Category: Sighting

30/06 and 01/07 Osprey reported both days early morning coming over the Dam.

Dam End:- (07:01-07:35) 16 Greylag Geese, 11 Canada Geese, 1Mallard, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 12 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Tern, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Cormorant, 20 Swift, 6 House Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail juv.
West End:- (07:49-08:34) 33 Greylag Geese, 5 Mandarin, 5 Mallard, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 22 Cormorant, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Terns, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff.
Whillet’s:- 5 Mallard, 1 Reed Warbler.

Dam End:- 1 second summer Mediterranean Gull.

Dam End:- 1 Osprey appeared from the east over the Dam on its second attempt it caught a fish then flew south at 07:13, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 5 Egyptian Geese, 2 Moorhen +1 juvenile, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Raven, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 13 Black-headed Gull + my first 1st summer bird, 100+ Swifts and 20 House Martins low over the water, 2 Mute Swans, 4 Mandarin, 2 Mistle Thrush, on the lagoon pair of Tufted Ducks.

West End:- 1 Little Egret, 8 Mandarin, 12 Common Tern, 2 Mute Swan, 42 Cormorant, 28 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Jay, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Swift, 3 House Martin, 2 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 5 Lapwings, 6 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 77 Greylags, 1 Mink.
Whillet’s:- 1 male Yellowhammer, 1 male Reed Bunting, 9 Whitethroats, 1 Swift, 16 House Martins, 3 Reed Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff. Also 2 Blue-tailed Damselflies,2 White-legged Damselflies.

Osprey over mid reservoir between 07:05-07:23 then flew east.

West End:- 104 Greylag, 28 Great Crested Grebe, 32 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 8 Grey Heron, 4 Mandarin Duck, 4 Mallard,1+1 juv Moorhen, 2 Lapwing, 11 Common Tern, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Swallow, 1 Pied Wagtail.
Whillet’s:-  1 singing male Yellowhammer (pic), 1 juvenile Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Wren and Blackbird heard, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaff heard, 1 Goldfinch feeding on Marsh Thistle heads.
Butterfly transect survey – 1 Red Admiral, 1 Large White, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Comma, 31 Meadow Brown, 4 Ringlet, 4 Large Skipper, 7 Small Skipper (see pic), 2 Small Copper (see pic). Also – 1 Banded Demoiselle & 1 Brown Hawker Dragonfly, plus a suspected chrysalis of a Burnet moth high up on a plant stem.

West End:- 1 Lapwing, 38 Great Crested Grebes.

West End:- 7 Lapwings, 1 Green Sandpiper – evening.

Dam End:- Around 17:30 an Osprey was seen by the Fishing Bailiff.
(Osprey also seen at West End at 06:00)