Digley in the Sunshine

A lovely day today and we took Laddie around Digley Reservoir. I took my bins, naturally, and my first treat was spotting a Little Owl basking on a wall in the sunshine. Billberry Reservoir (the little one next door) seemed have a few things to see... I flushed a small wader which flew off before I could ID it and I'm sure I saw a tern of some sort... but both and indeed others seem to gather on a small sandy island right at the far side so I couldn't ID anything without my scope. Funnily enough however I'm sure I could see a Grey Wagtail over there as I could see a smaller bird teetering with flashes of yellow... odd how I could ID the smallest bird there.

There were also Swallows and Martins around as well as the usual Canada Geese on the reservoir. I also clearly heard an Oystercatcher although I didn't see it (I suspect it was somewhere near the "magic" island).

Finally, 3 or 4 small Kestrels were seen over the farmland at the top of the hill... I don't know if they were youngsters but they were small and it was usual to see so many together.