Grey Phalarope, King George V Reservoir

I spent a couple of hours over at the King George V Reservoir with Brian on Wednesday. We walked the east side past the sailing club hut. A scan from the causeway eventually located a Slavonian Grebe among the large raft of Coots. Brian was scoping the North basin and found the Reported Red-breasted Merganser drifting along in the middle of the basin. Three Goosander and several Goldeneye were the only other birds of note.

Red-breasted Merganser

This morning, while at home eating breakfast, Brian rings to say there's a Grey Phalarope at the Reservoir. He's already on his way, so I agree to meet him over there. It had been reported in the southeast corner of the south basin, which is the closest area to the car park. However,  Harry informs us that the bird had flown to the southwest corner. We get halfway along the edge of the basin, and the phalarope flies straight past us and lands close by.

This is the third Grey phalarope I've seen at the KGV.

Grey phalarope