All Reservor:  12 Great Crested Grebe,  11 Mallard, 3 Moorhen.

Dam End:  Song Thrush singing, 19 Nests at rookery noted.

West End:  29 Cormorant (16 nests included on North bank side of heronry), 28 Grey Heron plus 2 young seen at a nest, 4 Little Egret, 2 Greylag & 19 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 6 Mandarin, pair of Gadwall & Shoveler, 6 Teal, 1 White Feral Duck, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Goshawk, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Coot, 7 flyover Common Gull, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 14 Stock Dove flew across into a nearby field,  16 Starling flyover, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch. 

Whillet’s: 1 Water Rail heard, 3 Jack Snipe (flew up from a wet area), 1 x Kingfisher, Bullfinch heard.

Also plenty of Frog spawn seen at ponds & pools, A Comma & Small Tortoiseshell butterflies were seen & Bee flies were on the wing, a lot of Wood Anemones in flower by Whillet’s bridge.