Author: Linsey Gooding

Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpipers flew south from the dam, 25+ Mandarins, still the group of Common Terns some it looks like are on eggs. The highlight was the 9 Hobbies feeding on mayflies and a mixed hirundine flock of ca50 birds.

Dam End:- (17:30-18:00) 5+ Hobby,2 Oystercatchers.

Dam End (BJ):-  2 Mute Swan, 2+8y Egyptian Geese, 18+5y Mandarin, 10+5y Mallard,  5 Hobby, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Black-headed Gull, 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 white feral farmyard geese.
West End (BJ & AG):-  27 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lapwing, 12 Common Tern, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Swallow, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Jay, 1m Bullfinch.
Whillet’s (BJ & AG):-  1 Kestrel, 1 Moorhen, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Wagtail, Reed Warbler heard,  3 Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Bunting.  Also 1 Grass Snake.
Butterflies: 3 Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, 1 Peacock, 2 Green-veined White.
Day flying moths:  2 Mother Shipton, 7 Burnet Companion (See pic), 1 Common Carpet, 1 Silver-ground Carpet, 1 Drinker caterpillar (See pic).
Damselflies:  5+ Beautiful demoiselle, 3+ Common Blue, 10+ Azure, 3 pair + 14 – Red-eyed, 2 Blue-tailed, 2 White-legged, 3 pair of Large Red.
Dragonflies: 2M+1F Broad-bodied Chaser. (See pics)
Insects – several “Red & Black Froghoppers” – Cercopis vulnerata (See pic of mating pair).

West End:- 7 White Storks circling at about 13:30. SOS report.

West End:- Osprey flew in from the NW at 09:05 carrying a small fish and putting all the Terns up.
2 Lapwings, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Moorhen, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 34 Mallard, 3 Egyptian Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Kestrel, 4 Swifts, 2 Swallows, 65 Cormorant.

West End:- 2 Greylag Goose, 11 Canada Goose, 20 Mallard, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Lapwing flying over SW, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Common Tern, 69 Cormorant, 21 Grey Heron, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Barn Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch.

West End:- 2 White Storks circling mid-afternoon, 1 Honey Buzzard flew west, 2 Red Kites, 1 Kestrel, 3 Ravens, 4 Buzzards, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret, 34 Mallard, 13 Common Terns, 16 Swifts, 6 House Martins, 2 Swallows, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Mandarin, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Pied Wagtails, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mute Swans.
Dam End:- 9 Hobby hunting mayflies over reservoir, 2 Black-headed Gull, 5 Mandarin, 4 Buzzard, 8 Common Terns, 6 Swifts.

West End:- 1 Little Egret, 28 Grey Heron, 10 Egyptian Geese, 1m Mandarin, 20 Mallard + 1 white feral farmyard duck, pair of Tufted Duck, 1 Redshank, 3 Lapwing, 1 Buzzard, 10 Common Tern, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Warbler.

West End:- 1 Redshank, 2 Moorhen, 3 Reed Warblers, 2 Tufted Duck, 14 Common Tern, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest.
Dam End:- 39 Mandarin, 4 Black-headed Gull, 2 Moorhen, 5 Hobby, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Swifts, 10 House Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Mute Swans, 1 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush.
Little Egret roosted in the heronry.
All reservoir:- 72 Mallard.

Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, farmyard geese, Common Terns, Canada Geese, Mallard, Carrion Crow, Barn Swallows, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit, Magpie, Kestrel, Hobby (3), Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker (H), Grey Heron, Tufted Duck.