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Abberton Reservoir 11:25 to 14:00, Fairly warm, little wind, cloud cover about 2/5, water levels at Hide Bay and Wigborough Bay extremely low.
42 Spoonbill (LB Causeway) 14 Great White Egret 10 Grey Heron 6 Little Egret 100 Gadwall (Rough estimate) 60 Shoveler (Rough estimate) 30 Egyptian Goose (Estimate) Marsh Harrier (Hide Bay hide) Red Kite (Hide Bay hide) 3 Buzzard (Hide Bay hide, mostly high) Kestrel (Hide Bay hide) 9 Ruff (Wigborough Bay) 200 Lapwing (Rough estimate) 2 Cetti's Warbler Blackcap (Female, Gwen's hide) Stonechat (Female, Gwen's hide) [Simon Banks]

Abberton Reservoir 08:00 to 14:10, 5+ Clouded Yellow
31 Black-tailed Godwit (Mostly from LDLH) Common Sandpiper (LDLH) Pintail (LDLH) 60+ Lapwing (Mostly LBC) 17 Ruff (9 LBC, 6 Wig Bay, LDLH & Hide Bay) Ringed Plover (LDLH) Kingfisher (LDLH west side) 40+ Great White Egret (Double digit counts in Wig Bay & LBC) Osprey (Dead tree in hide bay until around 11:15 then seen flying around reservoir) Black Tern (St Andrew's Church viewpoint until at least 9:30) 3 Buzzard Red Kite Sparrowhawk (Reserve) 33 Spoonbill (West of LBC) Stonechat (Wig Bay) Lesser Whitethroat (St Andrew's Church viewpoint) 3 Kestrel Marsh Harrier (Male flew over VC at 11:30) [James Hudson]

Abberton Reservoir 10:00 to 14:15, mainly sunny, mild
5 Red-crested Pochard (1 Wigborough bay; 4 LBC) 2 Ringed Plover (Wigborough bay) 15 Ruff (Wigborough bay & LBC approx.) 11 Curlew Sandpiper (Wigborough bay) Little Stint (Wigborough bay) Green Sandpiper (LBC) 23 Spoonbill (1 Wigborough bay; 22 LBC) 23 Great White Egret (at least) Sparrowhawk (Wigborough bay) 2 Marsh Harrier (Layer church) 3 Buzzard (Wigborough bay) Peregrine Falcon (Wigborough bay) Raven (Layer church) [Sean Gregory]

Abberton Reservoir 07:00 to 13:00, Highlights only. Light rain.
20 Pintail 4 Red-crested Pochard (Wig bay,) Cuckoo (Juv. Island Hide.) Golden Plover 37 Ringed Plover 5 Snipe 2 Common Sandpiper 5 Green Sandpiper 6 Spotted Redshank Redshank 4 Greenshank 100 Black-tailed Godwit 36 Ruff 9 Curlew Sandpiper (Wig bay.) 5 Dunlin 28 Spoonbill (LBC.) 35 Great White Egret 2 Osprey (Hide bay.) 2 Wheatear 2 Yellow Wagtail 3000 Teal [Oliver Cottis]

Abberton Reservoir 11:00 to 15:00,
32 Spoonbill (LBC) 4 Red-crested Pochard (LBC 2 M 2F) Ring-necked Duck (LBC) 2 Kestrel 2 Red Kite Osprey (over EWT Centre) 8 Curlew Sandpiper (Wigborough Bay) Peregrine Falcon ( 1 F hunting over Wig bay) Little Stint (Wig Bay) 2 Greenshank (Wig Bay) 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Wig Bay) 4 Ringed Plover (Wig Bay) 2 Pintail (Wig Bay) Long-tailed Tit Blue Tit 3 Swallow (Billets) 2 Buzzard (Hide Bay hide) [Paul Everett]

