Birthday Birding - 30.8.22

Another birthday had arrived (my 47th) and so I headed up for a wander around Wilstone Reservoir. I arrived to find the car park open but the step fenced off due to works on the reservoirs banks. In fact he entire north and east banks were closed so I parked at cemetery corner and walked to the hide along the dry canal side. Once at the hide I noted 3 Hobby, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, a Common Sandpiper, 11 Little Egret, 40 odd Pied Wagtail and a fly over Peregrine. The only year tick were 3 Greenshank. Despite scanning I didn’t see any of the 3 Garganey nor the Great White Egret seen earlier.