Category: Sighting

West End: 1 Great White Egret.

1 x Goshawk, 1 x Sparrowhawk, 1 x Great White Egret, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Marsh Tit (all from Photos).

West End:- 34 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Canada Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 10 x Mallard, 9 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 7 x Black-headed Gull, 8 x Common Tern, 12 x Great Crested Grebe, 27 x Great Cormorant, 7 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 3 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 3 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Common Reed Warbler, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Wren

2 Mute swan, Great crested grebes 2, Canada goose,38 greylag geese, 14 cormorant, 6 Mallard, chiffchaff, wood pigeon, blackcap, 6vcommon tern, black headed gull, 5 grey heron, carrion crow, great black backed gull, blackbird & a wren.

West End:- 22 x Greylag Goose, 12 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 5 x Mallard, 2 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 1 x Green Sandpiper, 5 x Black-headed Gull, 11 x Common Tern, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 13 x Great Cormorant, 5 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 3 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Barn Swallow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Eurasian Blackcap

West end

Common Sandpiper opposite car park viewing by kingfisher bank on dead branches,Green Sandpiper on right tern raft, and a Lapwing on Pintail bank.

Dam End: No waders at dam end,1 Tufted Duck,37 Herring Gull,14 Black headed gulls,2 Lesser black backed gulls,1 Great black backed gull, few Common Terns.
4 Buzzards,Red Kite,Swallow,10 Egyptians,40 Canadas,22 Greylags.

Whilletts:

Whillet’s butterfly survey

6 Comma
20 Green veined Whites
2 Holly Blue
16 Large Skippers
9 Marbled Whites
92 Meadow Browns
5 Painted Lady’s
2 Peacock
5 Red Admiral
52 Ringlets
5 Small Coppers
32 Small Skippers

Damsel & Dragons

5 Beautiful Demoiselles
1 Black tailed Skimmer
3 Blue tailed Damselflies
2 Brown Hawkers
1 Downy Emerald
2 Emperor Dragonfly
8 White legged Damselflies

3 Grass Snakes
1 Weasel
2 Grey Wagtails
2 Buntings
5 Reed Warblers
2 Whitethroats
1 Kingfisher

West end this afternoon. Still 1 GCG chick sticking close to its parent. There is an occupied nest just visible below the heronry and another along the south bank with at least 1 egg. I could only see 1 tern chick but it looks well fed. 5 Mandarins, 2 Mute Swans, Coot, Red Kite, Kingfisher, a few Herring and a couple of LBB Gulls passing through.

West End:- 32 x Greylag Goose, 12 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 9 x Mallard, 5 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 10 x Common Tern, 13 x Great Crested Grebe, 24 x Great Cormorant, 6 x Grey Heron, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird

West end with David mid afternoon,2 Mute Swans,64 Greylags,4 Mandarins,Little Egret,Bullfinch,2 Swifts & Marsh Tit.
pretty sure just the one chick now on blue raft, has grown fast and was flapping its wings.( Has anyone seen second chick recently).Still 4 Terns & 2 Black headed gulls on eggs,Great black backed Gull flying around rafts being chased by BH Gulls & Terns.
Brown Hawker,HollyBlue and large number of Small & Large Whites maybe 20 seen.
Raptors just male Sparrowhawk & kestrel.

WeirWood late morning to early afternoon. At the west end, still the Common Terns were feeding youngsters others still on eggs, also the Black-headed Gulls were around 2 remaining on the nests. A minimum of 10 Great-crested Grebes were noted with loads of Grey Lag Geese. A single Herring Gull was making a nuisance of itself around the nesting platforms. Of note too were a couple of Little Egrets that flew over the heronry. 3 Buzzards were over the c/pk, an adult and 2 young. A Red Kite as is usual, male Kestrel and a male Goshawk over Admiral’s Wood. At Whillett’s 4 Reed Warblers inc’ 3 imm’s, also 3 Reed Buntings, Garden Warbler and 2 Bullfinches a male and female. The only surprise was a beautiful Swallowtail butterfly just in front of the hide for a moment before flying off. I left at 13:00hrs.