Category: Sighting

Dam End:- 1 Whimbrel flew E at 07:15, 2 Common Sandpipers and 1 Little Ringed Plover on Dam. Lapwing flew W, 6 Tufted Duck flew E, 2 Gadwall flying around, 8 Mandarin, 5 Swift, 5 House Martins, 10 Swallows, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Common Terns.
West End:- 1 Garden Warbler, 1m Reed Bunting.

West End:- At 2:15 pm an Osprey put in the first of three appearances. The last being at 2:50 pm when it was seen heading West carrying a sizeable fish. Red Kite drifted East while a Hobby flew around over the Heronry. Pair of Kestrels and Ravens over and three Little Egrets into Heronry.

Dam End:- on the dam Redshank and summer plumage Dunlin.

Dam End:- Mid-afternoon 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Mistle Thrush, 70 House Martins.

Dam End:- 8 Common Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret, 6 Common Terns, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler.

Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpipers on Dam, 3 Whitethroats, 6 Buzzards, Dunlin in summer plumage, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 male Common Redstart in Horse Paddock.
West End:- 1 Little Egret, 23 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Swifts, 1 Sand Martin, 10 House Martin, 50 Swallows, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Mandarin, 2 Blackcaps.

Dam End:- On the Dam ~ 2 Common Sands, summer Dunlin and Little-ringed Plover on the concrete. Also 6 Common Terns, Red Kite with 4 distinctive Buzzards ranging in colour from very dark brown to almost white. In the paddock a male Redstart was a nice surprise.

Dam End:- Mid afternoon 2 Little Gulls came in from the SE at 15:05 (picked on on call) then flew through W, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper on Dam, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flew E, Red Kite over South Bank, 50 Swallows, 20 House Martins, 10 Sand Martins and Swifts over the reservoir.

West End:- 1 Garden Warbler, 2+ Blackcap and Chiffchaff all singing, nesting confirmed for: Blue and Great Tit, Wren, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Stock Dove (2 chicks ringed), Mandarin, Jackdaw and Tawny Owl.  3 pairs of Common Terns at rafts. Both Grey Heron and Cormorants now have young visible in the heronry. The white leucistic Grey Heron was seen at a nest with a normally-plumaged bird. 2 Little Egrets were seen at the heronry but not at a nest.  1 Marsh Tit, pair of Greylag, several Mallards, Great Crested Grebes and Canada Geese.  More unusual plants seen in flower were Marsh Marigold, Marsh Valerian and Adderstongue Fern.
Whillets:- 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Whitethroat (singing), 3+ Reed Warbler singing at reed bed, pair of Reed Bunting noted, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest,  Chiffchaff and Crow. Butterfly transect – up to 6 Orange Tip, pair of Brimstone, 1 Comma, 3 Peacock.