Abberton Reservoir 09:00 to 15:00,
Black Swan (Island Hide.) 2 Garganey (West of LBC.) 100 Shoveler 8 Wigeon 400 Gadwall 400 Mallard 250 Greylag Goose 150 Canada Goose 70 Mute Swan 10 Pintail 1000 Teal 200 Pochard 4 Red-crested Pochard (LBC.) 250 Tufted Duck 300 Coot 20 Moorhen 100 Lapwing 60 Black-tailed Godwit Snipe 3 Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper 2 Wood Sandpiper (Hide Bay.) 2 Greenshank 38 Ruff Pectoral Sandpiper (Wig Bay.) 3 Common Tern 30 Little Grebe 40 Great Crested Grebe 150 Cormorant 40 Spoonbill (LBC.) 12 Little Egret 25 Great White Egret 20 Grey Heron 2 Osprey (Adult and juvenile in Hide Bay.) Sparrowhawk Marsh Harrier Buzzard Kingfisher (LBC.) Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Kestrel Peregrine Falcon (LBC.) 6 Skylark 10 Sand Martin Lesser Whitethroat 3 Whinchat (Billets Flood.) 9 Yellow Wagtail [Oliver Cottis]

Abberton Reservoir 11:45 to 16:45, warm and sunny
2 Pintail Water Rail 3 Ringed Plover 3 Snipe 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper (Billets) 2 Greenshank 25 Ruff 36 Spoonbill 30 Great White Egret Osprey (Hide Bay) 2 Marsh Harrier Red Kite 2 Buzzard 2 Kestrel Peregrine Falcon (Hide Bay) Coal Tit 5 Sand Martin 5 Whinchat (opposite Billets) Wheatear (opposite Billets) Yellow Wagtail Reed Bunting [Ben Mapp]

Abberton Reservoir 10:30 to 15:00, Sunny and warm with a mild breeze.
40 Spoonbill (LBC) Green Sandpiper (LBC) 34 Great White Egret (4 LBC 30 Hide Bay Hide) Osprey (Hide Bay Hide) Peregrine Falcon (Hide Bay Hide) 2 Red Kite (Hide Bay Hide) 2 Buzzard (Hide Bay Hide ) 2 Swallow (LBC) [Antony Braun]

Abberton Reservoir 10:35 to 13:00, mainly sunny, easterly breeze, mild; sightings from causeways & Wigborough Bay
Ring-necked Duck (female east of LBC) Green Sandpiper (LBC) Common Sandpiper (LBC) 3 Wigeon (LBC) 2 Garganey (west of LBC) 2 Marsh Harrier ( LBC) 2 Red Kite 8 Spoonbill (at least) 4 Ruff (Wigborough Bay) 3 Greenshank (Wigborough Bay) Wheatear (opposite entrance to Billets Farm) 2 Whinchat (opposite entrance to Billets Farm) Great Spotted Woodpecker (LBC) [Mark Gregory]

Abberton Reservoir 13:00 to 13:00,
Osprey (hunting west of LDLH causeway and sharing the same airspace as a Red Kite) [Richard Chew]

Abberton Reservoir 07:30 to 12:30, Sunny & dry
Water Rail (LBC under trees) 2 Common Tern (Both Causeways) 3 Green Sandpiper (LBC) Common Sandpiper (LBC) Ring-necked Duck (Female type LBC on bank) 2 Garganey ( LBC on bank) 2 Yellow Wagtail (Wigboro bay from Screen) [Brian Bolton]

Abberton Reservoir 07:30 to 14:00, Highlights from LBC and Wig Bay with Steve Grimwade
Spotted Redshank 3 Green Sandpiper (LBC) 4 Common Sandpiper (LBC) Ring-necked Duck (LBC east bank) Peregrine Falcon (juv LBC & Wig Bay) 2 Red Kite (LBC) 2 Marsh Harrier (Male LBC, juv Wig Bay) Pectoral Sandpiper (Wig Bay) 6 Ruff (4 Wig Bay, 2 LBC) Wheatear (Wig Bay) Whinchat (Wig Bay) 3 Greenshank (Wig Bay) 9 Spoonbill (LBC) 7 Pintail (LBC) 3 Garganey (LBC) 2 Water Rail (Adult and juv LBC) 3 Great White Egret (2 LBC, 1 Wig Bay) [Matt Turner]