Stirtloe: ringtail HEN HARRIER over elephant grass east of Stirtloe sewage works late morning (this area is just NW of the northern end of the Paxton Pits complex).

Northern Pits: WATER PIPIT again in evening, plus Pintail, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets and a Grey Wagtail.

A1 North Pit: juvenile Pink-footed Goose with 400 Greylag Geese.

Heronry South: male Peregrine circling over east scrub.

Island Pit: 5 Goldeneye.

Washout Pit: Water Rail.

Northern Pits: pair of Stonechats still, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Green Sandpipers, plus Clouded Yellow.

Northern Pits: WATER PIPIT late afternoon at Pumphouse Pit, feeding alongside a Rock Pipit on and off. Also single Wheatear, 14 Snipe and 2 Pintail.

Northern Pits: 1-2 Rock Pipits, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, Barn Owl, Fieldfare over.

Northern Pits: GREAT WHITE EGRET this evening, plus Barn Owl, 5 Little Egrets, Pintail, Snipe, Golden Plover, Dunlin and Green Sandpiper.

Northern Pits: an incredible few minutes this evening in which a GLOSSY IBIS dropped in briefly just after 6pm (then flew south through the reserve), followed a few minutes later by the first site record of a LONG-TAILED SKUA (a juvenile) heading west with Black-headed Gulls. The Skua was then located at Grafham Water shortly afterwards.

Also seen during the evening were a Jack Snipe, 1+ Rock Pipit, 7 Pintail, 4 Little Egrets & 15 Golden Plovers.

Washout Pit: 2 Water Rails, including one showing well on edge of reedbed from the east side of  the pit.

Northern Pits: 4 Pintail, 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Golden Plovers & Snipe.

Washout Pit: GREAT WHITE EGRET stood on north edge of reeds at 10:10, but not again by late morning.

Northern Pits: 1-2 Rock Pipits .

Heronry South: no sign again of Yellow-browed Warbler, but 1-2 Marsh Tits, 3 Coal Tits, 2 Chiffchaffs and Goldcrest in the area. Some Song Thrush and Skylark movement evident overhead.

Northern Pits: male and female Stonechat still around, plus Ruff and Green Sandpiper again and a single Ringed Plover through. Blackcap & Cetti's Warbler noted at north end of Island Pit.

Heronry South: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER in hedgerow by Education Centre, then in Silver Birches between Ed. Centre and site of Hayden Hide at 18:06, but no further sign by dusk.

Northern Pits: Curlew Sandpiper flew low south with 2 Dunlin at 17:15; also immature Peregrine, 1st winter Mediterranean Gull (not the bird from Saturday), 2 Green Sandpipers, Ruff, 6 Snipe, Grey Wagtail and 1-2 Rock Pipit(s).

Northern Pits: An apparent 1cy Mediterranean Gull with an entirely adult-type black hood! This bird has also been recorded at Grafham recently, see photo here: Med Gull .The full black hood is understood to be caused by some form of hormonal imbalance.

Also present were 4 Pintail, Goldeneye, Ruff & 2 Snipe.