Month: September 2024

West End:- mid-afternoon juvenile Osprey, Little Grebe, 4 Mandarin, 3 Tufted Duck. Kingfisher and 3 Siskins.
Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpipers, Dunlin and an Oystercatcher all on the dam. Raven over and a Garden Warbler in the car park wood. About 110 Black-headed Gulls plus a well-grown Great Crested Grebe chick with its parent. 22 Meadow Pipits, Green Woodpecker male and 3 Jays on the dam slope.

West End:- 16 x Greylag Goose, 12 x Canada Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Northern Shoveler, 9 x Mallard, 1 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Tufted Duck, 9 x Great Crested Grebe, 21 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 9 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 6 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 5 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 1 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x Eurasian Wren, … Read the rest

West End:- 2 Tufted Ducks, a few Mandarin, Kingfisher and 2 juvenile Great Crested Grebes with adults. Dam End:- a Common Sandpiper and a nice Whimbrel on the dam concrete. About 120 Black-headed Gulls and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red Kite, Buzzard and a nice Hobby. A few Meadow Popits were very mobile around the dam area, several more Mandarin. On the dam slope 5 Jays. In the car park Marsh Tit and a couple of Chiffchaffs.

Dam End:- 12 Meadow Pipits flew south in small groups as did 12 Swallows and 1 House Martin. 2 Common Sandpipers on dam and 4 Grey wagtails. 7 Jays hiding acorns on dam grass slope. Green Woodpecker and Raven heard, Kestrel.
30 Great Crested Grebes, 53 Mallard, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Coot, 5 Mute Swans. In the scrub 6 Chiffchaffs,1 Blackcap and 2 Bullfinch. Lesser Black-backed Gull and Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull and 35 Black-headed Gull.

West End:- juvenile bird right over the car park at 7:20.
Dam End:- Grey Wagtail, 2 Common Sandpiper, Great spotted Woodpecker and a few Meadow Pipits over. First 12 Meadow Pipits of the autumn over in small groups, just 12 Swallows and a single House Martin. 2 Common Sandpipers on dam with 4 Grey Wagtails.
In the bushes 6 Chiffchaffs, 2 Bullfinch and single Blackcap. Green Woodpecker and Raven heard, Jays everywhere highest court was 7 on dam slope hiding acorns.

West End:- 21 x Greylag Goose, 13 x Canada Goose, 4 x Mallard, 4 x Eurasian Teal, 3 x Tufted Duck, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 2 x Stock Dove, 6 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little Egret, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Osprey, 1 x Common Buzzard, 2 x Eurasian Jay, 2 x Common Magpie, 6 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 6 x Western House Martin, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 4 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Song Thrush, 2 x European Robin, 1 … Read the rest

West End: – 13 x Greylag Goose, 15 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 3 x Mallard, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Stock Dove, 2 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Herring Gull, 16 x Great Cormorant, 5 x Grey Heron, 1 x Osprey, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Peregrine Falcon, 1 x Common Magpie, 1 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Sand Martin, 45 x Western House Martin, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x European Robin

West End :- 8 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mute Swan, 13 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 1 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Common Sandpiper, 87 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 5 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Osprey, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Eurasian Green Woodpecker, 1 x Common Kestrel, 4 x Common Magpie, 5 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Coal Tit, 4 x Marsh Tit, 1 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Sand Martin, 5 x Barn … Read the rest

Dam End:-1 Juvenile + 1 adult Osprey, 1 juvenile Black Tern, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Shoveler, 1 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 Mandarin, 2 Moorhen, 5 Mute Swans, 1 Swift, 10 Sand Martin, 25 House Martin, 14 Swallows, 90 Goldfinch, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Wryneck, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Willow Willow, 7 Blackcap, 36 Chiffchaffs, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 2 Coal Tit, Bullfinch, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 85 Black-headed Gull, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Jay.