Category: Sighting

Dam End:- 2 Little Ringed Plover and a near summer plumaged Dunlin on the dam, Also 2 Kingfishers, 4 Grey Wagtails and several Buzzards.

WeBS
All Reservoir:- 10 Greylag, 8 Mandarin, 17 Mallard, 5 Teal, 4 Buzzard, 3 Moorhen, 5 Chiffchaff, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Jay,  3 Crow.
Dam End:- 1 Little Grebe, 15 Egyptian Geese, 6 white domestic farmyard geese, 2 Shelduck, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Coot, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 flyover Lapwing, 7 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 60 Wood Pigeon, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Pied Wagtail, Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 6 Magpie, 5 flyover Jackdaw, 6 Rook (20 nests at boatyard rookery), 1 flyover Raven, 9 Starling, 2 Goldfinch, 3 Bullfinch.  1 Fox.
West End:- 15 Great Crested Grebe, 52 Cormorant (15 active nests), 35 Grey Heron (33 bird sitting on nests from 39 total), 30 Canada Geese, 1f Wigeon,  3m+1f Shoveler, 4m+1f Tufted Duck, 2m+1f Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Snipe, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, several Blue and Great  Tit, 1 Nuthatch,
Whillet’s:- 1m+1f Teal, 2 Water Rail, 2 Grey Wagtail.  Also 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma and 1 Peacock butterflies.

West End:- Osprey flew over at 11:40.
Dam End:- Green Sandpiper at the dam.

West End:- 3 Greylag Goose, 15 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 9 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Woodpigeon, 42 Cormorant, 11 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Magpie, 1 Rook, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1  Wren, 1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch.

West End:- Nuthatch, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tit, Mallard, Long-tailed Tits, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Marsh Tits, Robin, Cormorant, Greylag Goose, Chaffinch, Dunnock.

Whillet’s:- 2 Water Rail heard, 1 Stonechat, 1 Buzzard, 2 Long-tailed Tit already nesting.
Interestingly a survey of the early-flowering woodland plants showed many species are already starting to flower ~ Barren Strawberry, Cuckoo flower, Early Dog Violet, Dogs Mercury, Wood Anemone, Primrose, Ground Ivy and Lesser Celandine.
There is a lot of Frogspawn in the meadows. We also saw Brimstone and Peacock butterflies.
Dam End:- 1 Kestrel, at least 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail.  We walked along the public footpath to the picnic area where we cleared rubbish and tidied. We saw a number of Early Purple Orchids already well grown although not yet in flower; one unusually had unspotted leaves. We also found flowering Moschatel (aka Town Hall Clock) growing along the footpath.

Whillet’s:- Chiffchaffs, female Stonechat, pair of Bullfinch and pair of Mandarin.
Under a refugium on the edge of the reed bed was a lively water shrew

West End:- 2 Red Kite, at least 10 Chiffchaff, a small flock of Redpoll and Siskin, Marsh Tits, Water Rail.
Dam End:- 3 Sand Martins, on the dam a Little-ringed Plover male briefly: both year ticks.

West End:- 2 Chiffchaffs, 1m Tufted Duck, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Song Thrush, 6 Mallard.
Dam End:- 1m 1f Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 3 Mute Swans, 8 Canada Geese, 3 Greylag Geese, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Buzzards, 20 Black-headed Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 4 Mallard, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Rooks, 3 Buzzards.
Whillet’s:- 4 Chiffchaffs, 4 Bullfinch, 20 Lesser Redpolls, 10 Siskins, 1 Jay, 1 Kestrel, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzards, 1m Reed Bunting at reed bed, 2 calling Water Rails at reed bed, 2 Grey Wagtails, Kingfisher heard, 6 Teal in flood under trees far side of river, 2 Mandarin on river, 2 Mallard & 2 Moorhen at reed bed, 1 Redwing.