Category: Sighting

A pair of Wigeon, 3f Tufted Ducks and a Magpie Duck.

West End:- 1 juvenile or female Scaup seen distantly close to North bank. It showed a notable white cheek mark and its darker back end and shape help identify it from the 2f Tufted Duck, one of which has a Scaup-like face, that it was associating with.  Also 2f Shoveler, pair of Wigeon, 5m+2f Gadwall, 19 Mallard, 40 Teal, pair of Mandarin, 8 Moorhen, 9 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing,  29 Great Crested Grebe, 140 Greylag + 1 hybrid Canada Goose,  2 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher.  Also 6 Red-legged Partridge seen in stubble field opposite lay-by.
Whillet’s:-  2 Bullfinch, 1 Stock Dove, 3 Long-tailed Tit.
Today with the onset of colder weather, the bird feeders were put out at the Nature Reserve viewing area. It will take a few days for the roving tit flocks and other birds to start using them.

West End (between 1100 and 1230):- Gadwall, 2m Tufted Duck, 9 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Kingfishers, 3 Buzzards. Numerous Greylag Geese, Teal, Lapwing and Pheasants with the usual Cormorants, Grey Herons, Great Crested Grebes, Mallard, Moorhen and Black-headed Gulls.

West End:- 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 18 Snipe, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Gadwall, 1 Green Sandpiper, 11 Mandarins, 1 Coot, 42 Teal, 31 Lapwing, 1 Red-legged Partridge.
Dam End:- 43 Meadow Pipits, 2 Jays, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Kestrel, 3 Mistle Thrush.

Dam End:- Flushed a Long-eared Owl in bushes behind Dam this morning.

West End:-1 Water Rail, 19 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 105 Greylag Geese, 2 Grey Wagtails, 47 Teal, 46 Lapwings, 1 Kingfisher, 13 Starlings, 13 Mallard, 1 Coot, 7 Moorhen, 4 Grey Heron.
Dam End:- 1 Common Gull, 23 Meadow Pipits, 4 Redwings, 12 Blackbirds, 6 Grey Herons, 61 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Pied Wagtails, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest.

West End:- 60 Greylag, 10 Mandarin, 2 Gadwall, 47 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 6 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 33 Lapwing, 19 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Pied Wagtail.
Whillet’s:- 10 Reed Bunting & 10 Starling flyover at reed-bed roost.

27/10/16:  West End:-  32 Cormorant, 11 Mandarin, 2 Gadwall, 43 Teal, 1f Shoveler, 1f Tufted Duck, 2 Buzzard, 36 Lapwing, 19 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Kingfisher.
Dam End:- 6  Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pair of Kestrels (26-10-16).

West End:-1 Water Rail, 11 Snipe, 2 Gadwall, 41 Teal, 46 Lapwing, 25 Greylag Geese, 1 Coot.
Dam End:- 2 Yellowhammer, 25 Meadow Pipits, 1 Raven, 2 Redwings.

West End:- (AG &BJ) 1 Great White Egret, 11 Mandarin, 1f Wigeon, pair of Gadwall, 43 Teal, 2 Buzzard (one was very white and marked like an Osprey but the giveaway was a brown head), 36 Lapwing, 13 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher. (AG) 1 flyover Skylark & 2 Pied Wagtail.
Whillet’s:- (BJ) 1 Song Thrush, 2 flyover Mistle Thrush, 4+ Bullfinch, c.20 Redwing.