1 1st. yr. male Black Redstart, different from the others, on the rocks, railings and roof tops around Lock Cottage; no sign of any others. On the orange buoys, 12 Common Gulls. In Hamadryad ‘pond’, 2 Water Rails showed well for 4-5 minutes by the drain outlet. In CBWR, another WRail showed briefly, also  Kingfisher and Bullfinch. Otherwise, the reserve was almost bereft of water birds. In Prospect Place, 66 Tufted Duck.