West End:- 39 x Greylag Goose, 42 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 11 x Mallard, 1 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 8 x Black-headed Gull, 9 x Common Tern, 17 x Great Crested Grebe, 32 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 9 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Reed Warbler, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Goldcrest, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Song Thrush, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x … Read the rest

West End:- Black headed gulls 3 chicks still doing well and other still on eggs, all 4 adults present. Second Common Terns chicks have hatched today but couldn’t really see how many, saw at least 1 running around of first pair that hatched. Still 2 Mute Swans, 4 Coots, 2 Egyptian Geese, 52 Greylag Geese, 2 Mandarins and Great Crested grebes with 3 chicks by plaw hatch stream.
23 adult GC Grebes over whole reservoir.
Dam End: -1 Hobby, 13 Common Terns, 3 Black headed gulls ,20 Pied Wagtails, 1 Little Egret, 2 Lapwings, 25 Mallard + 4 Ducklings, 10 … Read the rest

West End:- 2 pairs of GC Grebe now have young – Pair with 4Y left of hide & pair with 3Y well right of hide, much feeding of young with small fish seen for both pairs.

Dam End:- 2 x Little Egret flying towards the west end from the dam. It’s gone into a bay on the south bank.A couple of hobbies, 3 young and 2 adults Egyptians, 1 Common Tern and 3 Black Headed Gull on top of the control building. Garden Warbler singing away in the CP. Bird of the day for me was a stunning male Bullfinch on the access road.

Much the same as yesterday at the west end,

Dam end:- 1 Hobby and 3 Little Egrets feeding along the north shore. The Egyptians still have 3 Goslings and a mallard with 5 young noted. 10+ pied wags on the dam, mostly youngsters. Family of 5 Swallows dropped in, still several Swift’s around. On the water 18 Herring gulls and 1 LBB dropped in for a wash.
Goldcrest singing in car park.

WeirWood from early morning was flat overcast and calm. Starting at the dam where 6 Common Terns were present also 4 Black-headed Gulls and a Herring Gull but it was generally very quiet here. On the dam again Green Woodpecker and 2 Linnets this time. Below the dam a Whitethroat family was nice to see. In the c/pk Garden Warbler again and a Goldcrest. Moving on to the west end at 7:00hrs. Here a further 4 Common Terns were noted with a sadly empty right hand platform today, the other Common Terns still active with tiny chicks. 3 young Black-headed … Read the rest

West end:- this morning sadly the 2 pairs of Terns on the right raft have failed I reckon the young hatched yesterday and died during the heavy rain yesterday, these pairs were slightly ahead of the 2 pairs on the back raft which started hatching this morning, 2 tiny chicks spotted with more hopefully today.
Black Headed gulls still with 3 chicks which are growing quickly, other pair seen changing over sitting duties on eggs.
Great crested Grebes still have 4 young in front of the hide,2 pairs of Coots noted.
2 Reed warblers seen carrying food to nest in … Read the rest

Dam end:- 19 x Canada Goose, 5 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Mallard, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 26 x European Herring Gull, 5 x Common Tern, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 5 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Eurasian Green Woodpecker, 1 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Barn Swallow, 4 x Western House Martin, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Grey Wagtail, 7 x Pied Wagtail

WeirWood from 6:00 was bright and clear with a light SW breeze. On the dam 2 ad’ Little Egrets was a little unusual, also a 2nd summer Herring Gull, 3 Black-headed Gulls, 6 Common Terns and around 20 Swifts present. In the c/pk a Garden Warbler seen and a pair of Wrens feeding at least 6 fledglings was nice to see. At the west end it was much as expected, although I could see no Little Egrets here. Along the north bank from the west end, 3 Green Woodpeckers were seen plus 4 Mistle Thrush and Marsh Tit. Back at … Read the rest

West End:- 6 x Greylag Goose, 10 x Canada Goose, 10 x Mallard, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Swift, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 7 x Black-headed Gull, 4 x Common Tern, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 34 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Great White Egret, 18 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 2 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 2 x Common Reed Warbler, 2 x Barn Swallow, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Song Thrush, 2 x Eurasian … Read the rest