Author: Linsey Gooding

Dam End:- 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
South Bank:- 1 singing Blackcap, 15+ Singing Chiffchaffs, 3 Bullfinch.
West End:- 9 Tufted Duck, 6 Snipe.
North Bank:- 1 Green Woodpecker.
Study Area:-1 Small Tortoiseshell butterfly.

West End:- Great Egret, also Marsh Tit, Mistle Thrushes feeding young, several Chiffchaff and first House Martin of the year.

West End:- 4 Sand Martins, 3 Teal, 3 Mandarin, 2 Canada Geese, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 4 singing Chiffchaffs, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Black-headed Gull.

Dam End:- Great 10 minutes when two Swallows and Sand Martin we’re feeding over the water – and a male Wheatear was in the paddock by the pumping station. Felt like spring even though it was cloudy.

West End:- 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Mandarin.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret, the white leucistic Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher. At Feeders a male & female Siskin.
Whillet’s:- 1 Barn Owl.

Dam End:- 36 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Lapwing flew east, 3 singing Chiffchaffs, 7 Goldfinch, 5 Buzzards, 7 Common Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
West End:- 3 Tufted Ducks, 1 Mute Swan, 1 singing Chiffchaff.

Dam End:- 1 adult Mediterranean Gull with 15 Black-headed Gulls mid reservoir, 3 Buzzards, 3 Pied Wagtails, 55 Fieldfare.
West End:- 1 Red Kite flew west, 1 Mute Swan.