West End:- 2 Redshank, 8 Coot.
Dam End:- Oystercatcher, 3 Common Sandpiper.

North Bank:-  08:00-11:00 – 3 Honey Buzzard to SSE, Hobby, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk carrying food and adult Common Gull.

West End:-  14+8y (broods of 3, 3 & 2) Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 8 Mute Swan, 1 Mandarin Duck, 3 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 20 Mallard, 1j Moorhen,  4 Coot, 3j Black-headed Gull, 2+2j Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Terrapin.  Also 1 worn Silver Washed Fritillary butterfly.
Whillet’s:- 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting. 2 Brown Hawker dragonflies.

West End:- 8 Mute Swan, 8 Coot including one juvenile, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swift, 2 Swallow, 20 House Martin.

West End:- 8 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 2 Kingfisher, 13 adult and 9 young Great Crested Grebe, 30 Mallard, 7 Mandarin Duck, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Teal, 1 male Reed Bunting.
Dam End:- 125 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Tern, 8 Egyptian Geese, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 22 Mallard, 15 Mandarin, 6 Swallow, 2 Swift, 2 Mute … Read the rest

Dam End:- 1 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 12 Lapwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 120 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 adult Common Tern feeding 2 fledged young on pontoon, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Geese + 6 young, 2 adult Moorhen + 3 young+1 young at Lagoon, 21 Great Crested Grebe +2 young, 3 Greylag Geese, 80 Canada Geese, 26 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 10 Swift, 2 Mandarin Duck, 21 Mallard, 1 juv … Read the rest

West End:- 2 of the Black-headed Gull chicks were flying around this afternoon so have now fledged.
Whillet’s:- 3 Comma, 34 Gatekeeper, 12 Green-veined White, 1 Marbled White, 57 Meadow Brown, 6 Peacock, 6 Red Admiral, 2 Small Copper, 23 Small Skipper, 1 Small White, 4 Grass Snake, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Common Darter, 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 White-legged Damselfly, 6 Willow Emerald Damselfly, 1 Singing male Reed Bunting.

West End:- 4 Coot, 7 Mute Swan, 6 Mandarin Duck, 26 Mallard, 17 Great Crested Grebe including adults with 2+4 young still, 3 Black-headed Gull chicks + adults, seems to be just 2 Common Tern chicks that haven’t fledged yet.
Whillet’s:- 1 singing male Reed Bunting, 6 Common Tern high over heading west,
Butterfly survey – 9 Comma, 2 Essex Skipper, 47 Gatekeeper, 12 Green-veined White, 2 Holly Blue, 2 Marbled White, 66 Meadow Brown, 11 very fresh Peacock, 5 Red Admiral, 6 Ringlet, 3 Small Copper, 27 Small Skipper, 1 Silver Y.
Damselfies – … Read the rest

West End:- 1 Common Shelduck

West End:- from north bank  Honey Buzzard at 08:35, juvenile Goshawk at 08:45 and an Osprey flew in from high west at 09:20.