West End:-  20 Great Crested Grebe, 36 Cormorant, 8 Grey Heron, 50 Greylag Geese, 6 adult + 18 young Canada Geese, 6 Mandarin some were males starting to moult, 12 Mallard, 1 Lapwing on Pintail Bank. 3 Herring Gull flew over, 8 pairs of Common Terns appear to be nesting on rafts.
Whillets:- 1 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker nest with young, (Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Reed Bunting,  2+ Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap & 2 Chiffchaff all heard), 1 Garden Warbler seen.
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West End:- 18 Common Terns on rafts, 6 adult Canada Geese with 18 young.
North Bank:- 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 4 Buzzards, 3 Swifts, 4 Swallows, 4 House Martins, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay,

West End:- 26 Great Crested Grebes,18 Common Terns.
Whillet’s:- 1 Large Skipper,1f Common Blue,1 Comma,2 Green-veined White,3 Burnet Campion,1 White-legged Damselfly.

Dam End:- 4 Common Sandpipers on the dam with 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 6 Herring Gulls, Little Grebe and Tufted Duck on the lagoon, Up to14 Common Terns, 20+ Swifts early on then none, several House Martins. A Badger at the dam by the pumping station.
West End:- Garden Warbler carrying food to nest, Great-spotted Woodpecker feeding three young, 4 Reed Warblers in song.

West End:- 12 Common Terns, 13 Great Crested Grebe, 32 Cormorant, 21 Grey Heron, 1 Mute Swan, 9 Greylag, 2 Canada Geese, 9 Mallard, 1 Coot, 1 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Reed Warbler, Blackcap and Chiffchaff heard.
Whillets:- Cuckoo heard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Blackcap heard, 4+ Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting heard at Whillet’s Pool.  2 Grass Snakes.
Butterflies:- 1 Comma, 1 Brimstone, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Small Copper, 2m Common Blue.
Dragonflies:- 1m+1f Broad-bodied chaser ovipositing – a … Read the rest

Dam End:- 1 Singing male House Sparrow at Waterworks, 2 male Reed Buntings, 1 male Chaffinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gulls, 1 female Sparrowhawk, 1 male Kestrel, 1 Jay, pair Bullfinch, 3 Swifts, 2 Swallows, 9 House Martins, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Grey Wagtail + 2 fledged young, 2 Pied Wagtails + 6 fledged young, 2 Female Mandarins with 6 and 9 young, 7 Starlings.

Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 summer plumage Dunlin, 1 summer plumage Sanderling, 1 Greenshank.

West End:- 2 Little Egrets.
North Bank:- 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Female Mandarin with 5 and 7 young, 6 adult Canada Geese with 18 young.

Whillet’s Meadows:- 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker heard, Great Spotted Woodpecker has a nest with young, 1 Grey Wagtail flyover, Lesser Whitethroat heard, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, Song Thrush heard, 2 Bullfinch, Yellowhammer heard, 2m Reed Bunting.
Butterflies & Moths:- 1m Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell Caterpillars, 6m Common Blue, 2 Green-veined White, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Burnet Companion, 1 Cinnabar, 1 Common Carpet, 1 Mother Shipton. Also Capsid Bug  Leptopterna dolabrata.
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Dam End:- 100+ Swifts over dam early morning, Spotted Flycatcher in Paddock, 6 Mistle Thrush including 4 juv’s.
Lagoon:- Little Grebe.
North Bank:- Tawny Owl, Red Kite and Red-legged Partridge.
West End:- Lesser Black-backed Gull, Jay, Grey Wagtail.