Author: Linsey Gooding

West End:- Hobby.

Dam End:- 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1m Reed Bunting, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Geese, 17 Swallow, 5 Goldfinch.
West End:- 185 Mallard, 12 Teal, 8 Mandarin Duck, 4 Little Egret, 17 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 41 Lapwing, 3 Swallow.
Whillet’s:- 1 Common Snipe, 1 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 4 Buzzard, 1 Reed Bunting, 6 Greenfinch, 3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Goldfinch.
Dragonflies- 4 Southern Hawker, 2 Migrant Hawker, 4 Common Darter also 2 Grass Snakes.

West End:- 40 Greylag Goose, 15 Canada Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose, 3 Mandarin Duck, 80 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 3 Woodpigeon, 30 Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 75 Black-headed Gull, 17 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 3 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Sand Martin, 22 Barn Swallow, 3 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 31 Pied Wagtail.

Dam End:- 62 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull,1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff.
West End:- 3 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 40 Lapwing, 7 Teal, 146 Greylag Geese, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Egyptian Geese, 1 Hobby, 3 Buzzard, 2 Little Egret, 20 House Martin.

West End:- 43 Greylag Goose, 90 Canada Goose, 8 Egyptian Goose, 4 Teal, 5 Stock Dove, 15 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 42 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 110 Black-headed Gull, 5 Cormorant, 9 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Peregrine, 13 Rook, 2 Barn Swallow, 7 House Martin, 1 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Robin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 25 Pied Wagtail.

West End:- 9 Greenshank, 1 Ringed Plover adult, 4 Little Ringed Plover juvenile, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 37 Lapwing, 15 Teal, 3 Mandarin Duck, 19 Pied Wagtail, 1 Buzzard, 1 House Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret.

5 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 juvenile Little Ringed Plover, adult Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 13 Teal and an Osprey sat on the bank between the canoeists and the West End at 11:30.

West End:- 104 Greylag Goose, 74 Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose, 110 Mallard, 11 Teal, 5 Stock Dove, 5 Woodpigeon, 1 Moorhen, 34 Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 140 Black-headed Gull, 9 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 15 Rook, 2 Barn Swallow, 8 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Robin, 23 Pied Wagtail.

Osprey over mid reservoir at 09:30 then flew south.