Dam: 10 Common Sandpipers also at Dam End 40+ House Martins, 2 Common Buzzards, pair of Grey Wagtails, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Common Terns, 2 Goldcrests and a Garden Warbler.
West End: Cuckoo, Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting.
Month: April 2015
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29th April 2015 seen by Working Party
Black Cap, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler singing along the South bank. Also Barn Owl, 2 Common Terns, Swallow and Orange Tip butterfly.
West End: seen by Bob Johnson – 2 pairs of Tufted Ducks, pair of Mandarin and 4 Moorhen. Pairs of Great Crested Grebes are still displaying. Some heronry chicks are now very well grown and expect one or two will be fledging soon.
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28th April 2015 seen by Brad Scott
West End: A pair of Mandarins, Swallow + Sand Martins, about 12 Canada
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26th April 2015 seen by Bob Johnson
West End: 2 Common Tern, c.15 Swallows, House Martin, Sand Martin, 2 Mute Swan, 25 Canada Geese, 1M Mandarin, Stock Dove heard.
Whillets Pool: Reed Warbler & Song Thrush singing, Goldcrest heard, Canada Geese nesting on island.
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26th April 2015 seen by Alastair Gray
Dam End: 5 Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpiper, Skylark, Kestrel.
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26 April 2015 seen by Richard Woods
Dam : 4 Common Sandpipers
West End : lone ‘Commic’ Tern.
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Seen by Alastair Gray & Bob Johnson on 23/04/2015
West End: 1 Terrapin, 1 Lapwing, 2 Stock Dove
Whillet’s: Reed Warbler heard, Song Thrush heard, 1 Jay, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Sparrowhawk
Dam End: 1 Green Sandpiper on dam wall briefly, 2 Common Sandpiper & 9 Pied Wagtails & 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Wheatear + Male Reed Bunting around dam wall area, 2 Common Tern, Green Woodpecker & Skylark heard, 4 Swallow, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Sparrowhawk.
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Seen by various on 22/04/2015
West End: 1 Little Grebe & 15 Swallows by A Gray. 2M Mandarin & 2 Common Tern, Blackcap & Chiffchaff by B Johnson. 1 Drake Garganey reported by Birdguides flying over towards Dam end.
Whillet’s: Reed Warbler & Stock Dove heard at pool, 2 Whitethroat, Song Thrush heard & 3 flyover Herring Gull by Bob Johnson
Dam End: Buzzard, 2 Little Ringed Plover on dam wall, 1 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 50+ Swallows, 4 Pied Wagtails, 1 Whitethroat by A Gray. 2 Common Sandpiper on dam wall & Green Woodpecker heard by B Johnson
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Seen by Working Party & Bob Johnson on 21/04/2015
North bank by Working Party: 1Cuckoo heard, Brimstone & Orange Tip butterflies, 1 Buzzard being mobbed by corvids. 1 Common Tern.
West End by Bob Johnson: 9 Green Sandpipers on Pintail bank, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch & GS Woodpecker on feeders, 2 Common Tern showing interest in rafts. 4M+1F Mandarin,
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Seen by Bob Johnson & R Lowe on 20/04/2015
Dam end by R Lowe: 35 GC Grebe, 1 Greenshank , 1 Common Sandpiper also by Bob Johnson 1 Arctic Tern, 3 Little Ringed Plover displaying, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Mute Swan, 1 Buzzard being mobbed by Lapwing, 2 Kingfisher reported by B Lanigan.
West End: 1 Common Tern, 5 Mandarin being seen close to viewing area sitting in trees, 1 Buzzard, 2 GS Woodpecker. Song Thrush singing at Whillet’s, 2 Blackcap and Chiffchaff are singing. At the Heronry some heron nests now have some well grown young which can be viewed from the road side with care.
Whillet’s Pool: Reed Warbler heard by R Lowe