Author: Linsey Gooding

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pair of Kestrels (26-10-16).

West End:-1 Water Rail, 11 Snipe, 2 Gadwall, 41 Teal, 46 Lapwing, 25 Greylag Geese, 1 Coot.
Dam End:- 2 Yellowhammer, 25 Meadow Pipits, 1 Raven, 2 Redwings.

West End:- (AG &BJ) 1 Great White Egret, 11 Mandarin, 1f Wigeon, pair of Gadwall, 43 Teal, 2 Buzzard (one was very white and marked like an Osprey but the giveaway was a brown head), 36 Lapwing, 13 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher. (AG) 1 flyover Skylark & 2 Pied Wagtail.
Whillet’s:- (BJ) 1 Song Thrush, 2 flyover Mistle Thrush, 4+ Bullfinch, c.20 Redwing.

West End:- late morning: 2 Great White Egrets, 13 or 14 Snipe, Egyptian Goose, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher. Good numbers of Teal, Greylag Geese, Lapwings and Pheasants. The usual Grey Herons, Cormorants, Great Crested Grebes, Mallard and Black-headed Gulls.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret (see photos), 2 Grey Heron, 56 Great Crested Grebe, 28 Cormorant, 64 Greylag, 8m+5f Mandarin, pair of Gadwall, 44 Teal, 33 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 8 Moorhen, 46 Lapwing, 18 Snipe, 6 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush, c.70 flyover Jackdaw. (Also 1 Red-legged Partridge seen on Legsheath Lane).

West End:- 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Egyptian Geese – also 2 Yellowhammers in field opposite layby.      Dam End:- 1F Pintail.
Whillet’s:- 20 Chaffinch.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Coot, 3 Kingfishers, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Gadwall, 30 Lapwing, 46 Teal, 60 Starling flew over.
Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 2m Tufted Duck, 3 Swallows, 155 Starlings flew over, 1 Skylark flew over, 34 Meadow Pipits, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 6 Redwing.

46 Teal, 30 Lapwing, 12 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Great White Egret, 2 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, a Mandarin Duck on reservoir escorted by 2 drakes and another duck flew in with 8 drakes following her.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Mandarin, 49 Teal, 1 Coot, 1 Fox, 28 Lapwing, 2 Buzzards.

1 Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Mandarin, 2 Gadwall, 39 Teal, 31 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 1 Coot, 50 Lapwing, 16 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 flyover Common Gull, 3 Kingfisher, 1 flyover Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail.
Also seen by Work Party – 2 Barn Owls.