Category: Sighting

Dam End:- In field behind fishing hut were 26 Lapwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 15 Rooks, 86 Canada Geese and 39 Greylag Geese.

West End:- (Migration movement noted – Totals recorded flying East this morning – 298 Lapwing, 398 Fieldfare, 122 Redwing).  On Reserve: 26 Tufted Duck, 10 Gadwall, 5 Mandarin, 22 Mallard, 2 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 9 Snipe, 1 LBB Gull flyover, 2 Common Gull, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Goldfinch, 16 Starling flyover, 1 Collared Dove flyover, 1 Kestrel, 5 Buzzard, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Marsh Tit.

Dam end:- 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Greylag, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Common Gull, 1 Jay, 1 Lapwing, 8 Fieldfare, 1 Tree Creeper, 2 Goldcrest.

West End:- BH Gull, GC Grebe, Grey Heron & Cormorant seen but not counted, 2 Canada Geese, 2M+1F Mandarin, 8 Gadwall, 16 Mallard, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 5 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Snipe, 2 Common Gull, 3 flyover Stock Dove, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 LT Tit, 2 Magpie @ car park nest, 1F Brambling, 1 Greenfinch, 3+ Goldfinch.

Whillet’s:- c100 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 1M Bullfinch

West End:- 23 Gadwall, 19 Tufted Duck, 37 Mallard, 2 Teal, 1 Mandarin, 2 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese, 5 Fieldfare, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1F Sparrowhawk.

Dam end:-   30 GC Grebe, 44 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron,  1 sub-adult Mute Swan, 24 Greylag, 120 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese  (All geese seen feeding in field behind Sailing Club) , 8 Mallard, 1M Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 1 Buzzard, 1 Dunlin on dam wall, 65 BH Gull, 4 Common Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Crow.

West end: 1 Lapwing (flew SW), 3 Snipe (flew SW), 12 Tufted Duck, 6 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 10 Mallard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 20+ Chaffinch, 6 Dunnock, 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Common Gull, 2 GC Grebe, 4 Redwing, 8 Greylag, 1 Buzzard, 2 GS Woodpecker.

Whillet’s:- 1f Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Water Rail, 6 Lesser Redpolls, 1 Siskin, 2 Treecreepers, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Goldfinch, 5 Bullfinch, 1 Kestrel, 3 Buzzards, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Long-Tailed Tits.
West End:- 3m 2f Shoveler, 5m 2f Gadwall, 13 Mallard, 1 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 1f Brambling, 7 Chaffinch, 1 Marsh Tit, 1m Sparrowhawk, 3 Rooks.
Dam End:- 91 Canada Geese, 60 Greylag Geese, 1 Mute Swan, 45 Fieldfare, 2 Common Gull.

West End:- 12 Gadwall, 3 Siskin, 1 Brambling.

West End:- 28 Cormorant (1 active nest),  30 active Grey Heron nests, 2 Canada Geese, 12 Gadwall, 2m+1f Tufted Duck, 5 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 1 Common Gull.

While the road is closed at Whillet’s Bridge we are concentrating on tasks at the Dam End. This week the work party was building new benches in the picnic area. We are still doing our routine jobs at the car park and hide including clearing litter, filling the bird feeders and updating the sightings list. Photo by Mick Myszyn.