Category: Sighting

West End:- 51 x Greylag Goose, 6 x Canada Goose, 10 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 23 x Mallard, 1 x Stock Dove, 7 x Common Woodpigeon, 5 x Common Moorhen, 12 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Snipe, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 5 x Black-headed Gull, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 7 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 1 x Common Magpie, 28 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 12 x Rook, 1 x Carrion Crow, 7 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 2 x Sand Martin, 15 x Barn Swallow, 5 x Western House Martin, 5 x Common Chiffchaff, 11 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x Eurasian Treecreeper, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 3 x Eurasian Blackbird, 4 x European Robin, 3 x Dunnock, 2 x Grey Wagtail

Goshawk and Hobby at the west end this afternoon, with Colin.

NorthBank

6 Buzzards,2 Red Kites,2 Jays,2 Bullfinch,2 Goldcrest,10 Chiffchaffs,1 Blackcap & 3 Clouded Yellow butterflies.

Lovely morning at the dam end: ~40 house martins ~ 20 swallows, common sand and snipe under heronry, 3 buzzards, raven, flock of 15 starling flew over, 1 jay, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 kingfisher, 1 nuthatch, 8 egyptions, 4 grebe, +20 mallard, 3 mandarin, 5 moorhen, 4 heron.

West End:- 18 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 19 x Egyptian Goose, 25 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 5 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 2 x Common Sandpiper, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 9 x Great Cormorant, 11 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Common Kestrel, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 1 x Common Magpie, 29 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 7 x Rook, 15 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 8 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock

WeirWood mid morning at the west end. Still 10 Lapwings, 4 Teal and 2 Snipe. Also ca120 hirundines mostly House Martins but also at least 40 Barn Swallows and at least 2 Sand Martins. 18 Black-headed Gulls were feeding on the narrows plus 2 Mute Swans and 16 Great-crested Grebes. At the dam a further 400 hirundines at least, mostly Barn Swallows this time with around 120 House Martins. 2 Common Sands were on the dam with 64 Black-headed and a Common Gull. Still 2 Great Black-backed Gulls on the aerator. Still a few Chiffchaffs in the c/pk. Then as the rain continued I packed it in.

Just to let you know this morning we towed 2 Tern rafts onto Pintail bank for maintenance.
A quick look at West end birds – 10 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 GBB & 2 LBB Gulls, 2 Mandarin, 36 Mallard, 82 Canada & 34 Greylag minimum. 13 Egyptian Geese, 5 Grey heron.
I understand from Brendan the last white farmyard goose which had been relentlessly attacked by Egyptian Geese was found with a broken neck. Apparently it did mate with a Canada Goose earlier this year and had 1 young before its demise interesting if anyone sees it!!!!