Dam end :-5 x Greylag Goose, 62 x Canada Goose, 1 x Greylag x Canada Goose (hybrid), 1 x Egyptian Goose, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Mallard, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 9 x Common Swift, 1 x Little Ringed Plover, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 2 x Common Sandpiper, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 3 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 6 x Common Tern, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 2 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Osprey, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Red-footed Falcon, 7 x Eurasian Hobby, 2 x Common Magpie, 40 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 3 … Read the rest
Month: May 2025
Dam End:- Ospreys circling, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Lapwings, 2 Common Sands, 3 Common Terns, 1 Hobby, no sign of RFF so far.
Dam End (4pm):- female RFF still with 4 Hobbies, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 8 Swifts, 1 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Little ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 72 Canada Geese, 4 Common Terns.
Dam End:- Scoter and RFF still here. Scoter v distant. RFF ranging widely along the north bank. Spotted Flycatcher on the timber fence at top of dam. Flown into the trees
Dam End:- 5 Common Scoter still, 1 Hobby, Common Terns, and a pair of Mandarins & Red Footed falcon.
Dam End (from Picnic site):- 5 Common Scoter (4m 1f), Red Footed falcon.
West End:- 1 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Canada Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 4 x Mallard, 3 x Stock Dove, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 9 x Common Tern, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 36 x Great Cormorant, 11 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Common Chiffchaff, 4 x Eurasian Blackcap, 3 x Eurasian Wren, 2 x Song Thrush, 4 x Eurasian Blackbird, 3 x European Robin
Dam End (PM):- In addition to the Red Footed Falcon, 6+ Hobbies, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Terns on aerator, 18 Swallows, 5 House Martins, 2 Swifts, 2 Jays and all the usual warblers and other songbirds.
Whillets :- Osprey
Dam End:- Red Foot Falcon
Dam End (PM):- White Stork over, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpipers, 3+ Hobbies, no sign of RFF although it had been seen just before I got there.