16th Augut 2024 sightings

West End:- Shovellers, Great Crested Grebe chicks, 2 Common Sandpipers on the nesting platforms, 3 Kingfishers, Little Egret. 4 Swallows, Marsh Tit.
Whillet’s:- Little Egret moved here, 5 Reed Buntings, Reed Warbler were present.
Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpipers on the dam with adult Ringed Plover, Kingfisher, 3 Herring and a Great Black-backed Gull. Below the dam a Common Sandpiper in the outflow plus 3 Grey Wagtails, in the bushes Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Goldcrest. 3 Ravens flew over, Red Kite and a minimum of 6 Buzzards over the north bank.
Along the North Bank footpath 2 more Marsh Tits, Sparrowhawk male and another 2 Goldcrests, a beautiful juvenile Hobby flew past low.