Category: Sighting

WeBS and Other Sightings
Dam End:- 1 Little Grebe on lagoon also Garden Warbler and Song Thrush in same area. 16 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 immature Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Geese plus a Canada/Greylag hybrid, 15 Canada Geese flock (5 adults in a creche with 10 young), pair of Mandarin + female with 8 tiny ducklings, 14 adult + 3 well-grown young Mallards plus domestic Mallard with the white front, 1 Buzzard, 2 Hobby flying along North bank between dam and picnic area mid-morning, 2 Common Sandpiper on dam wall,  1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Common Tern, 1 Swift, 1 Swallow, 5 House Martins around pumping station, 3 Pied Wagtail, at least 4 Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap and Chiffchaff around dam area. 1 Raven being mobbed by Crows, 1 flyover Linnet.
Also: 2 Common Blue and1 Small Copper butterflies on dam wall.
West End:- 9 Great Crested Grebe, 30 Cormorant, 14 Grey Heron, 4 Canada Geese, 14 adult +2 well-grown young Mallard, 11 Common Tern on rafts (7 pair total), Stock Dove heard, 2 Swallow, 1 Pied Wagtail, Blackcap and pair of Nuthatch at Car Park, 2 Goldfinch flyover.
Whillets:- 2 Canada Geese, 4 Mallard, 1 Buzzard, 1m Kestrel, Stock Dove, 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting, 4 Whitethroat, 3 Garden Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff.
Also:- 1 Grass Snake, 1 Common Lizard.
Butterflies – 2 Red Admiral; 3 Peacock, 1Green-veined White, 1 Large White also a Wood Carpet moth.
Dragonflies – 2 Azure Damselfly, 1 female Four Spotted Chaser Dragonfly ovipositing at meadow pond (See pic), 2 Beautiful Demoiselle.

West End: 14 Grey Herons (photo of one of this years fledged young). The heronry is getting quieter as the young fledge or adults leave after a failed nesting attempt. A few later starters are still active.  29 Cormorants (there are13 active nests many of which have young; Cormorants started nesting later so none have fledged yet). 6 Great Crested Grebe (displaying seen), 7 pairs of Common Terns are holding territories on the rafts, A female Mallard with 3 well-grown young.
2 Canada Geese with 5 young on Pintail, 2 Greylag flew over, 3m Mandarin, 1 Buzzard,  1 Stock Dove, 1 flyover Collared Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Goldfinch.
Whillet’s:- 2 Canada Geese, pair of Mandarin flew over, 1 Buzzard, 2+ Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, a singing Nightingale (rare for here) was heard last week but not today.  1 Downy Emerald Dragonfly, 1 Large Red and 1 Azure Damselflies, 1 Beautiful Demoiselle. 1 Grass Snake, 2 Peacock and 2 Green-veined White butterflies.

West End:- 2 Hobbies,1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzards,1 female Sparrowhawk, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Mandarin, 4 Swallows, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Marsh Tit, 12 Common Tern.

11th May 2020 – Hobby seen from Picnic Site on North Bank – Robery Ludman

15th May 2020 – Osprey seen at West End – Nigel Driver

Car Park, West End, (08, 33-10, 06):- 4 Mute Swans, 2 Greylag Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 6 Canada Geese, 1 Little Grebe, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mandarin 2m+1f, 9 Mallard, 1 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 22 Cormorant, 13 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard overhead, 1 Red Kite overflying, 1 Kestrel m, 6 Snipe, 6 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers m+f, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch m, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch, 1Pheasant, 1 Pied Wagtail,
Dam End:- (10, 30-10.54) 1 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 2 Mallard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Gull overflying, 2 Buzzard, 2 Pied Wagtail,

Dam End:-  2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Gull, 1 immature Mute Swan, 5 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin flyover, 1 Stock Dove, 60+ Wood Pigeon, 2 Pied Wagtail.
West End:-  13 Great Crested Grebe, 29 Cormorant, Heronry still very active with young seen at nests, 3 Greylag, 8 Canada Geese, 4 Egyptian Geese, pair of Mandarin, 3 flyover Gadwall, 16 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 5 Snipe on Pintail, 1 flyover Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 5+ Blue Tit, 1 Chaffinch.

Dam End:- 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 1 Little Gull, 2 Grey Wagtails, 2 Pied Wagtails, 3m Gadwall, 1 Mistle Thrush.
West End:- 6 Common Snipe, 2 Mandarin, 1 Little Grebe, 5 immature Mute Swan ,2 Egyptian Geese.
Whillet’s:- 1 Common Snipe, 4 Comma Butterflies.

North Bank:- 1 Green Sandpiper flying along North Bank.

Whillet’s:- 1 Common Snipe, 1m Reed Bunting, 1m Yellowhammer, 4 Chiffchaff, 8 Magpie, 4 Jay, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Rook, 17 Herring Gull, 1 Common Gull and 5 Black-headed Gull fly over.
Dam End:- 5 immature Mute Swans, 8 Canada Geese, 3 Chiffchaff, 9 Sand Martins, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Jay, 2 Herring Gull, 26 Fieldfares, 8 Redwings.
North Bank:- 9 Chiffchaffs, 18 Chaffinch in Hornbeam wood, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Green Woodpecker (heard), 5 Bullfinch.
West End:- 12 Cormorants on nests, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Mandarin, 9 Blackbirds, 2 Jays, 2 Egyptian Geese, 12 Great Crested Grebes.

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