Author: Linsey Gooding

WeBS
All Reservoir:-  33 Great Crested Grebe, 32 Cormorants (13 nests seen), 36 Grey Heron (31 nests seen), 12 Greylag, 28 Canada Geese, 4 Mandarin, 18 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Dunnock, 3 Song Thrush, 4 Long-tailed Tit.
Dam End:- 2 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine (early morning), 1f Goshawk (circling high), 56 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 20+ mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Rook nests at rookery, 1 Raven, 1 Starling, 2 Siskin flyover.
Dam Lagoon:- 1 Little Grebe, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Chiffchaff heard.
West End:- 5 Teal, 1 Coot, 8 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Crow, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch.
Whillet’s:- 2 flyover Egyptian Geese, 2 Chiffchaff heard, 1 Song Thrush, 60 Redwing, 2 Jay, 3 Bullfinch, 1m Reed Bunting.  1 Mink near Whillet’s Bridge, Fallow Deer, 2 Toads, 2 Common Shrew and a Field Vole.

West End:- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mandarin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Buzzards, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Coot, 1 Moorhen.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 1 Greylag, 6 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Redwing heard, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch.
Whillet’s:- 1 Canada Goose, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Stonechat, 1 Chiffchaff heard, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Bullfinch.
Dam End:-  9 Wigeon, 30 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull,  Green Woodpecker heard, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush heard, 1 Starling,  8 Fallow Deer.
Lagoon: – 2 Little Grebe, 1 immature Mute Swan, 1m Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen.

Dam End:- Osprey on 8th and on 9th March a fish was caught.

West End:- 2 Gadwall.

West End:- Water Rail, adult Mediterranean Gull, Raven over, Treecreeper singing and Mandarins displaying.
Dam End:- a pair of Pintail, Little Grebe, House Sparrow and 3 Skylarks over.

West End:- 1 adult Mediterranean Gull, 1 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 14 Common Gulls, 78 Black-headed Gulls.

West End:-  8 Snipe on Pintail Bank later a Great White Egret was feeding there. Also 4 Greylag, 2 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Moorhen, 3 Buzzards, 1 Kingfisher, singing Dunnock, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, Goldcrest.
Whillets:- 1 Kingfisher, Goldcrest.

Whillet’s:- 1 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Water Rail swimming at Reed Bed, 1 Moorhen, 2 Mallard, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Buzzard, 1 distant Goshawk, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Toad, 3 Smooth Newts, 1 Field Vole and 1 Shrew under tins, 1 Fox, 2 Fallow Deer.
West End:- 13 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Mandarin, 9 Mallard, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese, 7 Canada Geese.
Dam End:- 1 immature Mute Swan, 2 Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 64 Black-headed Gull, 3 Buzzard, 12 Mandarin, 2 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail.