I joined Brendon Fagan on a trip to our neighbouring county to the east with our first stop being Hanningfield Reservoir. This was my first visit to this site and I’m always saying I wish we had a reservoir this big in Herts to try and draw some birds in but having to drive to different parts of it to view might become a drag! Anyway after about 5 minutes I finally picked up the female Velvet Scoter by the tern rafts along with 5 Goosander.
Driving though Goldhangar I noticed a field with a small flock of Curlew in it along with 3 Peahen!
Eventually we arrived at Abberton Reservoir and headed straight to the Layer Breton causeway. From here we saw singles of White-fronted and Pink-footed Goose and just around the corner 2 Cattle Egret.
From the Layer de la Haye causeway we ticked off 2 Slavonian and 14 Black-necked Grebe and then from other viewpoints around the reservoir I noted 20+ Goosander, 5 Great White Egret, Black-throated Diver, Spoonbill, 3 Scaup, 2 Green Sandpiper, Ruff and a Marsh Harrier.
We finished the day at Copt Hall farm where distantly from the car park I picked out the Great Grey Shrike perched atop the hedgerow.
Up to 130 species for the year.
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