Category: Sighting

Dam end, dodging the rain :-1 Hobby, 1 Common Sandpiper, 23 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 2 Jays with acorns, Kingfisher, Marsh Tit, Bullfinch.

Dam End :- 39 Great crested grebes, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Swallow, 7 Pied Wags, 1 Great black backed gull.

West End:- 3 x Egyptian Goose, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 13 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 21 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 1 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 3 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Marsh Tit, 6 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Barn Swallow, 5 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Treecreeper, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 3 x European Robin

All Reservoir: 42 GC Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron, 50 Mallard, 2 C Buzzard, 2 Moorhen,  9 Swallow, 21 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Crow, some Starling migration noted,  

Dam End: 19 Canada Geese, 2 Canada/Greylag hybrid Geese, 2 White Domestic Geese, 1 Mandarin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 119 BH Gull, 2 LBB & GBB Gulls, 3 Herring Gull, 2 flyover Collared Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 2 GS Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 flyover Greenfinch.

West End: 1 Little Grebe,1 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Coot, 4 Green & 2 more Common Sandpipers, 1 Stock Dove.

Whillet’s:  Gren Woodpecker & Bullfinch heard.

Butterfly transect count: 1 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, 2 Comma, 5 Peacock, 1 Small White, 2 Large White, 7 Common Blue, 13 Small Copper, 11 GV White, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Brown Hairstreak.  Also 2 Brown Chinamark moths & 2 Rush Veneer moths.

Mammals: 1 Fallow Deer, 3 Field Voles.

West end:- 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Mandarins, 1 Coot.
Whillet’s:- 2 Jay, Bullfinch, Whitethroat, Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaffs.

Dragonfly’s:- 1 Golden ringed dragonfly, 3 Southern Hawkers, 108 Willow Emeralds, 1 Blue tailed Damselfly.
Butterfly’s:- 1 Peacock, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Common Blue, 2 Clouded Yellows, 2 Large White, 3 Small Whites, 6 Green-veined Whites, 12 Small Copper, 5 Rush Veneer Moths.
3 Grass Snakes, 3 Common Lizards, 3 Field voles.

WeirWood midday a Wheatear juv’ was on the dam, 2 Common Sands still, 222 Black-headed, 2 Great Black-backed ad’s and a juv’ and ad’ Herring Gull were around. 250+ Barn Swallows plus 50 or so House and 15 Sand Martins. The conditions were very changeable so counting was hard. A Little Egret was on the north shore. In the c/pk Marsh Tit and Goldcrest plus several Chiffchaffs. At the turning to the dam c/pk I had to stop the car rapidly as I’d found a Spotted Flycatcher juv’ on a branch over the road. Try as I might when it flew off I could not relocate it. Moving to the west end where the main bird of the day was seen on the small patch of mud left of the nesting platforms. A Wood Sandpiper was watched for 10minutes before it flew round the corner. Super little waders. A further 40 Barn Swallows plus 6 House Martins here, a Kingfisher and another Little Egret also. Not bad in the showers and prolonged periods of rain.

At the dam just Blackcap and Chiffchaffs this morning plus 6 Long tail tits in the bushes.
On the dam Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied wagtails and 2 Common Sandpipers.
Over the water 80 each of House Martin and Swallows plus 4 Sand Martins.
Little Egret flew east and 2 Ravens went west.
West end 2 more Common Sandpipers, Great Black Backed gull another Little Egret, 3 Moorhens and 26 Great crested grebes.
A very showy Sedge warbler at the Reed bed.
Whillets another Sedge warbler in meadow two,Bullfinch, Chiffchaffs and Green Woodpecker.
Just before the rain 3 Large White, 2 Small Whites, 6 Green veined whites, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Common Blue, 9 Small Copper and 4 Rush Veneer moths. 1 Roe Deer.

Dam End. Juv Wheatear, still 2 Common Sandpipers, Great Black Backed Gull, 3 Grey Wagtails by the outflow, Whitethroat, Blackcaps and plenty of Chiffchaffs, 20 Swallows, 6 House Martins. Still no Grasshopper Warbler at the site for me☹️

West End:- 14 x Greylag Goose, 9 x Mallard, 1 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Common Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 4 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 3 x Common Tern, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 5 x Sand Martin, 12 x Barn Swallow, 3 x Common Chiffchaff, X x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x European Robin