Category: Sighting

West End – 28 Herons in heronry, Red Kite, Tufted Duck, 21 Mallards, 6 Cormorants, 6 GC Grebes, Little Grebe, 3 Coots, Lesser Redpoll, 7 Snipe on Pintail, 3 Fieldfares, Chiffchaff, Marsh Tit.

A quick west End Heronry survey confirmed 27 active Heron nests and 4 active Cormorant nests so far. However there are many more nests, those were just the ones where birds were seen at the nest.

East End. Little Grebe, 8 GC Grebes, 100s of gulls on the water mid reservoir. Behind the dam, 6 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Green Woodpeckers, Mistle Thrush, Jay, Redwing.

Very wet morning at the westend – 7 herons on the heronry – 32 mandarin displaying in the rain – 2 GC grebes – 22 mallard

Afternoon at the West End. Red Kite, male Peregrine, 2 Buzzards, Water Rail underneath the feeders by the hide, 15 Mandarins, pair of Wigeon but no other ducks apart from Mallards, 23 Herons in the heronry some carrying sticks, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebes, 7 GC Grebes, 40 Greylags, 4 Chaffinches, Treecreeper, Marsh Tit.

West End:- 3 x Canada Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 9 x Mandarin Duck, 9 x Mallard, 1 x Pochard, 6 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 8 x Woodpigeon, 2 x Coot, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Snipe, 12 x Grey Heron, 1 x Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Coal Tit, 2 x Marsh Tit, 12 x Blue Tit, 6 x Great Tit, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 1 x Chaffinch

West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 12 x Mandarin Duck, 4 x Wigeon, 25 x Mallard, 4 x Teal, 2 x Pochard, 6 x Tufted Duck, 2 x Stock Dove, 21 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Moorhen, 3 x Coot, 2 x Little Grebe, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 33 x Black-headed Gull, 7 x Cormorant, 12 x Grey Heron, 1 x Goshawk, 1 x Buzzard, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Kestrel, 1 x Magpie, 3 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Raven, 2 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 9 x Blue Tit, 4 x Great Tit, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Nuthatch, 2 x Treecreeper, 2 x Blackbird, 1 x Robin, 2 x Dunnock

A late morning visit to West End whilst passing 6 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 6 Teal, 7 Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Mandarin – Where were the ducks yesterday when we did the WeBS?

This morning with Bob at West end:- 17 Mandarins, 7 Tufties, 2 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 1 Pochard, 3 Little Egrets, 4 Little Grebes, 2 Marsh Tits, 2 Ravens, Sparrowhawk, 2 Goshawks(M& F) 5 Egyptians, 38 Greylags, Chiffchaff in front of the hide.
Whillets:- Mistle thrush, 2 Reed Buntings & Green Woodpecker.
Dam end:- 4 Lesser Redpolls, Fieldfare, 8 Redwings, 3 Bullfinch.

Whillets this afternoon. 2 Water Rails, 3 Teal, 7 Reed Buntings, 5 Starlings, 65 Redwings, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 2 Ravens, 3 Little Egrets, 3 Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, Green Woodpecker. I’ve never seen the river so high and wellies are essential in the meadows.