West End:- quieter today; 10 Tufted Duck, male Pochard, 6 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 3 Marsh Tit and 3 Chiffchaff.
Dam End:- small flocks of Siskin, Redpoll and Redwing, Skylark over, but I couldn’t find the diver today.
Month: October 2023
The report on our autumn walk 2023 can be found HERE.
West End:- 3 Little Grebe, 1m Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Great Black-backed Gull.
Dam End:- no sign of diver, 20 Siskin.
Very birdy with a delightful mixed flock of four tit species, a Hawfinch in the west end car park briefly, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Raven, several Redwing and at least 2 Fieldfare. At the dam the Red-throated Diver was still showing well and 3 Common Scoter.
West End:- 13 Tufted Duck, 5 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 12 Egyptian Geese, 237 Greylag Geese, 7 Great Crested Grebe. 12 Coot.
Dam End:- 1 Red-throated Diver, 32 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Coot, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 14 Meadow Pipit, 20 Goldfinch, 26 Mallard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Jay, 4 Redwing, 3 Starling.
Dam End:- 1 Red-throated Diver, 28 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mandarin Duck, 7 Coot, 1 Siskin.
West End:- 29 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 5 Gadwall, 4 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 5 Egyptian Geese.
Dam End:- 1st winter Red-throated Diver flew in around midday. 1 Kingfisher, 6 Meadow Pipit.
Whillet’s:- 1 Barn Owl (2nd meadow), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Wren, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Moorhen on river, 3 Mallard on river, 1 Green Woodpecker.
West End:- Probable Pallid Swift flew in from the north at 10:10 (chunky brownish slow-flying bird with pale face/chin short tail closed for most of 5mins it was in view; broad wings with light underwings going … Read the rest
West End:- 2 f Pintail, 4 f Tufted Duck, 1 m+2 f Tufted Duck, 19 Egyptian Geese, 194 Greylag Geese, 1 Swallow, 3 Skylark west, 30 Chaffinch west, 3 Buzzard, 12 Starling west, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Red Admiral.
West End:- From dawn; 3 Gadwall, 2 Pintail, 40+ Teal, 3 Marsh Tit, Grey Wagtail and loads of Egyptian Geese.
Dam End:- male Common Scoter was a nice surprise, still Redwings about and several Siskins.
West End:- 10.55-12.32. 5 Mute Swan, 83 Greylag Geese, 18 Egyptian Geese, 14 Canada Geese, 2 Gadwall 1m+1f, 4 Teal, 17 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck f, 1 Mandarin m, 4 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret, 5 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Long-tailed Tit.
1 Fox. 1 White Hart. Gas Gun operating on North Shore.