Day out to Farmoor Reservoir with another local photographer Lee Gardiner for the Red-necked Grebe that had re-appereared and was now in its stunning Summer Plumage.  The weather looked good for a few hours in the morning so we arrived on site at 7am.  We walked left around the Reservoir and it wasn't until we were nearly already around that another birder on site said the Grebe was at the Sailing Club.  If we would of gone right we would of found it within minutes!!!!  The walk around was worth it as we saw a hunting Barn Owl and a Pair of Kestrels at the on site nest box.  There was also a pair of Red-crested Pochard at the Sailing Club.  

Red Crested Pochard, April 2015

Sadly the Grebe didn't really perform for us spending most of its time in the middle of the reservoir.  A few Sand Martins and Swallows dropped in and this NATO E-3 AWACS Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Aircraft  was flying out of RAF Brize Norton.

The Grebe will have to wait for another day.