Category: Sighting

WeBS
Dam End:- 6 Buzzard, 11 Common Tern, 50+ Swift, 5 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 8+1juv Pied Wagtail, 2 Herring Gull flyover, 2 Dunnock, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 1 Chaffinch. Also 1 Fox.
Lagoon:– 2+3 juv Little Grebe.
West End:- 50 Cormorant, 1 Mute Swan, 2m+(1f with 7 chicks} Mandarin, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 10 Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Crow.
Whillet’s:- 1 Kingfisher, 2+ Reed Warbler, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting. Also 2 Small Copper butterflies and 1 Burnet Companion moth.  Under Tins: 3 Toads, 1 Common Shrew, 1 Wood Mouse and 2 Field Voles.
Combined counts for above areas: 27 Great Crested Grebe, 27 Grey Heron, 3 Greylag, 10+4 juv Canada Geese, 20+2 juv Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Wren, 3 Song Thrush, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch.

Dam End:- 1 Black Tern.
West End:- 1 Osprey.

Dam End:- 13 Common Terns, 30 Swifts, 60 House Martins and 20 Swallows.
West End:- 10 Common Terns.

Whillet’s:- 2 Grass Snakes, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Water Shrew, 5 Common Toads, 1 Wood Mouse and 7 Voles under tins. 4 Orange Tips, 1 Green-Veined White, 1 Small Copper and 1 Red Admiral. 1 Smooth Newt and 2 Azure Damselflies at Meadow Pond.

West End:- 1 Mute Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 9m+1f Mallard, 1m+1f Tufted Duck, 1 Buzzard, 6 Common Tern, 4 Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper.
Whillets:-  1 Kingfisher, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Reed Bunting.
North Bank:- 1 Dunnock, 1Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Jay, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch.

West End:- Ring-tailed Hen Harrier through west early morning.

Dam End:- 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Mandarin, 18 Swifts, 12 Swallows, 4 House Martins, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel.

Dam End:- 22 Great Crested Grebes, 9 Swifts, 6 Swallows, 3 Common Terns, 5 Grey Herons, 4 Mandarins + 3 young, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Starlings flew over, 3 Fox.
West End:- 1 Mute Swan, 2 Reed Wablers by bend in road.

Oystercatcher flew through early morning.

West End:- 11 Common Tern, 2 Hobby.