Early evening at the dam 4 Common Sandpipers,190 Black-headed Gulls, usual Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher and Common Terns bringing small fish to pontoon so chicks have hatched.

Among the Black-headed Gulls an individual with a pink breast and belly, an adult Yellow-legged Gull was with 27 Herring Gulls, 6 Common Sandpipers still present, 2 cronking Ravens flew over, adult Great Black-backed Gull, no terns today, a Green Sandpiper, a Lesser Whitethroat.

WeBS
All reservoir:-  41 Great Crested Grebe, 32 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron,  42 Canada Geese, 3 Mandarin Duck, 26 Mallard, 4 Coot, 153 Black-headed Gull, 14 Swallow, 5 Pied Wagtail.
Dam End:- 8 Egyptian Geese, 2 white farmyard geese, 2 Canada x Greylag hybrid Geese, 7 Lapwing, 6 Common Sandpiper, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 3 Green Woodpecker, 5 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Crow, 1 Goldfinch.
West End:-  2 Mute Swan,  5 Greylag Geese, 1 Bar-headed x Barnacle hybrid Goose, 1 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Raven.
Whillet’s:- 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, Bullfinch heard.

Dam:- 5 Common Sandpipers, 24 Pied Wagtails, 7 Lapwings,18 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 105 Black Headed Gull, 2 Common Terns, 1 Mandarin Duck, 8 Egyptian Geese, 2 Swallows, 1 House Martin,1 Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk.

West End:- 12 Greylag Goose, 4 Mandarin Duck, 13 Mallard, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Common Woodpigeon, 1 Eurasian Coot, 1 Black-headed Gull, 19 Great Cormorant, 11 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 Common Reed Warbler, 1 Barn Swallow, 3 Common Chiffchaff, 2 Eurasian Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 European Robin

Dam End:- 18 Lapwing flew in, 3 Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper on the mud at the far end of the dam, Redshank among the many Black-headed Gulls, Red Kite, on top of the dam Green Woodpecker and 4 Mistle Thrushes including 2 juveniles, adult Little Gull on a distant buoy, 2 Common Terns.

West End:- Common Tern, Red Kite, 6 Mandarins, the Great Crested Grebe was still sitting in the narrows. Dam End:- 2 Red Kites, 2 Ravens, an adult Great Black-backed Gull dwarfed the Black-headed Gulls that numbered 172, 2 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 3 Common Sandpipers, Redshank on the freshly cleared dam. The pair of Common Terns still look like they are nesting on the aerator. In the car park 3 Blackcaps, a couple of Goldcrests and a small number of Chiffchaffs, some Swifts with House Martins and a Sand Martin, a Hobby along the north bank, male Kestrel and male Sparrowhawk.

Dam End:-65 Black-haded Gulls, 1 Blackcap heard, 5 Common Buzzards, 38 Canada Geese, 2 Canada x Greylag hybrids, 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Terns nesting on pontoon plus family of 5 dropped in to feed including 3 juveniles, 8 Egyptian Geese, 2 feral Pigeons, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 21 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Grey Heron, 12 Greylag Geese, 2 Herring Gull, 2 House Martin, 1 Kestrel, 7 Lapwings, 6 Long-tailed Tits, 5 Magpie, 14 Mallard, 1 Mandarin, 1 Marbled White butterfly, 19 Pied Wagtail, 1 Purple Hairstreak butterfly, 4 Ravens, 1 Red Admiral butterfly, 1 Red Kite, 2 Sparrowhawks, 2 Stock dove, 7 Swallows, 11 Swifts.

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.