WeBS Monthly Survey
All Reservoir:- 14 Great Crested Grebe, 18+4 young Canada Geese, 4 Mandarin Duck, 15 Mallard, 7 Common Tern, 2 Lesser Black-bcked Gull, 6 Stock Dove, 4 Swallow, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Garden Warbler.
Dam End:- 5+4 young Greylag, 6+6 young Egyptian Geese, 2 white farmyard geese, 2 Canada/Greylag hybrid Geese, 1 Red Kite, 1 Cuckoo, Osprey and Curlew were early morning flyovers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Swift, 1 House Martin, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 24 nests in rookery, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Goldfinch.
Dragonfly – 1 Banded Demoiselle.
West End:- 46 Cormorant, 18 Grey Heron, 1 white feral duck, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 3 lack-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch.
Whillet’s:- 1 Moorhen, 3 Reed Warbler, Bullfinch heard.
Butterflies:– 3m Orange Tip, 1m Brimstone, 1 Peacock, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Green-veined White.
Dragonflies – 6 Beautiful Demoiselle,
Meadow Pond:- 10 pairs Large Red Damselfly, 12 Azure Damselfly, 1F Hairy Dragonfly.
Also 1M Hairy Dragonfly and 2 Downy Emerald Damselflies at Whillet’s reedbed.