No sign of Ring-necked Duck in walk round whole of lake including hurscombe reserve. Some of birds seen or heard: bullfinch buzzard - 4 chifchaff - 6 cormorant - 8 goldcrest goldfinch great crested grebe - 6 great spotted woodpecker - 3 grey wagtail - 2 jay - 2 little grebe long-tailed tit - several meadow pipit - 2 nuthatch - 2 raven - 4 redpoll - several snipe - 2 song thrush wren - 12 plus one roe deer.
