Category: Sighting

  • 9th January 2025 seen by Linsey Gooding

    West End:- 3 x Mandarin Duck, 6 x Gadwall, 3 x Eurasian Wigeon, 6 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 17 x Common Pochard, 1 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Goosander, 4 x Common Pheasant, 1 x Stock Dove, 11 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 5 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Common Magpie, 1 x Coal Tit, 2 x Marsh Tit, 15 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Great Tit, 5 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Song Thrush, 25 x Redwing, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 1 x Eurasian Bullfinch, 6 x European Goldfinch

  • 8th January 2025 seen by Alastair Gray

    West end:- Great White egret, 18 Common Pochards, 4 Gadwall, 1 Mandarin, 2 Wigeon, 1 Coot,
    4 Moorhen, 1 Water rail, 3 Great crested grebes, 1 Marsh tit, and 1 Chaffinch.

  • 8th January 2025 seen by the work party

    West End:  2 Snipe on Pintail, 92 Greylag, 19 Pochard, Wigeon heard, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Chaffinch, several Goldfinch and I female Siskin on feeders. 

    Whillet’s: 1 Kestrel, 1 Moorhen, 2 LT Tit, 1 Kingfisher.

  • 7th January 2025 seen by Linsey Gooding

    West End:- 79 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Gadwall, 9 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 18 x Eurasian Teal, 14 x Common Pochard, 1 x Common Woodpigeon, 4 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 16 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Great White Egret, 2 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Coal Tit, 2 x Marsh Tit, 12 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Great Tit, 1 x Eurasian Treecreeper, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Common Chaffinch, 3 x European Goldfinch

  • 6th January 2025 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam end:- 2 Mute Swans on Lagoon, male Bullfinch, 13 Redwings, 2 Jays and 7 Goldfinch in Paddock.


    West end:-21 Common Pochards, 8 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 1 Tufted duck, 2 Egyptian geese, 7 Canada geese, 82 Greylag geese, 5 Moorhen, 1 Coot and 2 Chaffinch under feeders, 22+ Blue Tits plus Marsh tit and Nuthatch on feeders.
    Goshawk flew over putting 32 Redwings up 18 Jackdaws and 5 Goldfinch. Kestrel hunting along north bank and Sparrowhawk around feeders.

  • 4th January 2025 seen by Linsey Gooding

    West End:- 6 x Gadwall, 1 x Eurasian Wigeon, 7 x Mallard, 1 x Eurasian Teal, 18 x Common Pochard, 2 x Tufted Duck, 2 x Goosander, 3 x Common Pheasant, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 4 x Black-headed Gull, 5 x Great Crested Grebe, 3 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Great White Egret, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 3 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 15 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 1 x Song Thrush, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Common Chaffinch, 8 x European Goldfinch

  • 3rd January 2025 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 50 Black- headed gulls, 12 Herring gulls, 17 Common Gulls, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 12 Long- tailed Tits, 10 Redwings, 2 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk.


    West end:- 4 Goosanders (1 redhead 3 males), 1 Great white Egret, 2 Little Egrets, 21 Common Pochards, 9 Gadwall, 8 Mandarins, 2 Wigeon, 92 Greylag Geese, 2 Moorhens, Kestrel, Treecreeper, Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tit.

  • 2nd January 2025 seen by Linsey Gooding

    West End:- 4 x Greylag Goose, 5 x Canada Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 5 x Gadwall, 5 x Mallard, 14 x Common Pochard, 5 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Goosander, 2 x Common Pheasant, 1 x Stock Dove, 2 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Great Crested Grebe, 5 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Magpie, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 11 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Song Thrush, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 1 x Common Chaffinch, 1 x Eurasian Bullfinch, 8 x European Goldfinch

  • 1st January 2025 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Herons, 1 male Goosander, 2 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Common Pochards, 10 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Mallard, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Canada Goose, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers.

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