West End:- 1 Honey Buzzard around mid-day being mobbed by Common Terns as it flew over the reservoir.
Also:- 4 Common Tern + 1 young chick on new raft, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Mandarin, 1 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Stock Dove. Photo David Williams.
North Bank:- Honey Buzzard displaying over mid-reservoir.
WeBS for July 2021
Dam End:- 15 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Greylag, 32 Canada Geese, 20 domestic white feral Geese, 2+8 juv Egyptian Geese, 2 Mandarin, 15 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper, 140 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 17 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 5 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Wren, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Jay, 4 Raven, 3 Starling, 2 Goldfinch. Also Purple Emperor butterfly at WWSC Car Park,
West End:- 30 Great Crested Grebe, 17 Cormorant, 8 Grey Heron, 12 Mandarin, 7 Mallard, 13 + 1 young Common Tern, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Sand Martin. Also Purple Hairstreak butterfly at Car Park.
Whillet’s:- 1 Kingfisher, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap heard, 1 Nuthatch heard, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting. Also – 9 Grass Snakes, 1 Slow Worm, 5 Field Vole. Dragonflies: 1 Emperor, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker, 3 Common Darter, Damselflies: 1 Red-eyed, 1 White-legged, 5+ Azure.
West End:- Garganey on Pintail Bank, Grasshopper Warbler by lay-by and Green Sandpiper.
Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk took a juv Pied Wagtail.
Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 2 adult + 8 gosling Egyptian Geese, 2 Common Terns, 2 Swift, 9 Sand Martin, 20 House Martin, 4 Swallow, 2 Tufted Duck on Lagoon.
Butterflies:- 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Peacock, 1 Comma, 8 Red Admiral, 1 Small Heath, 1 Silver Washed Fritillary, 1 Marble White.
Dragonflies:-5 Black-tailed Skimmers, 2 Broad-bodied Chaser, 20 Common Darters, 3 Emperors, 3 Brown Hawkers, 2 Red-eyed Damselfly, 5 Banded Demoiselles.
Whillet’s:- Reed Bunting, Kingfisher, Buzzard and several Whitethroats. Slow Worm,
Butterflies:- 32 Meadow Brown, 54 Ringlets, 41 Small Skipper, 2 Large Skipper, 1 Essex Skipper, 3 Gatekeeper, 1 Marbled White, 1 Large White, 3 Small White, 2 Green Veined White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Six Spot Burnet moth.
1 Brilliant Emerald on river,1 Brown Hawker,1 Broad-bodied Chaser,7 Common Darter,10 Blue Tail Damselfly,8 White-legged Damselfly.
1 each of Tawny Longhorn Beetle and Yellow & Black Longhorn Beetle.
Dam End:- 2 Common Scoter which flew N, Great and Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpipers.
West End:- 2 Common Terns sat (newest raft and closer left raft) and 2 others with them, 2 obvious Great Crested Grebe nests with sitting birds and around 20 other adults nearby, 6 Mandarin, Moorhen, Mallard and in addition to normal Greylags a tight group of 13 white ones near opposite shore, 3 Mute Swans at Pintail Point, Blackcap and Reed Bunting singing to left of hide.
Dam End:- Adult female Goshawk flew across reservoir being chased by Gulls, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Terns, 79 Black-headed Gulls + 4 juveniles, 2 adult Egyptian Geese with 8 goslings still.
