West End:- (12 to 1pm) 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Little Egret, 3 Lapwing, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Pied Wagtail.

West End:-  72 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 11 Grey Heron, 2 Treecreeper.

Southern Water Lagoon:- 2f Tufted Duck, 1 adult +2 juv Little Grebes.
Dam End:- 30+ Common Terns, 80 Black-headed Hulls,1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Herring Gull.
West End:- 103 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Little Egret.
Whillet’s:- 2 Kingfisher, 5 Grass Snakes, 1 Slow Worm, 2 Common Lizards, 1 Common Darter, 3+ pair of White-legged Damselfly, 5 Peacock Butterflies & 9 Essex Skippers.

West End:- 28 Mandarins, 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 6 Little Egrets, 5 Lapwing, 2 Egyptian Geese.

West End:- (10.10 – 11.26) 2 Canada Geese. 11 Greylag Geese. 18 Mallard. 8 Mandarin. 81 Great Crested Grebe. 5 Little Egret. 11 Grey Heron. 17 Cormorant. 7 Black-headed Gulls. 17 Common Tern including 7 juveniles. 3 Lapwing. 1 Common Sandpiper. 1 Kingfisher. 1 Stock Dove. 1 Pied Wagtail juv. 1 Blackbird. 2 Swallow. On feeder: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker m. 2 Blue Tit. 2 Great Tit. 1 Marsh Tit. 1 Coal Tit. 1 Nuthatch. 1 Wren. Also 1 Terrapin and numerous Woodpigeon.

West End:- 4 Little Egrets, 5 Lapwing, 1 Sand Martin, 25 House Martin including fledged young, 4 Swallow, 1 Marsh Tit.
Whilet’s:- 1 Marbled White, 25 Gatekeeper, 1m Black-Tailed Skimmer, 2m Reed Bunting, 45 Goldfinch, 5 White-legged Damselfly.

West End:- 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 7 Little Egret, 10 Pied Wagtail + several young chicks seen on the vegetated raft. 1 Moorhen, 7 Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher.

 

On the Open Day 11 species were caught, mostly juvenile birds. The totals were as follows:-
9 Great Tit (one was first ringed in 2013 as a juvenile), 3 Blue Tit, 2 Marsh Tit ( one adult and one juvenile), 1 Coal Tit, 7 Chiffchaff (all juveniles), 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Wren, 4 Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 2 Dunnock, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (juvenile).

Open Day ~ West End:- 7 Little Egret, 5 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 99 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Moorhen, 7 Mandarin, 12 Grey Heron, 12 Black-headed Gulls, Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk & Common Buzzard, 1f Blackcap, 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Stock Dove. Purple Emperor & 2 Purple Hairstreak.

West End:- 8 Little Egret, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Lapwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Kestrel, 3 Black-headed Gull, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 4m Black-Tailed Skimmers.