Category: Sighting

West End:- 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Tufted Duck.
Dam End:- 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling in scrub behind Dam.

Dam End:- Mid-afternoon my first Whitethroat singing in scrub behind the Dam, Little Ringed Plover on Dam while a Red Kite was sat on top of the Dam. 2 Grey Wagtails in outflow, 5 Swallows around and a Raven flew over, 2 Blackcaps and a Goldcrest in woods.

Dam End:- Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and female Wheatear on Dam, Common Whitethroat in bushes.

WeBS
All Reservoir:- 21 Grear Crested Grebe, 7 Greylag, 20 Canada Geese, 6 Mandarin, 18 Mallard, 4 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtail, 8 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chaffinch, 9 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch.
Dam End:- 1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard,  2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper (briefly), 1 Common Sandpiper (briefly), 5 + 2 flyover Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Sand Martin, 30 Swallows, 5 House Martin, 1 Meadow Pipit (briefly),  1 Wheatear (Paddock), 2 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush heard, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Jay, 4 Magpie, 23 Rook nests at rookery, 5 House Sparrow (Paddock), 1m Reed Bunting.
Lagoon:– 1 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen.
West End:- 58 Cormorant, 30 Grey Heron (first young at a nest – See pic),  1 immature Mute Swan (See pic), 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Kestrel, 1 Coot, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Raven flyover.
Whillets:-  8 Jackdaw flyover. Also 1 male Orange Tip butterfly (see pic) and Bee flies seen on the wing.
Animals:- 2 Fallow and 3 Muntjac Deer.  1 Mole (see pic), 1 Weasel was accidentally disturbed attacking a Field Vole nest under a tin – 2 dead young voles found.  Under other tins were several Toads, Common Shrews, 1 probable Water Shrew, Field Vole. A newt and several tadpoles were in Meadow Pond.

West End:- 1 Willow Warbler singing, 1 Common Tern.
Dam End:- 2 Little Ringed Plovers.

West End:- Female Garganey in front of hide, 1 Common Tern.

North Bank:-  Female Garganey flying low along edge of North Bank towards West End mid-afternoon.

Dam End:- 2 Little Ringed Plovers seen mid-afternoon with 15 Pied Wagtails and 1 Grey Wagtail. 1 Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.
West End:- 20 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Mandarin, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff.

Dam End:- 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Skylarks and 1 Red Kite.

Dam End:- 1 Osprey, 2 Yellow Wagtails and 2 Meadow Pipits N.