Farmoor Reservoir 25th March

0730-1130hrs

Osprey 1  -  found by Paul Butler at 0825. It caught a sizeable Rainbow Trout from F1 which it took to eat on the perimeter track near the water works. It managed to consume the head of the fish before it was mugged by 2  Carrion Crows and abandoned the fish and flew further round F1 to briefly land on the wall before flying off to the North.

The second image would appear to show the Osprey is unringed

Merlin 1f @ 0800 -flew through low over F2 making an unsuccesssful tilt at a Sand Martin before hurtling over the causeway and far end of F1 heading North.

Sand Martin 100+

European Swallow 5

Common Redshank 1

Common Goldeneye 2 (pair)

Greater Scaup 1f

Little Egret 2

Reed Bunting 8 - flock of males on F2 perimeter track were probably migrants