West End:- 14 x Greylag Goose, 16 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 5 x Mandarin Duck, 9 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 6 x Black-headed Gull, 10 x Common Tern, 21 x Great Crested Grebe, 23 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Carrion Crow, 3 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Common Reed Warbler, 2 x Barn Swallow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 1 … Read the rest
Month: July 2025
Dam end:- 55 Black headed Gulls, 23 Herring Gulls, 1 Great black backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black backed gulls, 2 Common Terns, 1 Common Sandpiper , 4 Little Egrets, 50 Greylags, 1 Swift, 2 Swallows, Jay, Nuthatch & 3 Buzzards.
West End:- 2 Kingfishers, 2 Coots, 2 Mute Swans, 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Mandarins, rafts still the same with 4 Common Terns chicks including 1 Fledged and 4 Black headed gull chicks, 3 fledged.
Dam end:- 33 Black headed gulls,2 Herring gulls, 3 Lesser black backed gulls, 1 Great black backed gulls, 2 Common Terns, 5 Little Egrets, 4 Grey Herons, 21 Greylag Geese, 37 Canada Geese, 1 Mandarin, 6 Great crested grebes, 13 Mallards, 2 Pied Wagtails.
West end:- left raft still has 1 Black head gull chick and Terns have 2 tiny chicks, sadly no sign of any Tern chicks on back raft, still 3 fledged Black headed gulls flying around, 2 Kingfishers taking small fish regular to nest, several Reed Warblers in front of hide, Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 2 Mute … Read the rest
West end (mid afternoon):- only one Tern chick noted which did couple of short flights. Still the three fledged BH gulls and other pair still have just the one chick. 4 Little Egrets, 1 Lapwing, 1 Tufted Duck, 4 Mandarin, 2 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 2 Mute Swans, 12 adult Great Crested grebes + 10 young. Male Blackcap noted.
Butterflies- 1 Purple Emperor, 2 Purple Hairstreaks, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Comma, 8 Large Whites.
West End:- 19 x Greylag Goose, 13 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 16 x Mallard, 1 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Common Pheasant, 1 x Stock Dove, 5 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 5 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 10 x Common Tern, 18 x Great Crested Grebe, 16 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Little Egret, 7 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Common Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 4 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Common Reed Warbler, 5 x Barn Swallow, 2 x … Read the rest
WeirWood from 6:15 on a beautiful sunny morning. At the dam Common Sandpiper, Little-ringed Plover, Little Egret and a Stock Dove on the dam. A further 3 Little Egrets on the north shore plus another Common Sandpiper. On the aerator 14 Black-headed Gulls again and a Common Gull with an imm’ Herring Gull. An ad’ Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the water and a few Common Terns were noted.
At the west end all was well on the nesting platforms today with fledgling Common Terns and Black-headed Gulls all having done well. 3 Black-headed Gull chicks and 4 Common Terns … Read the rest
West end (mid afternoon):- the 3 Black headed gull chicks have now all fledged. Second pair of Black headed gulls chicks have started hatching, one seen.
Tern chicks still 4 with one landed on water then flew back to raft.
10 GC Grebe chicks plus another on nest.
5 Little Egrets, 6 Mandarin, 1 Tufted Duck, 26 Mallard, 2 Kingfisher, Kestrel, 2 Coot, 3 Moorhen. Looks like 4th Tern pair are trying for 3rd time on right raft, 3rd Pair should be hatching soon.