Category: Sighting

Dam End:- North Bank – Willow Warbler singing (11:00).

West End:- male Pintail; Tree Creeper.

Dam End:- 16:15 1 Osprey fishing along the north bank; it dived from a great height catching a fish.
West End:- 2 Ravens displaying high up over the reservoir, 6 Swallows hawking low over the water, 2 Tufted Duck, Barn Owl reported from Pintail Bank, 6 Mandarins, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Chiffchaffs.

West End:- 3+ Blue Tit; 1 Chaffinch; 1 Coot; 2 Goldfinch; 2 Great Tit; 2 Mandarin Duck; 1 Woodpigeon; 2 Buzzard; 1 Chiffchaff; 6+ Cormorant; 12+ Great Crested Grebe; 9 Grey Heron on nests; 1 Pheasant.

Dam End:- 1 Osprey over NE corner of Dam heading west – reported again at 16:50, 1 Little Ringed Plover on dam, 3 Swallows, 2 Meadow Pipits, 2 Grey Wagtails, 3 Pied Wagtails, 1 Skylark, 14 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel and 2 Tufted Ducks. 2 Comma butterflies,1 Small Tortoiseshell butterfly and 1 Black Rabbit.

Seen from the water Little Ringed Plover at the dam wall. Barn Owl on a tree guard in front of the picnic site on the north bank. Kestrel in the next small field.

Dam End:-  2 Red Kites, 5 Buzzards, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Skylark,1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

West End:- 8 Blue Tit; 2 Coal Tit; 1 Dunnock; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 13 Grey Heron; 5 Mallard; 1 Moorhen; 1 Pheasant; 1 Robin; 3 Chaffinch; 3 Cormorant; 5 Great Crested Grebe; 2 Great Tit; 1 Long-tailed Tit; 1 Marsh Tit; 1 Nuthatch; 1 Redpoll; 2 Woodpigeon.

West End:- 1 Red Kite (11:10), 2 Sparrowhawks, 5 Buzzards, 2 Tufted Ducks, 2 Gadwall, 1 Coot, 5 Mandarins, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Siskin, 1 Chiffchaff.

West End: 1 Osprey showing at 8am/9:30/11:40/12:40/15:30/16:30, 1 Red Kite 10:30, 5 Swallows, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Buzzards, 2 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 5 Mandarins, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Reed Buntings, 90 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tits, 1 Coot, 2 Moorhens. See “Photos” tab for more pictures.