Category: Sighting

West End:- At least 14 Common Tern chicks seen others probably hiding; still 3 adults on eggs. A 10th pair of Common Terns were seen mating so maybe another nest to come. Moorhens nesting in bush on tern raft, 6 Gadwall; 3 juvenile Grey Wagtails on hide roof.

A satellite tagged female Osprey from Kielder Ospreys in Northumberland has returned to the UK as a 2 year old from wintering grounds in N Mauritania. She’s spent time in Sussex, and on 4 June she was over Weir Wood West End at 18.37 BST. She arrived from the West and left to the NW, fixes were every 5 minutes so she can’t have been over the reservoir for long. An image is attached, she was about 60m above the terrain when the fix was taken.
I was reminded about your work party sighting on that date.
She has a blue ring marked 7L in white on her right leg, a BTO ring on her left.
Maybe the time will enable confirmation that it was – or wasn’t – her.
Joanna Dailey
Kielder Ospreys Project

West End:- 9 Common Terns now nesting and first chick seen this morning.

WEST END: 1 Osprey flew over.

DAM END: Breeding Little Grebe in waterworks lagoon, 2 Hobby, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 13 Common Tern, 2 LBB Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 2 BH Gull,  50 Greylag, 8 Canada Geese, 4 Egyptian Geese, 1m Grey Wagtail, 1f Reed Bunting, 1f Yellowhammer, 38 Swift, 10 House Martin.  WEST END: 1 Lapwing, 8  Common Tern sitting on nests giving probable 21 reservoir total, 1 immature GBB Gull flew over Tern rafts.

WEST END: 2m Pochard, 1 Hobby.   DAM END: 1 Red Kite flyover, 1 Cuckoo, pair of nesting Little Grebe, 3 juvenile Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush feeding 4 young, 2 Egyptian Geese.

WEST END: 1 Honey Buzzard seen enjoying the sunshine.

WEST END: 2m Pochard, 1 Blue-tailed damselfly.   WHILLET’S: pair of Reed Buntings food carrying, 1 Garden Warbler, 2m+1f Blackcap also 1 Lge Skipper, 4 Common Blue bflys.

WEST END: 1 Barn Owl

DAM END:  2 Mute Swans.  WHILLET’S: 1 White Legged Damselfly, 2 Small Copper, 1M Common Blue, 1 Mother Shipton Moth.