Dam End:- Ospreys circling, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Lapwings, 2 Common Sands, 3 Common Terns, 1 Hobby, no sign of RFF so far.
Osprey Sightings
Osprey Sightings
Whillets :- Osprey
Dam End:- Red Foot Falcon
Dam end/Picnic Area:- 11 Common Sandpipers, 4 Little ringed Plovers, Redshank, 7 hobbies, 1 Red Footed Falcon. Painted Lady and a Downy Emerald seen on north shore.
West End: 1 Osprey flying over
Dam End:- 7 Hobbies,3 Com Sands,16 Swifts, 2 LRP, Think it was 6 Arctic Terns 7 Common Terns, 2 Lapwings (overhead heading east), 1 Osprey 7 Egyptian Goose (down to 5 goslings).
Dam End:- Osprey over Weirwood Res (yacht club end) being chased by a Red Kite
Brendan reported seeing an Osprey take a fish at the dam end this morning and has seen it regularly last few days most usually between 8:30 and 10:00
West End:- WeirWood again, early afternoon this time. For the last few days not a lot seen but today was brilliant. First 2 birds were White Stork over north and Osprey at the west end. I was delighted to see my first Swallow of the year over the nesting rafts and brilliant views of a hunting male Goshawk, an awesome bird of seen well like this. The feeders produced the usual Marsh Tit whilst Great-crested Grebes were weed dancing. A male Reed Bunting was at the feeding station and a male Bullfinch paid a brief visit
Whillett’s:- a Water Rail … Read the rest
West End (PM) :-1 Osprey (16:05), adult male Goshawk, 1 Red Kite, 6 Buzzards, Great Egret, 3 Little Egret, 1m Reed Bunting (again in front of the hide), 5 Mandarins, 3 Teal,6 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Coot, 5 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Pied Wagtails.
Dam End:- 3 Egyptian Geese, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Pied Wagtails, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Black headed gulls, 1 Herring Gull, Green Woodpecker heard.
West End:- 1 potential Osprey at the end of WeBS count – unconfirmed.
One reported via the Birdguides system.