Evening visit to Dam wall: Only Pied & Grey Wagtails present.
20:15 visit to west end hide: 2 pairs of Common Terns, 1 Oystercatcher and a probable Common Sandpiper roosting on rafts, No owls seen or heard.
Month: May 2016
Whillet’s: Adult + 5 young Canada Geese – by P Holland. Dam: Mallard Adult with 6 young ducklings – by B Lanigan. West End hide: 4 Common Terns at rafts, Nuthatch pair nesting – by B Johnson.
Dam End:- 3 Pied Wagtails, 5 Common Sandpipers and 1 Ringed Plover on the dam.
WeBS by Bob Johnson.
All reservoir:- 48 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 4 + 3 young Canada Geese, 2 Pied Wagtail, 5 ad + 7 chick family of Mandarin, 20 Mallard, 2M Tufted Duck, 3+ Blackcap, 3+ Chiffchaff, 7+ Garden Warbler.
Dam End:- 2 Swift, 4 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2+1J Grey Wagtail, 1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 1 Coot, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher (seen by B Lanigan), 2 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldfinch.
West End & Whillets:- 8 Cormorant, 49 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, 1 Moorhen, 1 Lapwing, 4 Common Tern, Song Thrush, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Tree Creeper, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Jay, 1 Reed Bunting.
Butterflies seen:- 3+ Orange Tip, 2+ Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Brimstone, 3 Green-veined White.
West End:- seen or heard from the car park and in the study area along the south bank – at least 2 singing male Garden Warblers (more than 2 pairs in the area), Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Wren, Song Thrush, Tree Creeper, Nuthatch, pair of Marsh Tits, Mandarin pair (and a female being ringed), Goldcrest, Blue & Great Tits, Robin, Dunnock, Stock Dove, Chaffinch, Mallard, Pheasant, Canada Geese, Cormorant, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Tawny Owl chicks being ringed, adult and young Grey Herons in the heronry, 3+ Common Terns, Great Crested Grebes displaying. Butterflies:- Red Admiral, Orange Tip pair, Peacock. Mammals:- Wood Mice and Water Shrew.
Whillet’s Meadows:- Reed Warblers & Whitethroat heard, pair of Barn Owls, Buzzard and Reed Bunting seen. Others:- Short-tailed Field Vole, Toads, 2 Large Red Damselflies at Whillet’s Pool with Pond Skaters & Whirligigs.
Dam End:- 6 Common Sandpipers, Pair of Canada Geese with 3 Young, 1 Coot.
West End:- 3 Common Terns on Tern Rafts, 2 Lapwing, 1 Garden Warbler by hide.
Whillet’s:- 3+ Reed Warblers, 2 Garden Warblers, 2 Whitethroats, 2 Mandarins.Male Orange Tip butterfly.
Dam End:- 14 Swift, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Common Tern, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail.
Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Grey Wagtails(1 carrying food), 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Firecrest, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Reed Buntings, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 3 Swifts, 2 Kestrel, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 4 Common Terns, 4M+1F Tufted Duck.
North Bank:- 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Buntings, 7 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Skylark, 1 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush on nest, 2 Jays.