Category: Sighting

West End:- Greylag Geese, Great Crested Grebe and juveniles, Black-headed Gulls, Tree Creeper, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Snipe (2 flying over), Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Canada Geese, Robin, Egyptian Goose, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mallard, Carrion Crows, Jackdaws, Buzzard, Long-tailed Tits.

Whillet’s:- 2 Skylarks and 29 Redwings flew west, 3 Chiffchaffs, 3 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Blackbird, 1m Stonechat, 4 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 8 House Martin, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Great Woodpecker, 40 Meadow Pipit, 50 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Kestrel.
Also 1 Common Blue, 6 Common Darter, 1 Migrant Hawker.

West End:- 1 juv Osprey.

West End:- 1m Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Geese.

West End (10.30 – 12.00):- As well as resident species and large numbers of Canada and Greylag Geese –  male Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Geese and about 20 Lapwings.

Dam End:- Little Gull off Dam, Brambling flew over.

Dam End:- 1 Brambling west, 2 Siskin, several Lesser Redpolls, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite over north bank.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret, 20 Lapwings, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Egyptian Geese, 1 Hobby, 2 House Martin, 6 Swallow, 20 Stock Dove, 20+ Linnets and 6 Chaffinch flew west.

A lovely visit in the sunshine today and found a Great White Egret and 6 Egyptian Geese, rafts of Canada and Greylag Geese, Cormorants, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Moorhen, Mallards and finished with 2 Buzzards mewing overhead.

West End:- 4 Mandarin, 3 Buzzard, 15 flyover Lapwing, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, Raven heard, 2 Egyptian Geese.
Whillet’s:- 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 flyover Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Jay heard, 2 Bullfinch. Also 1 Small Copper butterfly.