c.80 Arctic Terns at Staines Res this evening. Also Whimbel & Common Sandpiper.

220+ Arctic Terns now being reported at Staines Res!!!

Staines Res: Black Tern 1 Little Gull 1 Oystercatcher 5 Yellow Wag 1 c.400 hirundines with Sand Martin being the predominant species

Staines Res; Whimbrel, Little Gull & Yellow Wagtail this evening.

Staines Res; Black Tern 1, Arctic Tern 12, Whimbrel 3, Redshank 6, Dunlin 7, LRP 1, Peregrine 2, BN Grebe 2, Yellow Wag 7.

Standing on the causeway looking at tiny dots in the distance that were Little Gulls on the south basin, wishing one would come closer. I turn around and one is right behind me on the north basin point blank. Winning!! Staines Res

Staines Res; Grey Plover still on west bank of North basin this afternoon.

Staines Res: 35+ Arctic Terns early evening. An amazing spring for Arctic Terns this year. Also 2 Yellow wags along the causeway.

Staines Res: 7 Black Terns

Staines Res; 2 Little Terns still at 1330. One on each basin when I left. (alighting on westbank of north basin occasionally). 10+ Black Terns over both basins...difficult to count among hundreds of Swifts. Plus Oystercatcher & Common Sandpiper.

Staines Res: 18 Black Terns reported this morning (KP). 1st summer Mediterranean Gull on west bank of north basin at 0930.

Staines Res: Still one Black Tern early evening.

Staines Res: Little Gull 1, Black-necked Grebe 1, Redshank 1

Staines Res: Little Gull

Staines Reservoir WeBS Count - Black-necked Grebe, 44 Tufted, 2 Pochard and reservoir rarity a Moorhen, otherwise very little.

Staines Res; Female Common Scoter north basin.

Staines Reservoir WeBS Count (Saturday) - Common Scoter (fem), 4 Black-necked & 72 GC Grebe, 9 Common Sandpiper, 1223 Tufted Duck, 321 Coot.

Staines Res; Southbound wader passage kicking off: Black-tailed Godwit 10, Dunlin 9, Common Sand 4, Oystercatcher 2, 1830-2030 hrs No sign of the Common Scoter.

Staines Res; Juvenile Kittiwake and Little Gull on South basin this evening.

2 Greenshank Stanwell Moor. Staines Res; 3 Black Terns, 1 Little Gull, 5 Yellow Wag, 1 Common Sand, 4 BN grebe