Author: Linsey Gooding

West End:- 29 Teal, 5 Snipe.

Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 m Tufted Duck, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Chiffchaff.
West End:- 85 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Snipe.

West End Hide:- 3 x Red-legged Partridge, 2 x Kingfishers, 120++ Greylag Geese, 2 x Common Buzzard.

West end: 21 G C Grebe, 5 Grey heron, 146 + 3 Feral hybrid Greylag, 2 Mandarin, 3 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 14 Teal, 2 Buzzard, 8 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher.  Also Jenny Scarfe-Becket noted a Red Legged Partridge, seen in front of the hide.

Whillet’s: 5 Swallow, c.100 House Martin flock heading south. 1 Small Copper butterfly.

West End: 2 Mandarin, 15 Teal, 6 Buzzard, 18 Lapwing, 8 Snipe, 1 Greeen Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest.

West End: 3 Grey Heron, 3M+3F Mandarin, 29 Teal, 5 Snipe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine flew over, 6 Moorhen, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 1 G S Woodpecker, 8 House Martin, 1 Fallow Deer.

Also c.25 Sand Martin seen by Tuesday Work Party from Whillet’s.

Dam end: 56 G C Grebe, 29 Greylag, 1 Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 74 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest,  1 Reed Bunting flyover.

West End: 4 Mandarin, 11 Teal, 4F Tufted Duck, 6 Buzzard, 4 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 LBB Gull, 7 Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher.

All reservoir:  21 Mallard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail.

West End: 31 G C Grebe, 30 Cormorant, 8 Grey Heron, 28 Greylag, 12 Teal, 16 Mallard, 1F Shoveler, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 4 Moorhen, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 15 Swallow, c.20 House Martin, 8 Magpie.

Whillets:  3 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 1 Bullfinch.

West End:  1 Peregrine flew over, 2 Buzzard, 15 Cormorant, 7 Grey Heron, 80 Greylag, 2 Mandarin, 2 Coot, 8 Lapwing, 1 Kingfisher.

West End:  1 Osprey seen at 14:07 which circled overhead before drifting off, 6 Common Buzzards, 31 G C Grebe, 3 Teal, 1F Tufted Duck, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 10 Swallow, c.60 House Martin.