West End (evening):- 1 juvenile Black Tern, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Common Gull, 3 Green Sandpipers, 6 Common Sandpipers, 1 Lapwing, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Mandarin, 6 Pied Wagtails, 18 Common Terns.

Dam End:- 9 Common Sandpipers, 8 Little Egrets, 5 Egyptian Geese, 132 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10 Common Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Green Woodpeckers.
Lagoon:- 2f Tufted Duck with 7 well grown young, Little Grebe with 2 well grown young, 1 Mandarin, 2 Moorhen.
West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 3 Lapwing, 6 Little Egrets.
Whillet’s:- 1 Bullfinch, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Mandarin, 1 Chalkhill Blue Butterfly(first for reserve).

Butterfly transect at Whillet’s:-  1 Chalkhill Blue in first meadow (new for reserve), 1 Holly Blue, 2 Common Blue, 11 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet, 43 Gatekeeper, 2 Speckled Wood, 6 Green-veined White, 1 Large White, 1 Large Skipper, 25 Small Skipper, 3 Small Copper, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary briefly flew over the end glade, 3 Shaded Broad-bar moths
Dragonfly counts at Whillet’s:- many Azure damselfly, also 3 White-legged + 1 Blue-tailed + 3 Emerald Damselflies, 3 pairs of Common Darter dragonflies were ovipositing in meadow pond, 1 Emperor + 1 Brown Hawker + 2 Southern Hawker dragonflies.
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Evening ~ 1 Dunlin, 9 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Teal and 5 Egyptian Geese.

West End:- 24 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Little Egrets, 19 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martins, 6 House Martins.
Whillet’s:- 1m Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Buntings, 50+ Goldfinch, 3 Reed Warblers.

West End:- 12 Little Egrets, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, 2 Sand Martins and 2 Teal.

West End:- 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Teal.

West End:- 13 Common Sandpipers and 2 Green Sandpipers were scattered around.
Dam End:- 5 Little Egrets, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 37 Herring Gulls, 88 Black-headed Gulls, 30+ Common Terns.