Hanningfield Reservoir 10:45 to 14:30, Dry, sunny, NW wind, 8c. Most birds sheltering tight to W bank. Sightings With Brenda from Rawl, Lyster hides & Causeway.
12 Goosander (9 drakes, 3 females.) 10 Goldeneye (Circa.) 200 Wigeon (Circa. Grazing meadow.) 1000 Coot (At least.) 100 Teal (Circa. ) 4 Egyptian Goose 3 Little Grebe 5 Grey Heron 2 Gadwall (Pair.) 6 Mallard (3 pair. ) 6 Great Crested Grebe 5 Moorhen 5 Common Gull 100 Black-headed Gull (Plus. ) 1 Black-tailed Godwit (Wind felled tree across woodland footpath !.) 1 Peregrine Falcon (Looking like a juvenile. Failed sortie in front of Rawl hide.) 2 Buzzard (Red Fox & Muntjac Deer, Rawl hide.) 3 Jay 4 Mute Swan [David Hale]

Hanningfield Reservoir 09:00 to 13:00,
1 Long-tailed Duck (Female/juv type) 2 Goosander 1 Peregrine Falcon 10 Black-tailed Godwit [David Jobbins]

Hanningfield Reservoir 09:45 to 15:30, Dry, sun & cloud. Calm. Max 8c. Sightings with Brenda from Rawl & Lyster hides & Causeway.
6 Black-tailed Godwit (Causeway.) 11 Dunlin (Causeway.) 1 Green Sandpiper (Causeway.) 12 Common Gull (At least. Causeway.) 30 Lapwing (Circa. Causeway.) 27 Goldeneye (Rawl hide.) 5 Pintail (2 Drakes, 3 female. Rawl hide.) 12 Magpie (Causeway on meadow.) 3 Scaup (Females, Lyster hide. Not one Tufted Duck today !.) 500 Canada Goose (At least, Lyster hide. ) 1000 Coot (Circa, Lyster hide.) 20 Greylag Goose 200 Teal (Plus.) 50 Shoveler (Plus.) 200 Wigeon (Circa, Rawl hide.) 6 Grey Heron 2 Gadwall (Pair.) 1 Grey Wagtail (Lyster hide.) 2 Mistle Thrush (Grazing Marsh.) 3 Robin 9 Pied Wagtail 12 Mallard 8 Pheasant 2 Egyptian Goose 1 Coal Tit (VC feeders.) [David Hale]

Hanningfield Reservoir 11:15 to 11:15,
1 Long-tailed Duck [Simon Satchell]

Hanningfield Reservoir 09:15 to 15:15, Misty & cold to start , clearing to a sunny day with cloud, light NW breeze, 10c. Sightings with Brenda.
10 Black-tailed Godwit (Causeway.) 6 Ruff (Causeway.) 50 Lapwing (At least.) 6 Common Gull (Causeway.) 3 Dunlin (Causway.) 1 Green Sandpiper (Rawl hide. ) 8 Pintail (Rawl hide. 5 Drakes, 3 females.) 6 Goldeneye (3 pair. Rawl hide.) 100 Wigeon (Circa. Rawl hide.) 100 Teal (Plus.) 3 Tufted Duck (Only !.) 20 Mallard 6 Moorhen (Family on Grazing Meadow.) 1 Mistle Thrush (Grazing Meadow.) 50 Meadow Pipit (Mobile flock, Rawl hide.) 6 Robin 7 Linnet 5 Chaffinch 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 1 Marsh Harrier (Female. All raptors over W bank.) 35 Mute Swan (Plus.) 8 Grey Heron 6 Little Grebe 8 Great Crested Grebe [David Hale]

Hanningfield Reservoir 09:00 to 13:00,
1 Curlew Sandpiper (Causeway) 1 Sanderling (From Lyster hide) 6 Ruff 3 Goldeneye 1 Green Sandpiper [David Jobbins]

Hanningfield Reservoir 10:00 to 15:15, Dry, sun & cloud, light W breeze 16c. Sightings with Brenda.
20 Meadow Pipit (Circa, Point hide.) 30 Linnet (Circa, Point hide.) 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Oak hide.) 7 Goldeneye (1 drake, 6 female. Rawl hide.) 6 Pintail (2 drake, 4 female. Rawl hide.) 100 Shoveler (Plus. ) 10 Wigeon (Rawl hide.) 200 Teal (At least.) 8 Little Grebe 1 Little Egret 2 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 50 Lapwing 5 Ruff (Lyster hide.) 1 Green Sandpiper (Lyster hide.) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Rawl hide.) 1 Treecreeper (Rawl hide.) 5 Grey Heron 1 Coal Tit (VC feeders.) 100 Tufted Duck (Circa.) 30 Great Crested Grebe [David Hale]

Hanningfield Reservoir 09:00 to 13:00,
1 Black-necked Grebe (From Lyster hide then flew to middle of res.) [David Jobbins]

Hanningfield Reservoir 10:30 to 14:30, Dry, sun & cloud, light breeze. Max 24c. Sightings with Brenda.
5 Goosander (Females, VC side of LDHC.) 2 Goldeneye (Pair. Today's sightings from both causeways & Billets Farm screen.) 100 Pochard (At least.) 200 Teal (Circa.) 200 Shoveler (At least.) 200 Tufted Duck (At least.) 4 Great White Egret (Between causeways.) 12 Little Egret 3 Grey Heron 1 Green Sandpiper (Billets Farm screen.) 20 Meadow Pipit 200 Goldfinch (Circa. 2 Large flocks of 100 plus. B F screen.) 20 Pied Wagtail (Circa.) 6 Skylark (B F screen.) 1 Jay 1 Grey Wagtail (LBC overflow.) 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 2 Robin 100 Starling (Circa.) [David Hale]

Hanningfield Reservoir 10:45 to 16:30, Dry, sun & cloud, brisk SW breeze, 14c. Sightings with Brenda.
1 Marsh Harrier (Female.) 2 Buzzard 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk (All Raptors over W bank treetops.) 1 Black-necked Grebe (Rawl hide.) 32 Black-tailed Godwit (Oak & Rawl hide.) 1 Ringed Plover (Rawl hide.) 2 Common Sandpiper (Rawl hide.) 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Oak hide.) 50 Lapwing (Circa.) 1 Great White Egret (Rawl hide. W bank with L Egret. Much taller than L Egret, large yellow dagger bill.) 7 Little Egret 13 Grey Heron (Rawl hide.) 3 Ruff (Lyster hide.) 1 Wheatear (Juvenile, Point hide. Our first ever at Hanningfield Res.) 30 Meadow Pipit (Plus.) 50 Pied Wagtail (At least. Point & Oak hide. ) 12 Long-tailed Tit (Circa. Comma, Small White & Red Admiral butterflies on the wing) 1 Goldcrest (In with L T Tits, Lyster hide.) 6 House Martin (At least.) 3 Wigeon (1 drake, 2 female.) [David Hale]