A beautiful sunny day produced a male Little Ringed Plover on the dam, Also a lone Sand Martin, 2 Red Kites, Raven, a single Blackcap among several Chiffchaffs and a group of 11 Buzzards.

West End:-  6 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Greylag, 35 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2m+2f Mandarin with 1 male displaying, 10 Mallard, 2 Red Kite circling, 1 Coot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull flyover, 2 Stock Dove (nesting), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Dunnock, Song Thrush heard, 1 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Goldfinch.
Whillet’s:-  1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 4 Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed Tit (nesting).  Also 3 Comma, 1 Peacock and 1 Brimstone butterflies. 3 Smooth Newts at meadow pond, 2 Fallow Deer.

West End:- 10 Greylag Goose, 32 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 10 Mallard, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 32 Cormorant, 23 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 2 Goldfinch.

West End:- Female Goshawk circling high above car park with 4 Common Buzzards at 11:20 for 10mins then glided off towards Ashdown. 8 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1f Wigeon, 1m+1f Mandarin, 2 Egyptian Geese, 7 Black-headed Gull flew west, 4 Chaffinch flew SE, 1 Kingfisher, 11 Greylag.
Dam End:- 2 Little Ringed Plover, 48 Canada Geese, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull flew South, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Pied Wagtails.
Butterflies included: 1 Peacock,1 Red Admiral and a smallish White butterfly not identified.

WeBS
All Reservoir:- 10 Greylag, 8 Mandarin, 17 Mallard, 5 Teal, 4 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 5 Chiffchaff, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Jay,  3 Crow.
Dam End:- 1 Little Grebe, 15 Egyptian Geese, 6 white domestic farmyard geese, 2 Shelduck, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Coot, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 flyover Lapwing, 7 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 60 Wood Pigeon, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Pied Wagtail, Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 6 Magpie, 5 flyover Jackdaw, 6 Rook (20 nests at boatyard rookery), 1 flyover Raven, 9 Starling, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Bullfinch.  1 Fox.
West End:- 15 Great Crested Grebe, 52 Cormorant (15 active nests), 35 Grey Heron (33 bird sitting on nests from 39 total), 30 Canada Geese, 1f Wigeon,  3m+1f Shoveler, 4m+1f Tufted Duck, 2m+1f Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Snipe, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, several Blue and Great  Tit, 1 Nuthatch,
Whillet’s:- 1m+1f Teal, 2 Water Rail, 2 Grey Wagtail.  Also 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma and 1 Peacock … Read the rest

West End:- 3 Greylag Goose, 15 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 9 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Woodpigeon, 42 Cormorant, 11 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 1 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1  Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch.

West End:- Nuthatch, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tit, Mallard, Long-tailed Tits, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Marsh Tits, Robin, Cormorant, Greylag Goose, Chaffinch, Dunnock.