Month: July 2022

West End:- 42 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Little Egret, 16 Grey Heron, 1 Teal,  1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 27 Lapwing, 8+5 young Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Plus good numbers of: Mandarin, Mallard, Egyptian and Greylag Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Pied Wagtails.

Afternoon: 18 Little Egrets, 5 chicks and 9 adult Common Terns, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover still incubating, loads of Mandarin and Lapwing. The Osprey flew in at 17:00 briefly.

West End:- 31 Greylag Goose, 28 Canada Goose, 10 Egyptian Goose – 2 adult + 8 young, 21 Mandarin Duck, 8 Mallard, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 25 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 17 Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Tern – 7 adult + 5 chicks, 5 Cormorant, 16 Grey Heron, 10 Little Egret, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Barn Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 10 Pied Wagtail.

3 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 15 Little Egrets, Osprey at 7:12 flew to mid reservoir caught a fish and flew to West End. From the dam 3 unseasonal Common Scoter.

West End:- 10 Little Ringed Plovers including nesting bird, 1 Redshank, 30 Lapwing, 16 Little Egrets, 14 Grey Heron, 26 Mandarin Duck, 22 Mallard, 17 Carrion Crow, 39 Great Crested Grebe including one juvenile, 8 adult Common Tern + 5 chicks, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 46 Black-headed Gulls, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Jay, 4 Swallow, 10 Egyptian Geese.

West End:- Greylag Goose 41, Canada Goose 33, Egyptian Goose 10 – 2 adult + 8 young, Mandarin Duck 33, Mallard 6, Woodpigeon 8, Moorhen 4, Lapwing 19, Little Ringed Plover 8, Black-headed Gull 40, Common Tern 9 – 7 adult + 2 chicks, Cormorant 3, Grey Heron 13, Little Egret 7, Magpie 3, Barn Swallow 2, Blackbird 1.

West End:- Canada Goose 32, Mandarin Duck 32, Mallard 5, Great Crested Grebe 33, Woodpigeon 9, Moorhen 3, Northern Lapwing 15, Little Ringed Plover 5, Black-headed Gull 19, Common Tern 15 – 10 adult + 5 chicks, Cormorant 8, Grey Heron 10, Little Egret 8, Magpie 6, Rook 2, Carrion Crow 3, Barn Swallow 7, House Martin 1, Chiffchaff 1, Wren 1, Blackbird 3, Pied Wagtail 15.

Ever decreasing water levels. Little Ringed Plover on a nest plus 6 others, 11 Little Egrets in all, 9 adult and 4 chick Common Terns, Osprey at 6:45 flew straight over heading up river.

West End:- Greylag Goose 12, Egyptian Goose 10 – 2 adults + 8 young, Mandarin Duck 31, Great Crested Grebe 27, Woodpigeon 8, Moorhen 2, Lapwing 15, Little Ringed Plover 3, Greenshank 1, Black-headed Gull 23, Common Tern 12 – 8 adult + 4 young, Grey Heron 9, Little Egret 6, Common Buzzard 1, Kingfisher 1, Magpie 3, Barn Swallow 2, Chiffchaff 1, Nuthatch 1, Wren 1, Pied Wagtail 3.

Dam End:- Osprey sat on Northern shoreline at 15:10, 2 adult Great Black-backed Gulls, 10 Herring Gulls, 65 Black-headed Gulls, 3 Common Terns, 6 Little Egrets, 6 Mandarin Duck, 1 House Martin, 10 Pied Wagtails, 22 Mallard, 9 Blackbirds feeding along shoreline.

West End:- 6 Little Ringed Plovers including one on nest, Greenshank, 26 Lapwings, 36 Mandarin Duck, Kingfisher, 7 Little Egrets, 8 adult Common Tern + 4 chicks, 14 Pied Wagtail, 5 Moorhen, 10 Egyptian Geese.