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Ardleigh Reservoir 17:30 to 19:00, Selected sightings
Ring Ouzel (Male, patch tick) 2 Yellow Wagtail (Male and female) Barnacle Goose (patch tick) Lesser Whitethroat 2 Buzzard [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 08:15 to 08:30,
Reed Warbler (First of year) House Martin (First of year) Sparrowhawk 2 Green Sandpiper 2 Shelduck [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 11:45 to 13:00,
6 Swallow 4 Sand Martin 2 Blackcap Chiffchaff 2 Great Crested Grebe 14 Tufted Duck Green Woodpecker [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 14:00 to 14:40, Cool, but warming. Blue sky, not much wind.
Green Sandpiper Little Grebe 3 Chiffchaff (3 singing) 2 Blackcap (2 singing, both seen.) [Simon Banks]

Ardleigh Reservoir 15:00 to 17:00, Selected sightings from the gravel pits
2 Little Ringed Plover 3 Green Sandpiper Sand Martin 11 Tufted Duck Chiffchaff Blackcap 4 Buzzard 2 Linnet [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 08:15 to 08:45,
Goosander (Distant female type bird) 2 Pochard (Pair still present) 2 Kingfisher (Pair following each other round the reservoir) 2 Grey Wagtail Blackcap (Singing) 3 Chiffchaff (All heard only) Mistle Thrush (Singing to the north, couldn't locate) [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 08:15 to 08:40, Selected sightings from both causeways
6 Shoveler (3 pairs) 2 Pochard (pair) 2 Grey Heron Cetti's Warbler (Patch tick!) 2 Chiffchaff Blackcap (Singing male - first of year) 2 Grey Wagtail 3 Reed Bunting (2m, 1f) Pheasant [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 10:45 to 12:20, mainly sunny, southerly breeze
2 Chiffchaff (singing) Green Woodpecker (calling) Kingfisher Buzzard (displaying) 20 Redwing 6 Gadwall [Mark Gregory]

Ardleigh Reservoir 08:15 to 08:45, Quick look at pool and both causeways on way to work
Kingfisher 6 Goosander (2m, 4f-type) 22 Tufted Duck 5 Great Crested Grebe 2 Little Egret 3 Song Thrush 6 Redwing 5 Fieldfare Greenfinch [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 08:00 to 08:30, Selected sightings
6 Goosander 35 Tufted Duck 6 Great Crested Grebe 2 Little Grebe Little Egret 2 Kingfisher (Pair calling frequently) Green Sandpiper 15 Fieldfare (Flock flew through north) [Matt Turner]

Ardleigh Reservoir 08:15 to 08:45, Selected sightings from quick stop before work
12 Goosander (Next to Dragonfly hotel) Green Sandpiper (Lodge Lane) 3 Song Thrush 4 Little Grebe Little Egret Grey Heron 9 Tufted Duck 3 Great Crested Grebe Common Gull 13 Gadwall [Matt Turner]