Goldfinch, two Mandarin, Treecreeper, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff, twelve Grey Heron.
Month: March 2015
West End: Several Great Crested Grebe pairs displaying, Heronry busy, 2 Mute Swan, 2 pairs Mandarin, Drake Goldeneye but still being elusive, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker heard, 2 GS Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, a bonus was a Red Kite seen drifting over Turners Hill as I drove through.
West End: 2 pairs of Mandarin, 3 Buzzards, 1 Snipe on Pintail bank, 1 Common Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 3 GS Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Chiffchaff heard, 2 LT Tit, Marsh Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Goldfinch, 3 Greenfinch.
Dam end/North bank: 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Gull, 7 Pied Wagtail, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 LT Tit, 1 Male Yellowhammer near lagoon.
West End: The heronry is very active over 30 nests noted. A drake Goldeneye seen but elusive often hiding under waterside trees. Pair of Mandarin often coming close to hide. 2 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel over Whillets, 1 Snipe on Pintail Bank. Work party reported a Barn Owl along North bank and 2 Bullfinch @ Whillets plus frog spawn in meadow pond, 2 GS Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch at Car park. 2 Marsh Tits regular at feeders plus many Blue and Great Tits.