West End:- A Hobby was spooked by a male Goshawk. Also Common Sandpiper, up to 4 Reed Warbler and 8 Common Tern.
Author: Linsey Gooding
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21st May 2023 seen by Bob Johnson & Alastair Gray
WeBS
All reservoir:- 13 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Mandarin, 10 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 7 Coot, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap.
Dam End:- 16+5 young Greylag Geese, 5 Canada/Greylag hybrid Geese, 3 white feral geese, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 13 Swift, 4 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 36 Rook, 3 Starling, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch. Also 1 Black-tailed Skimmer dragonfly.
West End:- 71 Cormorant, 19 Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan, 12 Canada Geese, 8 Common Tern, also 1 Terrapin.
Whillet’s:-: 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting. Also 1 Fox, 2 Grass Snake, 5 Beautiful Demoiselle, several Azure Damselflies plus 4 Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral and 1 Peacock Butterfly.. -
20th May 2023 seen by Nigel Driver
West End:- 2 Hobby and an Osprey at 16:30, 8 Common Tern and 2 Reed Warbler. Cracking views of Nuthatch looking for food a couple of feet away.
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Osprey sightings latest 03 October 2023
03-10-23 West End juvenile Osprey at 07:45 – Nigel Driver
28-09-23 West End Osprey at 07:25 – Nigel Driver
27-09-23 West End Osprey mid-morning – Nigel Driver
Juvenile Osprey fishing mid-afternoon – Alastair Gray26-09-23 West End 1.45pm an Osprey circled overhead and caught a fish – Work Party.
12-09-23 Osprey fishing at the West End – Russell Prain
31-08-23 Osprey west at 15:25 – Alastair Gray
29-08-23 Osprey high west carrying fish at 3pm- Alastair Gray
28-08-23 Osprey at Dam End 08:30 – Alastair Gray
27-08-23 Osprey at West End in tree opposite hide 14:00 to 14:30 – Dick Gilmore
22-08-23 Osprey at West End 07:40 – Nigel Driver
19-08-23 Osprey hunting over reservoir at Dam End mid-afternoon – Alastair Gray.
18-08-23 Osprey at Dam End – Nigel Driver
05-08-23 Osprey at West End – Jonathan Ross
13-07-23 Osprey flew in from high west at 09:20 – Mark Mallalieu
06-07-23 Osprey early caught fish and flew west – Nigel Driver
05-07-23 Osprey at dam over north bank briefly – Nigel Driver
26-06-23 Osprey at West End 10:20 – Nigel Driver.
19-06-23 2 Osprey fishing at the Dam End seen during WeBS – Bob Johnson, Alastair Gray and Ed Paxton.
16-06-23 Osprey fishing at West End 21:25 flew West at 21:46 – Alastair Gray
28-05-23 Osprey fishing at West End 19:20; flew west with fish – Alastair Gray
26-05-23 Osprey at Dam 07:30 – Nigel Driver.
20-05-23 Osprey at West End 16:50 – Nigel Driver
09-05-23 Osprey fishing for 10 minutes at 13:40 – Work Party
14-04-23 Osprey fishing at the West End 06:55 – Nigel Driver.
09-04-23 Osprey at the dam 12:50 – Nigel Driver
04-04-23 Osprey 07:25 at Dam End flew west – Nigel Driver
30-03-23 2 Osprey at 11:15 high over drifting east – Nigel Driver.
29-03-23 Osprey at West End flew west carrying fish at 16:45 – Alastair Gray
29-03-23 Osprey over the dam at 08:20 – Nigel Driver
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5-11-22 Osprey at 11:15 flew towards Ashdown Forest. The latest sighting and ninth consecutive month of sightings – Nigel Driver.
18-10-22 Osprey over at 11:15, high up and going south, a smart juvenile bird – Nigel Driver.
24-09-22 Osprey flew south 10:35 – Nigel Driver
07-09-22 Osprey flew west – Alastair Gray
04-09-22 Osprey over just after noon heading west Whillet’s – Alastair Gray and Bob Johnson
04-09-22 Osprey over at 11:00 West End – Alastair Gray
02-09-22 Osprey over at 15:30 West End – Alastair Gray
31-08-22 Osprey at West End – Stuart Brown also in evening Alastair Gray
30-08-22 Osprey over West End at 9am and again at 1pm – Alastair Gray, Linsey Gooding & Work Party
29-08-22 Osprey carrying fish flew west 3 pm seen from Standen – Alastair Gray
29-08-22 Osprey at West End – Alastair Gray & Linsey Gooding
28-08-22 Osprey with fish (again today) – Alastair Gray
28-08-22 Osprey carrying fish went NW – Alastair Gray & Linsey Gooding
27-08-22 Osprey flew in from the west at about 2 pm – Alastair Gray
23-08-22 Osprey sat on the bank between the canoeists and the west end at 11:30 – Nigel Driver
22-08-22 Osprey over mid reservoir at 09:30 then flew south – Mark Mallalieu
21-08-22 Osprey over dam end mid-morning, caught a fish then flew off towards Ashdown – Mark Mallalieu
18-08-22 Osprey at 10:30 flew to Ashdown – Nigel Driver.
