West End:- 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Teal, 2 Kingfisher, 47 Mallard,4 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel, 40 Swallows, 7 House Martins, 1 Sand Martin.
Month: August 2017
Dam End:- 80+ Swallows, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Common Tern.
West End:- 2 juvenile Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpipers, 122 Canada Geese, 6 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Swallow, 6 House Martin.
Whillets:- Butterflies: 1 Small Heath, 1 Common Blue, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Speckled Wood. Dragonflies: 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Ruddy Darter, 1 Azure Damselfly.
Dam End:- 1 Wheatear, 15 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpipers, 280 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Mandarin, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Grebe+1 juvenile, 1 Bullfinch, 12 Chiffchaff, 1f+1 juvenile Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 House Martin.
Whillet’s:- 2 Sedge Warblers, 6 Willow Warblers, 12 Chiffchaffs, 6 Blackcaps, 3 Common Whitethroats, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Swallows, 1 Marsh Tit, 6 Bullfinch +3 juveniles, Raven heard, 3 Buzzards, … Read the rest
Wood Carpet Moth – a new species for our reserve.
Early this morning the species we rung included: Blackcaps, Garden Warblers, Nuthatches and another new Marsh Tit. Sightings include: a Spotted Flycatcher, two Kingfishers, Buzzards, two Sparrowhawks, two Little Egrets, Sand Martins and a number of Hornets.
Dam End:- 1 juvenile Goshawk flew North around 10am, 1f Whinchat, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Green Sandpipers, 10 Lapwing, 33 Swallows, 3 House Martins, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 3 Teal, 1m Tufted Duck, 8 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Little Egrets, 16 Grey Heron, 15 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 1 Mandarin, 1 Rook, 1 Jay, 26 Mistle Thrush flew East, 7 Herring Gull, 2 Stock Doves, 1 Common Tern, 4 Goldfinch, … Read the rest
Whillet’s:- 1 Water Rail, 1 Whinchat, 1 Linnet, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroats, 20+ Chiffchaffs, 2 Kestrel, 3 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Grass Snake, 1 Slow Worm, 1 Toad, 1 Frog, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Migrant Hawkers, 4 Southern Hawkers, 3 Brown Hawkers, 3 Rudder Darters, 12 Common Darters, 1 Blue-Tailed Damselfly, 1 Six-striped Rustic Moth.
West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Teal, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Egret, 1 Swallow, … Read the rest