for butterflies which was then the essence of the day.
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