Month: May 2025

Dam End:- Red Footed Falcon & 3+ Hobby and Kestrel all hawking over North Bank this mid to late morning. Common Sand on dam wall.
West End:- 1 Little Egret in Heronry but not at nest seen earlier in week. 4 Common Tern & 2 Black Headed Gull on rafts and 1 Great Black Backed Gull over.

Dam end :-3 x Greylag Goose, 37 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Common Sandpiper, 1 x Common Redshank, 17 x European Herring Gull, 5 x Common Tern, 3 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Red-footed Falcon, 1 x Carrion Crow

dam End:- 2 Whimbrel and Greenshank on dam with Redshank.

Dam End (2pm):- 3 Hobbies, 8 Black headed Gulls, 6 Common Terns, 2 Swifts, Redshank, 6 Common Sandpipers, 1 Little Ringed Plover and Garden warbler singing in car park.

Dam end :-2 x Greylag Goose, 26 x Canada Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Common Swift, 2 x Little Ringed Plover, 6 x Common Sandpiper, 1 x Common Redshank, 4 x Black-headed Gull, 23 x European Herring Gull, 6 x Common Tern, 1 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Buzzard, 5 x Eurasian Hobby, 2 x Carrion Crow, 3 x Common Chiffchaff, 3 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x Pied Wagtail

Dame End:- Much the same at the dam mid afternoon 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 Hobbies, 14 Common Terns , 10 Herring Gulls, 1 House Martin, 6 Swallows.

Whillets:- 2 Reed Warblers,2 Garden Warblers,3 Mandarins on river,Whitethroat.

Butterfly’s:- 3 Peacock,3 Orange Tips,1 Speckled Wood,4 Burnett Campion Moths,2 Grass Snakes,1 Common Lizard,8 Beautiful Demoiselles,1 White- Legged Damselfly.

Picnic Area (North bank):- Superb views of feeding Hobbies from the picnic site. Singing Reed Bunting with the Garden Warblers and Whitethroat here.

Dam End:- WeirWood from ca7:30 was fairly productive, a Little-ringed Plover and 2 Common Sands were still on the dam plus the pair of Common Terns were on the aerator still with several more over the reservoir feeding. Best of todays birds was the ad’ Yellow-legged Gull that landed on the dam with 2 Herrings and hung around for a while. 7 Hobbies were noted along the north bank once the sun came out, as were 12 Swifts.

West End:- the Black-headed Gulls were nest building on one of the rafts and 2 pairs of Common Terns appeared to be settled in. A Coupke of Red Kites were noted as were 2 Little Egrets, these in the heronry. So much the same as the last few days, with something extra.

West End:- 9 x Canada Goose, 1 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 4 x Common Tern, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 45 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Little Egret, 34 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 2 x Common Magpie, 1 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 3 x Eurasian Blackcap