Author: Linsey Gooding

West End:- a male Honey Buzzard was being mobbed by Common Terns as it flew very low over the water.

Dam End:- 2 Lapwing flew towards west end, 5 Swift, 1 male Sparrowhawk.
Whillet’s:- Butterflies: 3 Small Copper, 2 Common Blue, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Peacock, 5 Burnet Campion, 2 Mother Shipton moths.
Dragonflies: 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser.
Damselflies: 1 White-legged, 1 Blue-tailed, 10 Large Red, 50+ Azure, 2 Beautiful Demoiselle.

Dam End:- 5 adult Black Tern, 3 Common Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 White Stork, 1 Swift, 10 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel.

Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper.
Whillet’s:- 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Goldfinch, 1 House Martin, 2 Red Kite, 2 male Reed Bunting, 4 Reed Warblers, 2 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat. 7 Grass Snakes, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Mother Shipton, 3 Burnett Campion, 8 Beautiful Demoiselles, 25 Azure Damselfly, 1 Large Red Damselfly

West End:- Osprey fishing at 19:20 then flew west carrying a fish, 4 pairs of Common Tern,1 pair of Black-headed Gull breeding on rafts, 16 Great Crested Grebe.

West End:- Another beautiful day with brilliant birds, adult Little Gull and adult Black Tern from the north bank at 11:30, over the West End car park a little later a fantastic male Honey Buzzard.

Dam End:- Osprey from the dam at 7:30, 3 Common Sandpiper on the dam, group of Common Terns and a noisy Raven. In the car park several singing Goldcrests and a couple of Garden Warblers.

Dam End:- Honey Buzzard over dam with two Common Buzzard then flew towards Ashdown.