Whillet’s:- 74 Meadow Pipits around meadow pond area feeding in vineyard. 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 11 Mistle Thrush and 28 Siskins flew over, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcaps, 8 Chiffchaffs, 1 Jay.
2 Grass Snakes,10+ Migrant Hawkers at Reed Bed, 2 Southern Hawkers, 12 Small Coppers, 5 Common Blues, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Small White & 2 Green-veined Whites.
West End:- 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Teal, 1f Tufted Duck.
Dam End:- 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Meadow Pipit flew south, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 130 House Martin, 10 Sand Martins, 40 Swallows, 1 Kestrel.
Whillet’s:- 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 13 Chiffchaffs, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Jays, 1 Raven, 1 Buzzard, 1m Siskin, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Bullfinch, 17 House Martins, 2 Grey Wagtails. 1 Grass Snake, 1 Common Darter, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Migrant Hawker, 12 Small Coppers, 1 Common Blue, 3 Brown Argus.
West End:- 1 Coot, 265 Canada Geese.
Dam End:- Osprey (juv) over dam early morning, 3 Yellow Wagtails south.
West End:- 3 Teal, 1 Mandarin, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Buzzard, 4 Blackcap, 20+ Chiffchaffs.
West End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher, 7 young Great Crested Grebe still, 1 Moorhen, 136 Greylag + 3 white Feral Geese and 1 feral/Greylag hybrid.
Whillets:- 1 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Kestrel.
Ringing this morning proved fruitful with a mixed bag of passerines passing through Whillet’s including Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Sedge and Grasshopper Warbler. Other species of note included Long-tailed Tit and juvenile Bullfinch. All through the morning it was brilliant to hear and see 2 Raven. I suspected one of them was a juvenile. There were a number of hirundine passing through – Swallow, House and Sand Martin. The first two being the majority of birds. A Yellow Wagtail flew over early.
Dam End:- 1 juv Yellow Wagtail on Dam, 7 Grey Wagtails, 14 Pied Wagtails, 1 Wheatear in Horse Paddock, 1 Sedge Warbler behind Dam, 1 Little Grebe and 3 Tufted Ducks in Lagoon, 20 Lapwings, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 12 Sand Martin, 100 House Martin, 2 Stock Dove, 107 Greylag, 5 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Mandarin.
West End:- 5 Teal, 11 Grey Heron.
Whillet’s:- 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzards, 2 Ravens, 1 Bullfinch, 50 House Martins, 30 Swallows.