Month: September 2024

Dam End:- Afternoon – 3 Common Sandpipers, an elusive juvenile Garganey along the north bank with some Mallard, a brief Black Tern at 17:00, 2 half-grown Great Crested Grebe chicks, a Little Grebe, Great Black-backed Gull adult. 3 juvenile Grey Wagtails were on the dam where some 120 Black-headed Gulls were loafing about. Hirundines were in good numbers 150 Sand Martins, 30 Swallows and a few House Martins. In the car park the Firecrest was seen really well, A juvenile Whinchat on the paddock fence.
West End:- Common Sandpiper on one of the nesting platforms, 3 Kingfishers chasing about and 3 Tufted Duck.

West End:- 12.33-1349 – 12 Greylag Geese. 5 Mandarin. 2 Mallard. 7 Great Crested Grebe. 1 Coot. 17 Cormorant. 2 Grey Heron. 2 Buzzards. 1 Osprey juvenile flew in from east along reservoir 13.17 settled in dead tree at far west end at 13.18 and stayed until 13.41 circled over reservoir then flew south. 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull adult. 12 Black-headed Gull. 1 Kingfisher. 2 Carrion Crow. 2 Woodpigeon. 1 Swallow.
1 Terrapin.

West End:- Green Sandpiper, 3 Tufted Duck, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher, Great Crested Grebes, Little Grebe and a few Mandarins tucked under the bushes.
Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpipers, 17 Lapwing flew over, 2 adult Common Gulls joined the 200 or so Black-headed Gulls. A few Willow Warblers were about still, a late Swift and 16 Swallows. Below the dam a Lesser Whitethroat.
In the car park 2 Goldcrests and a lovely Firecrest in the trees at the entrance.

West End :- 3 x Mandarin Duck, 8 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 3 x Tufted Duck, 23 x Great Crested Grebe, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 9 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Common Buzzard, 2 x Common Magpie, 2 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 1 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Goldcrest, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Grey Wagtail

Dam End:- 11+2 juvenile Great Crested Grebe, 15 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron, 4 Mute Swan, 2 white feral geese,  several Greylag and Canada Geese,  25 Mallard. Lagoon: 2 Coot and 1 Moorhen. Dam Wall: 2 Common Sandpiper. 142 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Sand Martin, 8 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Crow, 3 Goldfinch.
Butterflies: Holly Blue and Speckled Wood.  
West End:- 18+2 juvenile Great Crested Grebe, 15 Cormorants and  6 Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan, 8 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin, 6 Mallard, 2 Coot, 1 Buzzard.
Whillet’s:- 1 Green and 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 f Reed Bunting.
Butterflies: 1 Red Admiral, 5 Meadow Brown, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Large and 1 Small White, 3 Green-veined White, 1 Common Blue. 
Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker and 9 Common Darter
Damselflies: 5 Azure Damselflies.