Month: April 2016

Dam End:- Firecrest showing down to a few feet in the car park. 2 Whitethroats in the meadow in front of the pumping station.

Dam End:- 2 Common Whitethroats.

There was a Reed Warbler singing in Whillett’s Reedbed at 10:00 am. A Tawny Owl with 2 young chicks were found in one of the owl boxes.

Dam- End:- 1 Swift.
North Bank:- 1 female Common Redstart, 7 Bramblings feeding with chaffinch, 15 singing male Blackcaps, 5 Common Whitethroats, 23 Chiffchaffs, 7 Bullfinch, 1 Kestrel, 3 Reed Buntings, 3 Coal Tits, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Jay, 1 Mistle Thrush.

North Bank:- Common Sandpiper by canoeist area at 15.00 hrs.

Whillet’s:- 1 Collard Dove, 2 Blackcaps, 1 Common Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Mandarin,1 Large-Red Damselfly,1 Comma butterfly.

Dam End:- 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Common Tern, 300 Swallows, 100 House Martins, 10 Sand Martins, 2 Marsh Tits, 1 Bullfinch.

Common Tern near the rafts at 09:15 and lots of Barn Swallows.

120 Swallows, 10 Sand Martins, 7 Tufted Ducks, 5 Herring Gulls.

Dam End;- 2 Common Whitethroats, 1 House Martin, 20+ Swallow, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaffs.