Category: Sighting

  • 14th December 2021 seen by Work Party

    West End:- Red Kite, 40 Greylag, 5 white feral/farmyard Geese, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper.

  • 12th December 2021 seen by Linsey Gooding

    Black-headed Gull (27), Blue Tit (5), Carrion Crow (6), Chaffinch (2), Coal Tit (1), Common Gull (1), Coot (5), Cormorant (12), Dunnock (2), Egyptian Goose (10), Gadwall (2), Goldcrest (1), Great Crested Grebe (3), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Great Tit (3), Grey Heron (1), Herring Gull (1), Jay (1), Kestrel (1), Kingfisher (1), Little Grebe (1), Long-tailed Tit (5), Magpie (2), Mallard (15), Mandarin Duck (7), Marsh Tit (2), Moorhen (1), Mute Swan (2), Nuthatch (1), Robin (1), Treecreeper (3), Woodpigeon (3).

  • 12th December 2021 seen by Bob Johnson

    West End:- 1 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 18 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Egyptian Geese, 8 white feral farmyard Geese, 7 Mandarin, pair of Gadwall, 12 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 2 Common Gull, circa.20 Black-headed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Redwing flyover, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Marsh Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Jay.
    Whillet’s:-  2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

  • 12th December 2021 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 4 Egyptian Geese, 14 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 1 Common Gull, 40 Black-headed Gull, 2 Mandarin, 14 Cormorants, 2 Meadow Pipits, 1 Kestrel, 8 Canada Geese, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Jay, 1 Pied Wagtail.
    Horse Paddock:- 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 30 Goldfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 6 Siskin, 5 Lesser Redpolls.
    Lagoon:- 2 adult Mute Swan, 2 Little Grebes.
  • 10th December 2021 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 1 Little Grebe, 3 Coot, 18 Mallard, 1 Buzzard.

  • 10th December 2021 seen by Nigel Driver

    Dam End:- 2 Goldeneye, a male and female, flew in over the dam and continued to the west end.
    West End:- Water Rail near the hide.

  • 7th December 2021 seen by Work Party

    West End:-  6 Gadwall, 6 Coot, 1 Little Grebe.

  • 6th December 2021 seen by Nigel Driver

    Dam End:- 3 Red Kites, a male Peregrine, 2 Ravens and 14 Jays in a loose gathering,
    West End:- Marsh Tits and 2 Goldcrests.

  • 30th November 2021 seen by Nigel Driver

    6 Siskins, 10 Redpolls, Redwings and Fieldfares, 3 Kingfishers, 3 Little Grebes.
    West End:- 3 Marsh Tits, Tufted Duck flock, 2 Ravens over.

  • 30th November 2021 seen by Work Party

    West End:- 2 Mute Swan.
    Whillet’s:- 1 Peregrine flyover, 1 Water Rail, Tawny Owl and Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 3000+ Starling flying into reed-bed to roost. (True number would be higher – late afternoon we watched wave after wave of Starlings flying in; we just estimated and noted the size of the bigger flocks.)