Month: June 2017

West End:- 64 Greylag Geese, 3 Lapwings, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 pairs of Common Terns, 4 Cormorants on nest including one with 2 young, 2 Mandarins, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff.

WeBS for the Nature Reserve.
All Reservoir
56 Great Crested Grebe some nesting has now started at West End, 13 Cormorant with at least 3 nests at West End and 1 chick seen, 13 Grey Heron, 39 Mallard,  4 Lapwing, 5 Swallow, 7 House Martin.
Dam End:- 4 + 6 juv Canada Geese, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, Green & Great Spotted Woodpeckers heard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap
West End:- 67 Greylag, 7 + 1 juv Mandarin, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Moorhen, 7 Common Tern (3 pairs on Rafts), 1 Reed Warbler, 6 juv Long-tailed Tit  (See pic).
Whillets:- 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler heard, 3 juv Goldfinch; also 1 Fox.
Butterflies:- 14 Meadow Brown, 5 Small Skipper, 1 Common Blue (See pic) also a Cinnabar & Burnet Companion day flying moths.
At Whillet’s Pool a rarer grass for Sussex the “Orange Foxtail”  is thriving

and currently flowering (See pics).

Red Kite approached from the Dam End quartering the margins and passed over the hide towards Willet’s (11:40).

West End:- Common Terns on each raft, 42 Great Crested Grebes, Tufted Drake, Common Whitethroat with nest material in front of lookout bench and Reed Warbler singing at edge. 3 Roe Deer and Red Admiral on north bank while I was checking a nest box.

Whillet’s Meadow:- Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly and Drinker Moth Caterpillar – photos by Bob Johnson.

Broad-bodied Chaser 01-06-17

Whillet’s:- Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Reed Bunting, Garden Warbler and Whitethroats.
6 Common Blue Butterflies, 2 Blue-Tail Damselflies,1 Silver Y Moth.