WeBS
All reservoir:- 47 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Grey Heron, 8+2y Mandarin, 56 Mallard + 1 Feral Mallard hybrid, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Moorhen, 5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Swift, 2 Kingfisher, 3+ Reed Warbler, 12 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Reed Bunting.
Dam End:- 3 Little Grebe in lagoon, 1 Skylark, 6 House Martin, 2+2y Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Raven, 1 juv Starling, 8 Goldfinch, 1m Yellowhammer.
West End:- 41 Cormorant, 79 Greylag, 1 White Feral Greylag hybrid, 12 Lapwing,
24 Common Tern (10 pairs are either successfully sitting on nests or already have chicks on rafts – 15 chicks seen on rafts so far), the 11th pair seem to have decided to try and nest on Martins Island amongst the Cormorants. The 12th pair are trying to settle on a raft; but the pair already there have chicks and they do not seem to want to share and keep chasing them off.
Song Thrush heard, 2 Nuthatch.
Whillet’s:- 1 Beautiful & 1 Banded Demoiselle, 3 White legged, 3 Large Red & 25+ Azure Damselflies, 2 Emperor & 3 Four-Spotted Chaser Dragonflies.
