Today i woke up at 7am to go to Tring Reservoirs my mum dropped me off at college lake and I stayed there for a while. I traveled first to the octagon hide which is on the right. After a while I left and went back to the center. When I was about to leave the center I realised it had started to hail. I decided to run to the closest hide to the center which was very close. I started to die down after maybe 10-15 mins. I left to go to the castle hide. When I got in there were already a few people looking out of the hide and had seen two kingfishers next to each other. After waiting 15 mins nothing came and I decided to leave. After that I went to the other hide which is quite close to it. From there, there was not much to be seen but at one point a warbler flew up which I identified to be a Willow Warbler but another person thought it was a Chiffchaff so I left it off my day list. On my way back to the center I decided to have one more look for the kingfishers unfortunately they were still no were to be seen.
MARSWORTH & STRATOP'S END RESERVOIR
After College Lake I cycled to marsworth and Stratop's end Reservoir were I saw a Red crested pochard no more than 2-3 meters away from me I was able to obtain some good footage.
A Red Crested Pochard.
I locked up my bike and left to go to Wilstone Reservoir.
WILSTONE RESERVOIR
At Wilstone Reservoir I looked for a Cuckoo but was unable to find one instead I found other birds such as a Chiffchaff and a Oystercatcher which I was surprised to see as they are usually at College Lake I also saw some at College Lake but it is nice to see them at Wilstone. I was also able to film to Oystercatcher.
My Day List. ( any bird with this ✔ is a tick for me)
- Tufted Duck
- Mallard
- Swift
- House Martin
- Sand Martin
- Oystercatcher
- Coot
- Lapwing
- Redshank
- Canada Geese
- Mute Swan
- Common Tern
- Reed Bunting
- Blackbird
- Woodpigeon
- Moorhen
- Reed Warbler ✔
- Little Ringed Plover ✔
- Ringed Plover
- Magpie
- Robin
- Chaffinch
- Great Tit
- Blue Tit
- Jay
- Carrion Crow
- Swallow
- Long-Tailed Tit
- Cormarant
- Hobby
- Feral Pigeon
- Red Crested Pochard
- Greenfinch
- Graylag Geese
- Jackdaw
- Grey Heron
- Chiffchaff
- Pochard
- Great Crested Grebe
- Gadwall
- Little Egret
- Wigeon
