West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Lapwing, 1 Little Egret, 17 Grey Heron with a few seen going to the heronry nests. Young begging calls have been heard, so it is likely that some late nesting is taking place. 18 Cormorant, 4 Mandarin, 1 Moorhen, The 3 pairs of adult Common Terns now have 5 of their 8 chicks partly fledged and they are flying off and back to the rafts. These young are still returning to the rafts to be fed by their parents.
Category: Sighting
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7th July 2017 seen by Alastair Gray
West End:- 9 Adult Common Terns & still 8 chicks, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Gull, 16 Lapwings, 1 Little Egret, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Bullfinch, 26 Mallard, 80 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzards, 3 Sand Martins.
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6th July 2017 seen by Alastair Gray
West End:- 2 Little Egrets, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Adult Common Tern + 6 chick, 3 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Reed Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Swallows also 2 Fallow Deer. -
5th July 2017 seen by Phil Holland
Common Terns breeding on rafts.
Between 12.30 and 13.30 today each raft at some time had 2 adults and food was provided to chicks that are nearly fledged. Viewing from the car park:- on the left-hand raft are 3 fledglings; on the closer right-hand 2 fledglings and on the further right raft there is 1 fledgling. -
4th July 2017 seen by Alastair Gray
Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 70 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
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2nd July 2017 seen by Alastair Gray
Bird sightings from the car park during the Open Day
West End:- 10 Adult Common Terns + 8 Chicks, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Tufted Ducks, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Reed Warblers, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtails, 6 Lapwings, 73 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Buzzards, 2 Kestrels, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Treecreepers, many Grey Herons, several Cormorants (some still on nests with young), flocks of Greylag Geese, Mallard and Mandarin Ducks. -
30th June 2017 seen by Alastair Gray
West End:- 9 Adult Common Terns and 8 Chicks, 2 Lapwing, 68 Greylag Geese, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warblers, 6 Swallows, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzards, 42 Long-tailed Tits.
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26th June 2017 seen by Alastair Gray
West End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 12 Lapwing, 24 Mandarins, 1m Tufted Duck, 39 Mallard, 75 Great Crested Grebes, 79 Greylag Geese, 7 Moorhens, 1 Kestrel. 2 Purple Hairstreak Butterflies around car park.
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25th June 2017 seen by Alastair Gray
West End:- 10 Common Terns + 7 chicks, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Lapwing, 34 Mandarin, 2 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 33 Mallard, 2 Kingfisher, 72 Great Crested Grebes, 74 Greylag Geese, 3 Black-headed Gull, 3 Moorhen, 12 Grey Heron, 1 Jay, 2 Swift, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel.
Whillet’s:- 13 Grass Snakes, 2 Slow Worms, 1 White-Legged Damselfly, 2 Male Black-tailed Skimmers, 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Four-spot Chaser, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Common Darter.