Willow Tit Kelham Bridge lifer for me.

After Brian got a Willow Tit at Kelham yesterday Jimmy & I just had to head there our self today.
It's in Leicester & 116 miles from home, we leave just before 6 am & arrive around 8 am.
We park just by a sub station on a small dirt stripe & pop over the style & it's a short walk to the first hide with feeders hanging just outside.
Within a couple of minutes we see 2 Willow Tits on the feeders & over the next hour we get to watch & hear them as they come to & fro to feed.
Long-tailed Tit, Blue & Great Tit along with Robin, Chaffinch, Dunnock, all come to the feeders.
Out on the lake a Snipe is feeding on a small Island & we see at least 4 Buzzard before we leave.
This is just a small reserve with not to much to see here but it gives both Jimmy & myself a life tick.
A couple of volunteers arrive before we leave to do some work on a water pipe & we have a good old chat with them about what they had seen & where they had been so far this year, it's always nice to talk to local birders on their patch.