West End:- from dawn flock of 11 Swifts, several Mandarins, Little Egret and a Great-crested Grebe was still sitting in the narrows.
Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpipers, 115 Black-headed Gulls including a few juveniles and 2 Grey Wagtails. On the north bank 7 Lapwings and 2 Gadwall with the Mallards. 3 Common Terns, Great Egret flew from the bushes along the north bank and headed north at 6:30, a male Peregrine flew south, more Swifts, some House Martins.

West End:- 14 Great Crested Grebe (4 nests), 1 Mandarin, 19 Greylag, 39 Canada Geese, 3 Canada/Greylag hybrids, 1 hybrid Goose (seen with Canada Geese but only half their size with a white neck, black cap, and small bar similar to a Bar-headed Goose; also some similarities with a dark phased Snow Goose ),4 Black-headed Gull,  1 Common Tern, 1 Pied Wagtail.
Whillet’s:- 1 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff (warblers mostly heard), 1 Raven flyover.  1 Brown Hawker Dragonfly.
Butterflies:   1 Red Admiral, 45 Meadow Brown, 18 Ringlet, 1 Comma, 2 Small White, 3 Marbled White, 2 Large Skipper, 5 Small Skipper, 2 Gatekeeper, 1 Holly Blue.  Also, 1 Six-spot Burnet Moth, 10+ Cinnabar Moth caterpillars on Ragwort.

Whillet’s:-12 Small Skipper,16 Large Skipper,1 Large White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Comma, 4 Marbled White, 1 Gatekeeper, 62 Meadow Brown, 31 Ringlets, 1 Six Spot Burnet, 6 Grass Snake, 1 Common Toad, 2 Common Frog, 1 Water Shrew, 2 Brown Hawker, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 female Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 White-legged Damselfly, 40+ Azure Damselfly. 1 Longhorn Beetle.

West End:- at dawn, Little Egret on Pintail Bank, a few Mandarin.
Dam Rnd:- 57 Black-headed Gulls including the first juveniles of the summer, 4 Common Sandpipers on the dam, pair of Common Terns on the aerator with a few more around. An adult Great Black-backed Gull, Red Kite early on, 5 Jays including 3 juveniles, Blackcap, 4 Swifts, male Green Woodpecker on the dam, Sand Martin and a Marsh Tit in the car park.

West End:- 13 Greylag Goose, 2 Mallard, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Common Woodpigeon, 32 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 26 Great Cormorant, 11 Grey Heron, 2 Common Reed Warbler, 13 Barn Swallow, 2 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Eurasian Blackcap, 1 Eurasian Wren, 1 European Robin, 1 Dunnock

Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Common Terns still nesting on pontoon, 27 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Herring Gulls, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Mandarin, 9 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, flock of 42 Starlings flew east, 2 Mute Swans flew west, 27 Canada Geese, 6 Egyptian Geese now fully fledged and flying, 37 Greylag Geese + 1 Blue morph type snow goose hybrid with something else? 2 Green Woodpeckers feeding on grass slope behind dam.

West End:- Osprey at 13:05 briefly, a few Swallows, House Martins, Sand Martin, a few Common Terns.
Dam End:- Common Sandpiper, 12 Swifts, a few Common Terns and the Osprey again, 39 Black-headed Gulls, Great Black-backed Gull, female Sparrowhawk.

West End:- 25 Greylag Goose, 23 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag x Canada Goose (hybrid), 1 Mute Swan, 3 Mandarin Duck, 16 Mallard, 1 Mallard (Domestic type), 1 Common Pheasant, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Common Woodpigeon, 1 Common Moorhen, 4 Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Common Tern, 30 Great Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 3 Common Magpie, 2 Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 Common Reed Warbler, 2 Barn Swallow, 3 Western House Martin, 3 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Eurasian Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Eurasian Wren, 1 Eurasian Blackbird, 2 European Robin, 2 European Goldfinch

 

21 July 2024 – Open Day – details available HERE.

02 November 2024 Autumn Walk for members.
Our annual afternoon walk will take place on Saturday 2nd November starting at
13.00, meet in the Hide car park. We will follow our usual format – walking through
the Study Area to Pintail Point looking at fungi and other things of interest and then
on to Whillets meadows where if the weather is kind we may be able to offer some
bird ringing. Further details will be issued nearer the time.

TBC April 2025 Spring Walk for members – details to be confirmed.

TBC March/April 2025 AGM and talk for members – details to be confirmed.

West End:- 1 1 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 5 House Martin, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Warbler heard.
Butterflies: 2 Ringlet
Whillet’s:- 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (flyover), 1 Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Yellowhammer heard, 1 Reed Bunting heard.
Butterflies: 2 Ringlet, 1 Large Skipper.