Author: Linsey Gooding

West End:-  6 Gadwall, 6 Coot, 1 Little Grebe.

Dam End:- 3 Red Kites, a male Peregrine, 2 Ravens and 14 Jays in a loose gathering,
West End:- Marsh Tits and 2 Goldcrests.

6 Siskins, 10 Redpolls, Redwings and Fieldfares, 3 Kingfishers, 3 Little Grebes.
West End:- 3 Marsh Tits, Tufted Duck flock, 2 Ravens over.

West End:- 2 Mute Swan.
Whillet’s:- 1 Peregrine flyover, 1 Water Rail, Tawny Owl and Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 3000+ Starling flying into reed-bed to roost. (True number would be higher – late afternoon we watched wave after wave of Starlings flying in; we just estimated and noted the size of the bigger flocks.)

The following recovery for a Kingfisher has been received from the BTO:-
A juvenile Kingfisher ringed on the morning of 12th August 2021 in Whillet’s meadows has been found (dead) on 27th November; some 107 days later in Wexford, Ireland ~ a distance of 482km.
An incredible journey for a Kingfisher.

West End:- 20 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe.
Dam End:- 9 Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff in car park.

Whillet’s:-  1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chaffinch and 1 Fox.
West End:-  2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Greylag, 2 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 14 Mallard, 1 Raven and 1 Stock Dove flew over,  4 Great Crested Grebe, 23 Cormorant, 16 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Redwing, 2 Crow, 30 Jackdaw flyover.
Feeders:-  1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, Nuthatch heard, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch.

Whillet’s:- 5,325 Starlings and 63 Reed Buntings into roost this evening.
2 Water Rails heard,4 Chaffinch,3 Bullfinch,1 Tufted Duck,15 Redwings and Sparrowhawk flew over.

West End:- 1m Goldeneye seen this morning, 6m+2f Gadwall, 12 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 40 Cormorant, 150 Greylag, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 2 Snipe, 60 Black-headed Gull,  1 Stock Dove heard, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch.
North Bank:- 5 Fieldfare flyover, 1 Redwing.
Whillet’s:- 1 Song Thrush, 1 Raven, 300+ Starling flyover.

Mallard 14, Goldeneye 1, Pheasant 3, Great Crested Grebe 1, Stock Dove 1, Woodpigeon 3, Moorhen 1,  Coot 5, Snipe 2, Black-headed Gull 22, Cormorant 1, Grey Heron 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Magpie 2, Carrion Crow 1, Marsh Tit 1, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit 2, Nuthatch 1, Wren 2, Blackbird 2, Robin 3, Chaffinch 1.