Category: Sighting

West End (evening from the car park):- I Great White Egret, 2 Kingfishers , 94 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Lapwings and 1 Common Sandpiper . (GWE still present on Tuesday morning 17-07-18 Editor).

WeBS Count
All reservoir:- 29 Cormorant, 18 Grey Heron, 8+2y Mandarin, 21 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 11 Lapwing, 3 Pied Wagtail.
Dam End:- 3 Little Egret, 1 Mute Swan, 43 Greylag, 24 Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 200+ Black-headed Gull  (10% of which were juveniles), 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 14 Herring Gull,  1 Swift, 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail flyover, 120+ Jackdaw flyover.
Whillet’s:-  1 Buzzard, 3+ Reed Warbler.

West End:- 18 Mandarin, 1 Coot, 14 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 18 Black-headed Gull, 10 adult Common Tern & 14 juveniles.
Dam End:- 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 8 House Martins, 6 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 124 +4 juvenile Black-headed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Mallard with 6 young, 3 Goldfinch and lots of Cinnabar caterpillars.

West End:- 3 Little Egret, 9 Grey Heron, 4+2j Mandarin, 2 Lapwing, 10+14j Common Tern still, 1 Marsh Tit.
Whillets:-  25 Goldfinch, Raven heard; 5 Gatekeeper, 8 Green-veined White, 1 Six Spot Burnet.

Whillet’s:- 2 Kestrels, 1 Buzzard, 1 Reed Bunting, 3 Reed Warblers, 1 Emerald Damselfly, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 1 Common Darter, 2 Six-spot Burnet, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Brimstone.

West End:- 104 Great Crested Grebe, 24 Common Terns including 14 young, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Coot, 1 Little Egret, 5 Mandarin including 2 young, 10 Lapwings, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzards, 10 Swallows, 5 House Martins, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Silver-Washed Fritillary, 1 Brown Hawker.
Whillet’s:- 1 Holly Blue, 2 Six-spot Burnet Moths.

On the 7th July, a female Garden Warbler was re-trapped in the study area. The ringing recovery report from the BTO shows that the bird was first caught on 7 Aug 2015 as an adult at Brattles Orchard, near Brenchley in Kent. Although it is not a great distance between these two UK sites; Garden Warblers are trans-Saharan migrants. It has flown to Africa (Senegal / Kenya / Angola area) at least 4 times and has covered some remarkable mileage.

Some photos from last month 16-06-18.