Category: Sighting

West End:- (10.10 – 11.26) 2 Canada Geese. 11 Greylag Geese. 18 Mallard. 8 Mandarin. 81 Great Crested Grebe. 5 Little Egret. 11 Grey Heron. 17 Cormorant. 7 Black-headed Gulls. 17 Common Tern including 7 juveniles. 3 Lapwing. 1 Common Sandpiper. 1 Kingfisher. 1 Stock Dove. 1 Pied Wagtail juv. 1 Blackbird. 2 Swallow. On feeder: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker m. 2 Blue Tit. 2 Great Tit. 1 Marsh Tit. 1 Coal Tit. 1 Nuthatch. 1 Wren. Also 1 Terrapin and numerous Woodpigeon.

West End:- 4 Little Egrets, 5 Lapwing, 1 Sand Martin, 25 House Martin including fledged young, 4 Swallow, 1 Marsh Tit.
Whilet’s:- 1 Marbled White, 25 Gatekeeper, 1m Black-Tailed Skimmer, 2m Reed Bunting, 45 Goldfinch, 5 White-legged Damselfly.

West End:- 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 7 Little Egret, 10 Pied Wagtail + several young chicks seen on the vegetated raft. 1 Moorhen, 7 Mandarin, 2 Kingfisher.

On the Open Day 11 species were caught, mostly juvenile birds. The totals were as follows:-
9 Great Tit (one was first ringed in 2013 as a juvenile), 3 Blue Tit, 2 Marsh Tit ( one adult and one juvenile), 1 Coal Tit, 7 Chiffchaff (all juveniles), 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Wren, 4 Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 2 Dunnock, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (juvenile).

Open Day ~ West End:- 7 Little Egret, 5 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 99 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Moorhen, 7 Mandarin, 12 Grey Heron, 12 Black-headed Gulls, Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk & Common Buzzard, 1f Blackcap, 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Stock Dove. Purple Emperor & 2 Purple Hairstreak.

West End:- 8 Little Egret, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Lapwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Kestrel, 3 Black-headed Gull, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 4m Black-Tailed Skimmers.

North Bank:- 1 Barn Owl, 1m Stonechat.

West End:- 4 Little Egret, 8+ Cormorant, 15+ Common Tern, Buzzard, 17+ Greylag Geese, 9 Mallard , 65+ Great Crested Grebe, Reed Warbler, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Mandarin Duck, 4 Grey Heron, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, 2 Woodpigeon, 2 Great Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 3+ Swallow, Kestrel (juvenile), Black-headed Gull, 2 Lapwing, Treecreeper, 2 Stock Dove, Chiffchaff, Marsh Tit, Magpie.

West End:- 87 Great Crested Grebes, 13 semi fledged Common Terns, 1 Lapwing.
Whillet’s:- 1 Gatekeeper, 97 Meadow Brown, 132 Ringlets. 1 Yellowhammer.

WeBS and general bird sightings
All reservoir counts:- 27 Cormorant, 12 Grey Heron, 15 Mandarin, 44 Mallard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Kingfisher, 25 Swallow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting.
Dam End:- 1+2y Little Grebe at lagoon, 5 Little Egret, 4 Canada Geese, 4 Egyptian Geese,  1 Common Sandpiper, 16 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 25 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 Sand Martin, 17 House Martin, 1 Yellowhammer.
West End:-  85 Great Crested Grebe, 73 Greylag, 4 Pochard, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen + 1 chick, 4 Lapwing, 28 Common Tern + 8 unfledged young, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Marsh Tit.
Whillet’s:-  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper.