Month: March 2021

West End:- 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, Raven heard, 1 Snipe on Pintail, 1 Mandarin, 1 Chiffchaff.
Whillet’s:- 1 Chiffchaff, both frog and toad spawn in meadow pond also 2 Newts.
An early flowering “Cuckoo Flower” and “Wood Anemone”.

West End:- 11 Mandarin, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 9 Greylag Geese, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven.
Dam End:- 20 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Teal, 1 Mandarin, 27 Canada Geese, 1 Common Gull, 4 Black-headed Gull.
Whillet’s:- 3 Red Kite, 2 Goshawk (2cy female and 3cy male), 9 Buzzards, 2 Sparrowhawk (male & female)and male Kestrel.
Mid morning slight movement East with 7 Redwings, 48 Chaffinch and 12 Starlings. 1 Jay, 3 Mallard, … Read the rest

WeBS
All Reservoir:-  33 Great Crested Grebe, 32 Cormorants (13 nests seen), 36 Grey Heron (31 nests seen), 12 Greylag, 28 Canada Geese, 4 Mandarin, 18 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Dunnock, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Long-tailed Tit.
Dam End:- 2 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine (early morning), 1f Goshawk (circling high), 56 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 20+ mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing, … Read the rest

West End:- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mandarin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Buzzards, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Coot, 1 Moorhen.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 1 Greylag, 6 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Redwing heard, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch.
Whillet’s:- 1 Canada Goose, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Stonechat, 1 Chiffchaff heard, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Bullfinch.
Dam End:-  9 Wigeon, 30 Black-headed … Read the rest