Category: Sighting

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.

West End:- late morning: 2 Great White Egrets, 13 or 14 Snipe, Egyptian Goose, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher. Good numbers of Teal, Greylag Geese, Lapwings and Pheasants. The usual Grey Herons, Cormorants, Great Crested Grebes, Mallard and Black-headed Gulls.