It promising to be a sunny day we decided to visit Rutland Water again. One of the highlights was a woodlark well away from its normal range (the south of England and a bit of Norfolk). It stayed for ages filling up with food for the return journey perhaps. It attracted a big flock of telescope wielding twitchers almost blocking the footpath. Still, it was they who identfied it for us. I wouldn’t have had a clue!

Another surprise was this avocet. I’ve not seen one of these at Rutland before so that’s a first.

We were pleased to see a group of four pintails – three males and a lone female. You can clearly see why they are called pintails!

The female is the one nearest the camera.