Category: Sighting

Raptor watch from North Bank (09:45-12:15):- 1 Hobby, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 6 Common Buzzards, 2 Ravens, 2 Bullfinch including a juvenile, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap.

West End Hide evening visit:- 5 Pipistrelle Bats, Tawny Owl heard, 300+ Geese – Canada & Greylag came into roost, 5 Mandarin , 2 Teal, 34 Mallard, 40+ Sand Martin (over), 5 Swallow, 5 Pied Wagtail.

West End:- 2 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Stock Dove.

Dam End:- 33 Lapwings, 14 Pied Wagtails, 1 Common Sandpipers, 2 Coot, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Dam End:- 179 Canada Geese, 2 Coot, 25 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 230+ Black-headed Gull, 12+ Pied Wagtail.
West End:- 61 Great Crested Grebe, 63 Greylag, 3 Mandarin, 3 Buzzard, 7 Moorhen, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin.

West End:- Osprey fishing 16:15-16:30 when it caught a small fish. Honey Buzzard glided high over, Peregrine briefly over trees on north bank, 6 Buzzards, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 2 Kingfishers.

West End car park:- 195 Greylag Geese, 15 Canada Geese, 15 Cormorant, 3 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 1 Mandarin, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 2 Kingfisher. Osprey seen twice at 08.37 and 09.42 briefly, Woodpigeons numerous, 5 Black-headed Gulls.

Osprey seen several times during the day from about 11:30 to 17:15 at Whillet’s and the West End.

West End:- 71 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Osprey at 17:15, 1 Buzzard (4 seen by Andy Marshall), 10 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper (seen by work party).
Whillet’s:-  1 Osprey at 16:00, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Meadow Pond:- 1 Ruddy Darter, 1 Emerald Damselfly, Brown Hawker Dragonfly egg laying.

Dam End:- 5 Common Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank, 20 Sand Martin, 3 Swifts, 1 Grey Wagtail, 13 Lapwings,
North Bank:- 14 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Buzzards, 1 Small Copper Butterfly, 1 Ruddy Darter.
West End:- 1 Little Egret, 2 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk.