Staines Reservoir

A decent late afternoon visit to Staines Reservoir where a distant Black-necked Grebe was present on the west side of the south basin.

My first terns of the year were met by a cloud of whirling and boisterous group of Common Tern that wheeled over the causeway from the south to the north basin.  There were at least two classic Arctic Tern feeding on the south side but could perhaps have been more.

The continuing Greater Scaup was present close to the Causeway on the north basin.

A surprise Whimbrel plodded along the grassy bank of the south basin with a Little Ringed Plover that flew in onto the shoreline.

Three Swallow were feeding along the causeway.