Having dropped Margie off in Lindfield for her works Christmas Dinner, I thought I'd have a wander up to Weirwood Reservoir in the hope of adding Mandarin to my year list, sad I know, what was worse I never found one!!  Nice to bump into Alistair and Bob doing a WEBS count as well! Bird wise, the highlight was a Barn Owl that Alastair picked up flying across the Reservoir. Brief views of a Kingfisher, some active Pochards and Tufties , but most of the action was on and around the Feeders, with Marsh Tits, Coal Tits and Long-tailed Tits among the highlights, though some were harder to get pics of than others some pics below!
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| Marsh Tit, not a fan of feeder shots, but the blooming Marsh Tits didn't hang around! | 
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| Pochard | 
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| Grey Heron | 
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| Black-headed Gull | 
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| Great Crested Grebe | 
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| Barn Owl | 
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| Treecreeper showed well, though as per usual spent most of the time around the back of the trunk! | 
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 
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| Little Egret | 
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| Long-tailed Tit, best i managed at the reservoir, though on my return home there was a flock of 8 on our Feeders,pictures below! | 
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| Blue Tit, possibly with a gammy leg | 
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| Nuthatch another bird that only posed on the feeders | 
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| Coal Tit | 
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| Pheasant | 
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| Little Grebe, showed about 10 minutes after the WEBS counters left | 
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| Tufted Ducks | 
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| Goldfinch, splash of colour on a dull day | 
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| Coal Tit | 
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| Blue Tit without Gammy leg | 
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| Female Chaffinch | 
Not a bad couple of hours, as said having picked Margie up, not literally she hadn't drunk that much😂We returned home to a group of eight or nine Long-tailed Tits in the garden, managed to get the door open without spooking them and got a few pics, bit of sunlight would have helped!
Such a privilege to have them flitting about the garden!!!!  
 
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