Category: Sighting

At the West End: 4 Common Terns and 2 Tufted Ducks.

At the West End in the evening:  6 Swallows, Garden Warbler singing in the car park and a Sparrowhawk flying over. 4 Common Terns roosted and at least 2 Pipistrelle bats were flying in front of the viewing area around 9pm.

Whillet’s: Singing Song Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting.

At the Dam: 2 Common Sandpipers, 6 Swifts, 8 Sand Martins, 20 House Martins, 4 Swallows, 3 Common Terns, a pair of Grey Wagtails and two Goldcrests. Mid-afternoon: 70 Swifts, 200 Swallows, 25 Sand Martins plus a pair of Buzzards.

At the West End: Common Tern, Garden Warbler, Common Buzzard, 2 Reed Warblers, 10 Blackcaps and a Bullfinch.

Adult COMMON CRANE circling over Weir Wood Reservoir at13.30 seen well from National Trust Standen House; it headed East.

West End:  3 Common Buzzards, 2 Common Terns, Garden Warbler seen and heard near the car park, Lapwing on Pintail bank, 2 Common Sandpipers flew in front of viewing area, 2 Stock Doves, Jay, 2 Mandarin.

Whillets Pool: 3 Reed Warblers.

West End: Two pairs of Common Terns on the rafts at dusk.

At the West End: 20 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Cormorants, Swallow, Chiffchaff, 20 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swans, Lapwing, Mandarin Duck, 2 Grey Herons on nest.

At Whillets: 2 Reed Warblers, Coot, 2 Moorhens, 3 Mallard and 4 Chiffchaff.

At West End: 2 Goldfinch, 2 Swallows, 3 Herring Gulls, Common Tern, 4 Mandarin Ducks, 2 Blackcaps, Lapwing, 3 Common Whitethroat, 5 House Sparrows, Mistle Thrush.

At Dam End: 1 Kestrel, 5 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Common Swifts, 3 Song Thrush, 4 House Martins, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Common Whitethroats, 3 Goldfinch, Swallow, 4 Pied Wagtails, 3 Grey Wagtails and Yellowhammer

Keith Hackett

West End: Hobby, Garden Warbler near car park, 3 male Mandarin.

Dam End: 2 Arctic Terns, 2 Common Terns and a Grey Wagtail.

Bob Johnson

Whillets:   Kingfisher, 3 Reed Warblers, Kestrel, Buzzard, 2 Whitethroats, Blackcap and Chiffchaff. 3 Orange Tip butterflies. Long-tailed tit with nesting material.

West End: Lapwing, 3 Swallows and Whitethroat in front of viewing area.

Dam: 10 Common Sandpipers also at Dam End 40+ House Martins, 2 Common Buzzards, pair of Grey Wagtails, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Common Terns, 2 Goldcrests and a Garden Warbler.

West End: Cuckoo, Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting.