Category: Sighting

Dam End:- 3 Raven, 1 Little Egret, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Swifts, 8 House Martins, 10 Pied Wagtails, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Mandarins, 1 Starling, 160 Goldfinch, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warblers, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Green Woodpecker.
West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Lapwing, 6 Little Egrets, 1 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 1 Coot, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Raven, 36 Mallard, 3 Mandarins.
Whillet’s:- 1 Treecreeper, 5 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Warblers, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Buzzard, 3 Common Whitethroats, 4 Reed Buntings, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Golden-Ringed Dragonfly, 1 Banded Demoiselle.

West End:- Great Egret, 6 Little Egrets, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warblers, 3 Kingfishers and 2nd summer Mediterranean Gull.
Dam End:- 4 Swifts, juv Little Grebe, 2 juv Common Gulls, Common Sandpiper and Hobby.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 93 + 2 juv Great Crested Grebe, 21 Cormorant, 84 Greylag, 20 Canada Geese, 32 Mallard, 6 Mandarin, 1 Gadwall, 3 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 1 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Pied Wagtail.
Whillet’s:-  1 Buzzard, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker & 2 Nuthatch heard, 2 Common Lizard & 4 Grass Snakes.
For a hot day, the butterfly transect proved a little disappointing, with just:  4 Meadow Brown, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Large White, 3 Common Blue, 1 Small Copper.
At Meadow pond were:-  1m Emerald Damselfly, 6 Azure Damselfly, 2m Southern Hawker, 1f Brown Hawker ovipositing, 1m Ruddy Darter (See pic) – also a female Ichneumon Wasp – Amblyjoppa proteus (See pics)

Ringing this morning was quiet in Whillet’s. It appears that most of the Whitethroats have moved on – we only saw two. Species ringed: Blackcap, Chifchaff, Marsh Tit (all juveniles), Dunnock and Blue Tit. A Great Spotted Woodpecker was re-trapped – originally ringed in 2016.
Other species of note: Kingfisher and Willow Warbler.
Yesterday we received a ringing recovery for a Reed Warbler that was ringed on 28 July 2019 as a juvenile and was re-trapped on 22 August at Icklesham; showing the route it has taken to cross the channel.

Ringing in Whillet’s proved migration is well under way with a number of warbler species caught, including: Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Whitethroat. It is amazing that a Willow Warbler with a wing of 67mm and weighing only 8.2g can migrate to sub-Saharan Africa. Other birds of note – Raven, 2 Buzzards, Kingfisher, 2 Reed Bunting and Marsh Tit, about 20 Whitethroats and a similar number of Chiffchaffs.

Whillet’s:- 2 Greenfinch,1 Ruddy Darter.
West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers.

Redstart, several Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 4 Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe with a well grown chick, 3 Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpipers, 4 Common Buzzards, Whitethroat, Common Tern and 2 Swifts.

Dam End:- 1 Wheatear, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 1m Sparrowhawk, 4 Chiffchaffs, 4 Whitethroats, 60 House Martins, 4 Painted Ladies, 7 Small Heaths & 1 Silver-Washed Fritillary.
Lagoon:- 8 Tufted Ducks, 4 juv Moorhens.
West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Teal, 3 Little Egrets, 1 juv Herring Gull, 98 + 1 juv Great Crested Grebes, 1 Coot, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Whillet’s:- 2 Brown Argus Butterflies.

3 Little Egret, 28 Black-headed Gull, 80 Great Crested Grebe, 29 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 12 Cormorant, 100 Greylag Goose, 1 f Mandarin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 1 Coot, 1 Buzzard.

Dam End:- 1 Raven, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Swift, 40+ House Martins, 20 Sand Martins, 1 juv Common Gull.
West End:- 1 Coot.
Whillet’s:- 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 juv Linnets, 1 Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaffs, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Hobby, 1 Sparrowhawk, 40 House Martins, 9 Grass Snakes.