09-08-22 Osprey appeared over dam at 07:15 and flew to West End – Nigel Driver.
05-08-22 Osprey appeared briefly over canoeists beach 12:35 – Nigel Driver.
12-07-22 Osprey with fish 05:35 – Nigel Driver
09-07-22 Osprey flew in 17:00 stayed briefly – Nigel Driver
07-07-22 Osprey mid-reservoir at 07:12 caught fish and flew to West End – Nigel Driver
06-07-22 Osprey flew over up river 06:45 – Nigel Driver
05-07-22 Osprey sat on North shore 15:10 – Alastair Gray
13-06-22 Osprey at 09:00 – Nigel Driver
08-06-22 Osprey mid-reservoir 11:10 – Nigel Driver
03-06-22 Osprey appeared mid reservoir at 05:20. Caught a fish at 05:50 and left – Nigel Driver
Osprey seen by Linsey Gooding.26-05-22 Osprey at West End 07:00 – Nigel Driver
25-05-22 Osprey at West End 09:10 headed to the dam – Nigel Driver
24-05-22 Osprey over mid reservoir at 06:40 – Nigel Driver
21-05-22 West End – Osprey flew in from the NW at 09:05 carrying a small fish and putting all the Terns up – Alastair Gray
17-05-22 Osprey at Dam End – Linsey Gooding
Osprey at Dam End 08:00 to 08:45 – Alastair Gray16-05-22 Osprey fishing at Dam End 18:00 – Brendan Lanigan
01-05-22 Osprey at 08:10 over the West End – Nigel Driver
15-04-22 Osprey at 07:10 – Nigel Driver
14-04-22 Osprey at Dam End morning – Linsey Gooding
12-04-22 Osprey from the dam at 07:20 – Nigel Driver
10-04-22 Osprey flew in from SE at 08:30 caught a fish at 08:38 then departed back towards Ashdown – Alastair Gray,
09-04-22 Osprey seen from picnic area – Nigel Driver
07-04-22 Osprey over West End at 13:45 – Nigel Driver
30-03-22 Osprey over West End at 10:35 – Nigel Driver
26-03-22 Osprey N over dam in afternoon – Nigel Driver
25-03-22 Osprey flew NNW at Dam End late afternoon – Chris Sutton
Osprey Sightings 2017 to 2021 are HERE.
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18th May 2023 seen by Alastair Gray
West End:- 2 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Coot, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Tern.
Dam End:- 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Hobby, 1 Swallow, 5 Mute Swan, 4 Common Tern, 10 Greylag Geese, 7 Great Crested Grebe. -
16th May 2023 seen by Nigel Drive
West End:- 8 Common Tern with a pair mating, 4 Reed Warbler in song, 2 Hobby and 2 more along north bank.
Dam End:- Common Sandpiper on the dam and a Cuckoo flew over. -
15th May 2023 seen by Alastair Gray
Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 10 Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 4 Canada Geese + 3 young, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Common Tern, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Mallard, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Great Crested Grebe.
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13th May 2023 seen by Alastair Gray
Dam End:- pair of Chaffinch in sailing club car park, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 30 Swallow, 2 Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Tufted Duck.
West End:- 10 Canada Geese, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Tern, 4 Coot, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Mallard, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Reed Warbler.
Whillet’s:- 3 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Great Tit, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull flew east, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Mallard, 2 Raven, 1 Swift, 1 Wren, 7 Common Whitethroat.
1 Grass Snake, 3 Large Red Damselfly, 3 Azure Damselfly, 3 Beautiful Demoiselle, 15 Orange Tip, 1 Brimstone, 2 Peacock, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Muntjac Deer. -
12th May 2023 seen by Alastair Gray
Dam End:- 1 Avocet on dam, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kestrel, 1 Red Kite, 7 Mallard + 4 young, 1 singing Garden Warbler, 40 Swift, 3 House Martin, 30 Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff.