Walked along North bank this morning to see if I could find any Hawfinches at the Hornbeam wood near the picnic area; but an hour looking over the wood produced none.
There was a pheasant shoot on nearby fields at West End this morning. The noise frightened off most of the ducks & geese.
Dam wall + North Bank:- 30+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 100+ Wood Pigeon, Tawny Owl heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5+ Blackbird, 2+ Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Mandarin, 4 flyover Herring Gull, 1 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll.
West End:- 7 Snipe, 47 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Gull, 31 Black-headed Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 5+ Great Tit.