Meeting at the Pitsford Grange Lane car park on a cold but sunny morning we set about birding around the dam end of Pitsford Water. A Kestrel hovered around us as we donned our clobber. When we got down to the water there were the usual rafts of Tufted Duck, Coot and by the dam lots of young Little Grebe too. Mallard, Wigeon and Teal were much in evidence plus a couple of Pochard. Plenty of Grey Heron to be seen and one Little Egret keeping company with four Great White Egret. Along the dam a few Pied Wagtail were spotted with one Grey Wagtail (pictured above) plus a roving Green Sandpiper bobbing up and down along the muddy shore searching for food. Nothing unusual small bird wise but other raptor seen were Red Kite, Sparrowhawk and Buzzard. The highlight probably, for those who caught sight of it, was a Kingfisher seen flying into a bush down on the overflow channel as we made our way back over the dam.
Bruce White