Author: Linsey Gooding

Dam End:- 2 female Common Scoter, 1 female Wheatear on dam, 6 Common Terns, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Mandarin, 5 Egyptian Geese, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 House Martin, 6 Swallow, 1 Jay, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Green Woodpecker.

The report on our spring bluebell walk can be read HERE.

Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Terns, 1 Swallow.
Whillets:- 2 Garden Warbler, 7 Whitethroats, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Kingfisher.
Study Area:- 1 Garden Warbler by second bridge, Chiffchaff singing going from Chiffchaff into strange Willow Warbler song.

West End:- Wood Sandpiper spooked by a Sparrowhawk, 8 Common Terns, Cuckoo flew over and an Osprey flew in at 8:10hrs.

Dam End:- 8 Common Terns, 2 Common Sandpipers, 60 Swallows, 20 House Martins, 10 Sand Martins, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Mute Swans.
West End:- 2 Mute Swans, 2 Egyptian Geese, Canada Goose with 6 goslings, Greylag with 6 goslings, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Mandarin, 2 Swallows.

West End:- 3 Blue Tit, 6 Canada Goose, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 48+ Cormorant, 2 Dunnock, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Tit, 12 Grey Heron, 5 Greylag Goose, 9 Mallard, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Tufted Duck.

West End:- 17 Canada Goose, 18 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Egyptian Goose, 4 Mandarin Duck, 6 Mallard – 1 ducking with 3 adults (2 m + 1 f), 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Pheasant, 1 Moorhen, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Tern, 56 Cormorant, 22 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch.

Dam End:- 7 Common Terns, 50 Swallows, 30 House Martins, 5 Sand Martins.

Dam End:- 6 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Woodpigeon, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 2 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Swallow, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail.