West end:- 2 Common Terns on raft, Garden Warbler singing in the study area and Marsh Tit sitting on eggs in one of the nest boxes.

West End (mid afternoon):- 61 Herring Gull, 6 Lesser Black Backed, 1 Great Black Backed, 2 Black Headed Gull – all Gulls down on the water together. Noted Great Crested Grebe pair building a nest. 6 Stock Dove, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 2+ Blackcap.

Whillet’s:- Blackcap, Whitethroat & Chiffchaff all noted.

Dam End (AM):- just a single Common Sandpiper on dam with a female Grey Wagtail and a Little Ringed Plover. Sedge Warbler by the outflow.
Tern sp E over dam plus 2 Black headed gulls,3 Lesser black back on water.20+ Swallows and pair of Mandarins.

Dam End (PM):- 2 Little ringed plovers and male Grey wag on dam. On slope Green Woodpecker and Mistle thrush and Whitethroat in scrub. 33 Swallows and 1 House Martin over water, no Terns but 7 Herring Gull ,2 Lesser Black Backed and 1 Great Black Backed gulls.
In field 32 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag … Read the rest

Dam End (AM):- 75 Swallows, 1 House Martin, 2 Sand Martins, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser black backed gulls, 1 Coot, 7 Mandarins, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Tit, 4 Pied Wagtails, Jay.

Dam End:- Today a Wheatear was on the top of the dam, a nice male, whilst on the waters edge 3 Whimbrel, a summer Dunlin and 2 Common Sands. The Whimbrel and Dunlin flew of north at 6:55. On and over the water 9 Mandarins, Kingfisher, a pair of Great Black-backed Gulls, several Barn Swallows inc’ with them 4 Sand and 3 House Martins plus a nice Swift. 2 Common Scoter males mid reservoir, these flew north at 6:50. A nice Hobby flew over west at 7:00, whilst below the dam 2 Whitethroat and a Linnet on the grassy slope. … Read the rest

West end:-3 Gadwall, 3 Mandarin, 32 Canada Geese, 1 Mute Swan, 3 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins, Marsh Tit, 1 Common Tern, 2 Black headed gulls, 1 Great black backed hill, 1 Sparrowhawk.
Whillets:- 1 singing Reed Warbler.

West End:- 1 Snipe on Pintail, 5 Mandarin, 3 Egyptian Geese, 4 Swallow, 7 GC Grebe, 1 immature Mute Swan, 1 Coot, 1 LBB Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker. Curlew over-flying.
Dam End:- 2 Common Sands on the dam and 2 Linnets behind the dam, 3 Whitethroats, a pair of Marsh Tits in woods along north bank.

West End:- 5 x Greylag Goose, 17 x Canada Goose, 5 x Egyptian Goose, 9 x Mandarin Duck, 9 x Mallard, 1 x Common Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 29 x Great Cormorant, 35 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Common Magpie, 1 x Marsh Tit, 5 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Common Whitethroat, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Song Thrush, … Read the rest

Dam End (30mins this afternoon) :- just 1 Black headed Gull west, 5 Swallows, 1 House Martin and female Grey Wagtail on dam.
West end :- 2 immature Mute Swans, 3 Teal, 2 Mandarins, 2 Great black backed gulls, 4 Stock doves, 1 Swallow and at 16:35 a smallish white Tern flew into view did 2 circuits then flew off west, lovely Arctic Tern.