Category: Sighting

  • 17th September 2020 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 1 Dunlin.
    West End:- 1 Redshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Green Sandpiper & 1 Common Sandpiper.

  • 16th September 2020 seen by Richard Woods

    West End (around midday):- Tufted Duck, Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, 2 Moorhen, approx 10 Greylags and 2 Canada Geese (one with hybrid head colouration). Plus regular Herons, Cormorants, Great Crested Grebes, Mallard and Black-headed Gulls.

  • 15th September 2020 seen by BJ and Work Party

    Dam End:- 1 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret.
    North Bank:-  1 Clouded Yellow in meadows, Small Copper.
    West End:- 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper.  Estimate there were several hundred Greylag & Canada Geese including hybrids.

  • 15th September 2020 seen by Nigel Driver

    Dam End:- Drake Common Scoter briefly then flew south, single Fieldfare and adult Mediterranean Gull on Dam, Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret.
    West End:- 2 Green Sandpiper

  • 13th September 2020 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Teal, 1 Chiffchaff.

    Whillet’s:- 74 Meadow Pipits around meadow pond area feeding in vineyard. 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 11 Mistle Thrush and 28 Siskins flew over, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcaps, 8 Chiffchaffs, 1 Jay.
    2 Grass Snakes,10+ Migrant Hawkers at Reed Bed, 2 Southern Hawkers, 12 Small Coppers, 5 Common Blues, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Small White & 2 Green-veined Whites.

  • 6th September 2020 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Teal, 1f Tufted Duck.
    Dam End:- 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Meadow Pipit flew south, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 130 House Martin, 10 Sand Martins, 40 Swallows, 1 Kestrel.
    Whillet’s:- 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Common Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap, 13 Chiffchaffs, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Jays, 1 Raven, 1 Buzzard, 1m Siskin, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Bullfinch, 17 House Martins, 2 Grey Wagtails. 1 Grass Snake, 1 Common Darter, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Migrant Hawker, 12 Small Coppers, 1 Common Blue, 3 Brown Argus.

  • 5th September 2020 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 1 Coot, 265 Canada Geese.

  • 4th September 2020 seen by Nigel Driver

    Dam End:-  Osprey (juv) over dam early morning, 3 Yellow Wagtails south.

  • 3rd September 2020 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 3 Teal, 1 Mandarin, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Buzzard, 4 Blackcap, 20+ Chiffchaffs.

  • 1st September 2020 seen by Bob Johnson

    West End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher, 7 young Great Crested Grebe still, 1 Moorhen, 136 Greylag + 3 white Feral Geese and 1 feral/Greylag hybrid.
    Whillets:- 1 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Kestrel.