Hanningfield Resevoir

Working in Brentwood, Hanningfield is not to far away so i popped over there this morning as Black terns were reported last night.

No Black Terns for me but i did manage a Ruff at the far end hide over looking the fishing lodge along with getting in some more Gull ID this time on Juvenile Great Black Backed & Lesser Black Backed.

Within the woodland area though i also managed a new life tick - a Treecreeper; a lovely little bird with white underneath and mottled brown top and black down turned bill

courtesy of http://blog.cat.org.uk

Also a year tick in the form of a Coal Tit, thought i had one of them already but apparently not.

courtesy of Ian F

This also now increases my Patch List over at Hanningfield to the dizzy heights of 42:

Blackbird, Blackcap, Black Headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Common Gull, Common Tern, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Great Black Backed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Jay, Lapwing, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Magpie, Mallard, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Pintail, Pochard, Robin, Ruff, Shoveler, Teal, Treecreeper, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Willow Warbler, Wren

plus a Black Swan.