WeBS for The Reserve
Overall counts:- 47 Great Crested Grebe (2 nests being built), 36 Cormorant (9 active nests), 40 Grey Herons (40 active nests – 18 young noted), 12 Canada Geese, 2m Mandarin Duck, 17m+1f+(1f with 5 chicks) Mallard, 2 Stock Dove, 5+ Blackcap and Chiffchaff.
Dam End:- 4 Common Sandpiper on dam wall, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Garden Warbler heard, Whitethroat heard, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Rook nests in the rookery, Song Thrush heard, Goldcrest heard, 4 Goldfinch.
West End:- pair of Tufted Duck, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Coot, 4 Common Tern (at rafts), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch heard, 2 Treecreeper.
North Bank:- 1 Green Woodpecker.
Whillet’s:- 2 Reed Warblers heard at reed bed.