Dam End:- 69 x Great Crested Grebe, 3 x Tufted Duck
Fields above North Bank:- 100+ finches in game cover fields 100 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 2 Yellowhammers, 8 Reed Buntings, 10 Goldfinches etc.
West End:- 21 Mandarins, 18 Pochards, 5 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 2 Coot + 2 Snipe and male Marsh Harrier.
Whillet’s Reed-bed counts from 14:50 to 16:30 – 24 Reed Bunting & 94 Starling roosted.
Also 2 Water Rail a Moorhen & Tawny Owl & Green Woodpecker heard, 400+ Wood Pigeon & 150+ Jackdaw & 8 Redwing flew over, 1 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Crow.
East End – 52 GC Grebes, 4 Egyptian, 1 Greylag, 350 Woodpigeons, 84 BH, 2 Herring Gulls, 17 Redwings, 5 Fieldfares, 3 Siskins. I left before the Brent’s would have come through.
West end:- 19 Pochards, 5 Wigeon, 2 Mandarins, Coot, Little Grebe, 253 Greylags, 2 Egyptian, 1 Bar headed goose, flocks of 25 + 28 dark bellied Brent geese SW.
660 Woodpigeons, 3 Fieldfare, 20 Redwings, 15 Chaffinch, 2 Marsh Tits, 6 Grey Herons, 14 Great Crested Grebe.
2 White tailed Eagles over Sharpthorne mid morning.
A wet morning visit to West End hide: 20 Pochard, 21 Mallard+White feral duck, 3 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 3 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 1 Little Egret & Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian, 2 Greylag & 1 Canada Geese, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 of both Marsh & Coal tits, 5+ Gt Tit, 12+ Blue Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch.
Late afternoon with Keith at west end-Now 20 Common Pochards also 15 Teal,8 Mandarins and 2 Wigeon.
West End:- 43 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 269 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Wigeon, 11 x Mallard, 16 x Pochard, 271+ x Woodpigeon, 1 x Little Grebe, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 15 x Black-headed Gull,2 x Grey Heron, 2 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Green Woodpecker, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Nuthatch, 1 x Chaffinch
Late afternoon 16 Pochards,10 Mandarins,Bar-headed Goose,400 Woodpigeons SE,30 Redwings,2 Chaffinches,2 Marsh Tits & 1 Redpoll.
West End/Wjillets:- 37 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 41 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 16 x Mallard, 1 x Teal, 2 x Tufted Duck, 5 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Coot, 34 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Snipe, 11 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Herring Gull, 28 x Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 3 x Grey Heron, 3 x Grey Heron, 2 x Buzzard, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Jay, 1 x Magpie, 4 x Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 11 x Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 6 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Chiffchaff, 1 x Treecreeper, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 24 x Redwing, 2 x Blackbird, 2 x Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 1 x Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 1 x Chaffinch, 1 x Goldfinch, 2 x Goldfinch, 5 x Reed Bunting
West End:- 20 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 237 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Mandarin Duck, 10 x Mallard, 1 x Teal, 23 x Pochard, 45 x Woodpigeon, 2 x Coot, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Black-headed Gull, 4 x Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 5 x Magpie, 2 x Raven, 2 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 4 x Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 2 x Wren, 1 x Blackbird, Present x House Sparrow, 1 x Goldfinch
