Category: Sighting

Dam End:- at 11am five Whimbrel flew up the reservoir towards the dam eventually landing in the ploughed field by the sailing club, 1 Kestrel, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
West End:- 1m Sparrowhawk.

West End:- 43 Great Crested Grebe, the heronry is very active with nests now containing young, 2m Mandarin, 2m Gadwall, 1 Moorhen, 1 Green Sandpiper (in the new wader scrape area), 1 Kingfisher, 17 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Pied Wagtail.
Dam End:-  2 Egyptian Geese, 7 Pied Wagtail, 1 Common Tern, 15+ Swallows.

Dam End:- 1 Common Tern, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2m Gadwall, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Canada Geese, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 singing Blackcaps, 6 singing Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker heard, 1 Mink.
West End:- Red Kite, female Sparrowhawk, male Mandarin, 1 House Martin, 15 Swallows.

Dam End:- At 7pm this evening the Black Tern was joined by two adult Little Gulls one was in stunning summer plumage, 5 Egyptian Geese, 1 Red Kite.

Dam End:- 1 Black Tern.

Dam End:- 1 Black Tern, 3 Egyptian Geese, 1 Coot, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Black-headed Gulls.

Dam End:- 1 Little Grebe on Southern Water Lagoon. 10 House Martins, 30 Swallows, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap.

West End:- 30 Swallow, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1m Mandarin, 18 Mallard.

West End:-  4 Grey Heron nests at heronry seen with  young; also 1 Cormorant nest now has young.  46 Cormorant, 1m Tufted Duck, 3 Buzzard, 1 Swallow, 1 Song Thrush, 1m+1f Blackcap, Nuthatch heard, 1 Pied Wagtail.
Whillet’s:- 1 Barn Owl, 3 singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch.

Dam End:- 5 Egyptian Geese, 1m Tufted Duck, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Common Gulls, 4 Herring Gull, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Kestrel.
West End:- 2 Swallow, 1m Reed Bunting, 2m 1f Mandarin, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Terrapin, 23 Herring Gull North.
Whillet’s:- 1 Barn Owl.