West End:- 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 101 Greylag Geese, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Goldcrest plus 2 juveniles being fed by adults in car park, 2 juvenile Robins.1 Holly Blue Butterfly.
Month: July 2017
Evening ~ West End:- 40 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 9 Mandarin, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Kingfisher, c25 Swallow, c50 Sand Martin visited briefly at dusk, 4 Pied Wagtail. 3 Fallow Deer.
Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 15 House Martin, c80 Swallow, 140 flyover Jackdaw.
Ringing this morning for a few hours in the study area. Of note – 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, some Chiffchaff and Blackcaps. But best of all was a juvenile Spotted Flycatcher. Silver Washed Fritillary butterfly.
Two Ravens and a juvenile Buzzard calling out all morning. A flock of House Martins over the reservoir and two Kingfishers flying together. Also good views of the Terns fishing right near the hide. Over the last month 3 Kingfishers have been caught; two were together – one adult and one juvenile.
West End:- 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpipers, 30 Lapwings, 1 Grey Wagtail, 98+2 juv Great Crested Grebes, 10 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins, 1 House Martin, 1m Tufted Duck, 2 Teal, 32 Mallard, 9 Mandarin, 98 Greylag Geese, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Moorhen, 45 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzards.
Dam End:- 26 Common Terns, 57 Black-headed Gulls, 11 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Swift, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Whillet’s:- 6 Reed Warblers, 5 Common Whitethroats, 9 Grass
West End:- 43 + 2 young Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 61 Greylag, 1 Canada Goose, 1 white feral goose, 6 Mandarin, 22 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 7 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, Treecreeper & Great Spotted Woodpecker heard, 2 Swallow, 1 Marsh Tit.
Whillet’s:- 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Common Darter dragonfly, 3 Slow Worm.
West End:- 90 Sand Martins south, 10 House Martins, 10 Swallows, 4 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 10 Common Terns, 122 Black-headed Gulls, 34 Lapwing, 39 Cormorants, 4 Pied Wagtail, 8 Mandarin.
West End:- 1 Dunlin, 3 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper.
West End:- 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Buzzards, Great Crested Grebe with 3 chicks.
Wood Sandpiper and an Oystercatcher on Pintail Bank.
Common Sandpiper and 4 Green Sandpipers under the heronry. 1 Little Egret, still 3 Great Crested Grebe chicks with an adult out on the water. 1 Kingfisher was reported. About 15 Lapwing, 15 Long-tailed Tit flock passed over the Car Park. 2 Buzzards at Whillet’s.
West End:- 4 Green Sandpipers and 1 Little Egret.