This one from Friday 7th August on a day of great heat and stillness.
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| A juvenile Dunlin patrolling the water's edge in the early morning. Along with Common Sandpipers it is the commonest migrant wader at Farmoor |
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| A Great crested Grebe. They are present all year round but never able to breed due to lack of suitable habitat and constant disturbance |
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| A juvenile Gadwall. One of three that managed to survive and reach independence from an original brood of ten |
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| Little Egrets taking advantage of the large number of fish fry swimming in the shallows by the concrete apron of the Causeway |
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| One of four Common Sandpipers present today and this one allowing quite close approach which is unusual for this species as it is always one of the wariest waders that visit the reservoir |
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| A juvenile Common Chiffchaff. They are always to be found feeding at this time of year in the trees and bushes at the western end of the Causeway |
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| A pair of Little Grebes, still in summer plumage and the first to return to the reservoir where they do not breed but spend the winter in small numbers |
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