Month: May 2023

03-10-23 West End juvenile Osprey at 07:45 – Nigel Driver

28-09-23 West End Osprey at 07:25 – Nigel Driver

27-09-23 West End Osprey mid-morning – Nigel Driver
                Juvenile Osprey fishing mid-afternoon – Alastair Gray

26-09-23 West End 1.45pm an Osprey circled overhead and caught a fish – Work Party.

12-09-23 Osprey fishing at the West End – Russell Prain

31-08-23 Osprey west at 15:25 – Alastair Gray

29-08-23 Osprey high west carrying fish at 3pm- Alastair Gray

28-08-23 Osprey at Dam End 08:30 – Alastair Gray

27-08-23 Osprey at West End in tree opposite hide 14:00 to 14:30 – Dick Gilmore

22-08-23 Osprey at West End 07:40 – Nigel Driver

19-08-23 Osprey hunting over reservoir at Dam End mid-afternoon – Alastair Gray.

18-08-23 Osprey at Dam End – Nigel Driver

05-08-23 Osprey at West End – Jonathan Ross

13-07-23 Osprey flew in from high west at 09:20 – Mark Mallalieu

06-07-23 Osprey early caught fish and flew west – Nigel Driver

05-07-23 Osprey at dam over north bank briefly – Nigel Driver

26-06-23 Osprey at West End 10:20 – Nigel Driver.

19-06-23 2 Osprey fishing at the Dam End seen during WeBS – Bob Johnson, Alastair Gray and Ed Paxton.

16-06-23 Osprey fishing at West End 21:25 flew West at 21:46 – Alastair Gray

28-05-23 Osprey fishing at West End 19:20; flew west with fish – Alastair Gray

26-05-23 Osprey at Dam 07:30 – Nigel Driver.

20-05-23 Osprey at

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West End:- 2 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Coot, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Tern.
Dam End:- 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Hobby, 1 Swallow, 5 Mute Swan, 4 Common Tern, 10 Greylag Geese, 7 Great Crested Grebe.

West End:- 8 Common Tern with a pair mating, 4 Reed Warbler in song, 2 Hobby and 2 more along north bank.
Dam End:- Common Sandpiper on the dam and a Cuckoo flew over.

Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 10 Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 4 Canada Geese + 3 young, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Common Tern, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Mallard, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Great Crested Grebe.

Dam End:- pair of Chaffinch in sailing club car park, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 30 Swallow, 2 Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Tufted Duck.
West End:- 10 Canada Geese, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Tern, 4 Coot, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Mallard, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Reed Warbler.
Whillet’s:- 3 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Great Tit, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull flew east, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Mallard, 2 Raven, 1 Swift, 1 Wren, 7 Common Whitethroat.
1 Grass Snake, 3 Large Red Damselfly, 3 Azure Damselfly, 3 Beautiful Demoiselle, 15 Orange Tip, 1 Brimstone, 2 Peacock, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Muntjac Deer.

Dam End:- 1 Avocet on dam, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kestrel, 1 Red Kite, 7 Mallard + 4 young, 1 singing Garden Warbler, 40 Swift, 3 House Martin, 30 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff.

An Osprey was over the reservoir at 13.40 hunting – it flew back and forth for about 10 mins before disappearing to the Dam End.
 

Dam End:- Total of 33 Common Sandpiper including 28 on the dam and the other 5 at the west end this afternoon.
Whillet’s:- Butterflies 7 Orange Tip, 7 Peacock, 1 Comma, 2 Brimstone, 1 Large White and 1 Green-Veined White.1 Grass snake under tin 33.

 
02/05/2023 (08:20 – 09:10).
West End:- 8 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 12 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Woodpigeon, 3 Coot, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 57 Cormorant, 32 Grey Heron, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 2 Dunnock
 
01/05/2023 (09:24 – 10:40).
West End:- 9 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Mandarin Duck, 5 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Woodpigeon, 5 Coot, 8 Great Crested Grebe, x Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Common Tern, 55 Cormorant, 33 Grey Heron, 2 Magpie, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 3 House Martin, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock
 
29/04/2023 (10:53 – 11:55).
West End:- 15 Canada Goose, 7 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Mandarin Duck, 7 Mallard, x Pheasant, 1 Stock Dove, 9 Woodpigeon, 3 Coot, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 73 Cormorant, 23 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Goldfinch
Dam End:- 4 Canada Goose, 4 Mallard, 2 Woodpigeon, 4 Great Crested
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