Month: April 2024

stunning male Wheatear on dam, 2 Common Sandpiper, several Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin, Swift, Little Egret on North Bank, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Mandarin, Red Kite, 3 Buzzards flying together.

Avocet on the dam (surprising), 2 Common Sandpiper, Arctic Tern, few Barn Swallow, House Martin, couple of Mandarin Ducks, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Herring Gull, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, Blackcap.

West End:- 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1m Mandarin, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Swallow,  2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Raven, 1 Chaffinch.

Dam End:- 1 Common Whitethroat singing in brambles behind the dam [Alastair Gray and Jonathan Ross].

West End:- 1 Sandwich Tern.

Dam End:- 1 Hobby

West End:- Sandwich Tern fly over (a fairly rare bird at the reservoir), 30 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Black-headed Gull which look like they may nest on the rafts again this year.

Dam End:- 1 female Wheatear on dam, 3 Common Sandpiper on dam. 2 Mute Swan, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Great Crested Grebe.

02-Apr-2024 08:24 – 09:06
West End:- Canada Goose 8, Mute Swan 2, Egyptian Goose 2, Mandarin Duck 6, Mallard 8, Common Pheasant 1, Great Crested Grebe 2, Stock Dove 1, Common Woodpigeon 5, Eurasian Coot 1, Black-headed Gull 4, Great Cormorant 33, Grey Heron 32, Common Magpie 2, Eurasian Blue Tit 5, Great Tit 2, Common Chiffchaff 2, Eurasian Nuthatch 1, Dunnock 1, Common Chaffinch 1,

04-Apr-2024 08:24 – 09:11
West End:- Canada Goose  16, Mandarin Duck  6, Mallard  3, Common Pheasant  2, Great Crested Grebe  3, Stock Dove  3, Common Woodpigeon  5, Great Cormorant  44, Grey Heron  28, Common Buzzard  1, Carrion Crow  1, Eurasian Blue Tit  8, Great Tit  3, Barn Swallow  1, Common Chiffchaff  2, Eurasian Nuthatch  2, Eurasian Wren  2, Eurasian Blackbird  1, European Robin  1, Dunnock  2, Common Chaffinch  4.

08-Apr-2024 08:17 – 09:16
West End:- Greylag Goose  2, Canada Goose  10, Mute Swan  2, Mandarin Duck  5, Mallard  8, Mallard (domestic type)  1, Great Crested Grebe  2, Common Woodpigeon  6, Eurasian Coot  2, Great Cormorant  34, Grey Heron  37, Carrion Crow  2, Common Raven  1, Eurasian Blue Tit  7, Great Tit  4, Common Chiffchaff  2, Eurasian Blackcap  2, Eurasian Nuthatch  1, Eurasian Wren  1, Eurasian Blackbird  2, European Robin  2, Dunnock  3, Pied Wagtail  1, Common Chaffinch  1.

Northern Wheatear on dam, 3 Common Sandpiper [Alastair Gray, Jonathan Ross].
Whitethroat behind dam [Jonathan Ross, Alastair Gray, Nigel Driver].
Sandwich Tern, 30+ Swallow, 6 House Martin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Black-headed Gull on rafts [Nigel Driver].