Category: Sighting

Dam End:- 2 immature Mute Swans, 1m Tufted Duck (lagoon), 1 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Common Terns, 1 Swallow, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush.
West End:- 1 Goshawk, 1 Buzzard, 8m+1f Mandarin.
Whillet’s:- 1f Kestrel, 1m Reed Bunting. All heard: 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff.
Butterflies: 3m+3f Orange Tip, 4 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Peacock + Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars.

Dam End:- 8 Canada Goose, 3 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mandarin Duck, 7 Mallard, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Woodpigeon, 1 Lapwing, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Common Tern, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Magpie, 10 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 2 Great Tit, 4 Barn Swallow, 6 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2  Blackcap, 3 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch.

West End:- 2 Mute Swan, Greylag Goose pair with 6 goslings, 13 Canada Geese including 1 gosling, 2m+1f Mandarin, 6 Common Tern, 2 Swallow, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler,  1 Blackcap.
Plants: Three-veined Sandwort and Wayfaring Tree noted.
Dam End:- 2 Common Scoter.
South Bank:-  1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Garden Warbler.
Whillet’s:- 2 Reed Warbler. 2m+1f Orange Tip, 1 Green-veined White.

Dam End:- 2 female Common Scoter, 1 female Wheatear on dam, 6 Common Terns, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Mandarin, 5 Egyptian Geese, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 House Martin, 6 Swallow, 1 Jay, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Green Woodpecker.

The report on our spring bluebell walk can be read HERE.

Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Common Terns, 1 Swallow.
Whillets:- 2 Garden Warbler, 7 Whitethroats, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Kingfisher.
Study Area:- 1 Garden Warbler by second bridge, Chiffchaff singing going from Chiffchaff into strange Willow Warbler song.

West End:- Wood Sandpiper spooked by a Sparrowhawk, 8 Common Terns, Cuckoo flew over and an Osprey flew in at 8:10hrs.

Dam End:- 8 Common Terns, 2 Common Sandpipers, 60 Swallows, 20 House Martins, 10 Sand Martins, 5 Pied Wagtail, 3 Mute Swans.
West End:- 2 Mute Swans, 2 Egyptian Geese, Canada Goose with 6 goslings, Greylag with 6 goslings, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Mandarin, 2 Swallows.

West End:- 3 Blue Tit, 6 Canada Goose, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 48+ Cormorant, 2 Dunnock, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Tit, 12 Grey Heron, 5 Greylag Goose, 9 Mallard, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Tufted Duck.