Author: Linsey Gooding

West End:- 18 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 adult + 2 Little Ringed Plover chicks, 26 Lapwing, 36 Mandarin, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 5 Moorhen, 3 Jay, 4 Stock Dove.

From dawn, both Osprey with fish and Ruddy Shelduck at 05;35, Green Sandpiper, 3 Kingfisher, several Little Egrets, Little Ringed Plovers with 3 chicks, at least 10 Common Terns with 8 chicks. Dunlin on the dam. 20 Little Egrets = 12 at West End and 8 at the Dam. 2 Ravens over calling.

Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Mandarin Duck, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Common Tern, 26 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 26 Mallard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 12 Blackbirds on shoreline, 34 Great Crested Grebes.
West End:- 1 female Ruddy Shelduck, 2 adult Little Ringed Plovers + 3 chicks, 26 Lapwing, 10 Little Egret, 1 Teal,3 6 Mandarin Ducks, 10 adult Common Terns + 8 chicks, 10 Egyptian Geese, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 46 Black-headed Gulls, 12 Swallow, 1 Kingfisher, 30 Mallard.

West End:- 45 Greylag Geese, 20 Canada Geese, 10 Egyptian Geese, 1 female Ruddy Shelduck, 37 Mandarin Duck, 30 Mallard, 1 Teal, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Collard Dove, 35 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 19 Lapwing, 2 adult + 2 juvenile Little Ringed Plovers, 65 Black-headed Gull, 1 juv Mediterranean Gull, 1 flyover Lesser Black-backed Gull ,5 Magpie, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Hobby, 46 Cormorant, 13 Common Tern, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Blackbirds.

West End:- 6 adult Little Ringed Plovers + 3 tiny freshly-hatched chicks, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 26 Lapwing, 11 Little Egret, 24 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhens, 34 Mandarin Duck, 2 Teal, 1 Jay, 4 Swallows, 64 Black-headed Gull, 10 adult Common Terns + 7 chicks, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtails, 1f Sparrowhawk carrying food, 2 House Martins.

Dam End:-2 adult Common Tern + 1 chick, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1m+2f Pochard, 1m Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Kingfisher, 1 adult + 1 juvenile Green Woodpecker, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Swift, 10 House Martin.

West End:- 42 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Little Egret, 16 Grey Heron, 1 Teal,  1 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 27 Lapwing, 8+5 young Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Plus good numbers of: Mandarin, Mallard, Egyptian and Greylag Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Pied Wagtails.

Afternoon: 18 Little Egrets, 5 chicks and 9 adult Common Terns, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover still incubating, loads of Mandarin and Lapwing. The Osprey flew in at 17:00 briefly.

West End:- 31 Greylag Goose, 28 Canada Goose, 10 Egyptian Goose – 2 adult + 8 young, 21 Mandarin Duck, 8 Mallard, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Woodpigeon, 4 Moorhen, 25 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 17 Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Tern – 7 adult + 5 chicks, 5 Cormorant, 16 Grey Heron, 10 Little Egret, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Magpie, 7 Jackdaw, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Barn Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 10 Pied Wagtail.

3 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 15 Little Egrets, Osprey at 7:12 flew to mid reservoir caught a fish and flew to West End. From the dam 3 unseasonal Common Scoter.

West End:- 10 Little Ringed Plovers including nesting bird, 1 Redshank, 30 Lapwing, 16 Little Egrets, 14 Grey Heron, 26 Mandarin Duck, 22 Mallard, 17 Carrion Crow, 39 Great Crested Grebe including one juvenile, 8 adult Common Tern + 5 chicks, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 46 Black-headed Gulls, 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Jay, 4 Swallow, 10 Egyptian Geese.