14/03/18 West End:- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 50+ Black-headed Gull, 4 Cormorants on nests, 1 Coot, 4 Buzzards,1 Mandarin, 1 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Kingfisher.
Month: March 2018
West End:- 10+ Snipe on Pintail Bank, 6 Mandarin, 1 Stock Dove, 37 Cormorant, 37 active heron nests at heronry + 3 Cormorant nests. 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch & 1 Bank Vole.
West End:- 9 Gadwall, 1 Coot.
Whillet’s:- 2 Kestrel, 5 Buzzard, 8 Siskins, 13 Lesser Redpolls, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Jay, 4 Teal, 2 Mallard, 2 Canada Geese, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Fieldfare.
West End:- 3 Coots, 7 Gadwall, 3 Buzzards, 1f Brambling on feeder.
West End:- 2 Canada Goose, Pheasant, 30+ Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, Magpie, 12+ Blue Tit, 2+ Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch, 12+ Mallard, 30+ Cormorant, 6 Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, 4 Woodpigeon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Carrion Crow, 10+ Great Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Blackbird, 2 Goldfinch. Total number of species 22
Whillet’s: – 2 Mink near bridge, Frogs and Newts seen when working on meadow pond. Also 1m+1f Stonechat, 8 Fieldfare flyover, singing Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 3 Bullfinch.
West End:- 1 Mute Swan, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 5 Gadwall, 1 Marsh & Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch and 1Tree Creeper.
Dam End:- In field behind fishing hut were 26 Lapwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 15 Rooks, 86 Canada Geese and 39 Greylag Geese.
West End:- (Migration movement noted – Totals recorded flying East this morning – 298 Lapwing, 398 Fieldfare, 122 Redwing). On Reserve: 26 Tufted Duck, 10 Gadwall, 5 Mandarin, 22 Mallard, 2 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 9 Snipe, 1 LBB Gull flyover, 2 Common Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Goldfinch, 16 Starling flyover, 1 Collared Dove flyover, 1 Kestrel, 5 Buzzard, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Marsh Tit.
Dam end:- 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Greylag, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Common Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Lapwing, 8 Fieldfare, 1 Tree Creeper, 2 Goldcrest.
West End:- BH Gull, GC Grebe, Grey Heron & Cormorant seen but not counted, 2 Canada Geese, 2M+1F Mandarin, 8 Gadwall, 16 Mallard, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 5 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Gull, 3 flyover Stock Dove, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 LT Tit, 2 Magpie @ car park nest, 1F Brambling, 1 Greenfinch, 3+ Goldfinch.
Whillet’s:- c100 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 1M Bullfinch
West End:- 23 Gadwall, 19 Tufted Duck, 37 Mallard, 2 Teal, 1 Mandarin, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese, 5 Fieldfare, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1F Sparrowhawk.