Category: Sighting

  • 21st November seen by Linsey Gooding

    West End:- 4 x Egyptian Goose,5 x Mallard,1 x Mallard (Domestic type),4 x Eurasian Teal,15 x Common Pochard,1 x Common Pheasant,2 x Common Woodpigeon,1 x Common Moorhen,3 x Black-headed Gull,2 x Little Grebe,4 x Great Crested Grebe,8 x Great Cormorant,1 x Grey Heron,1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker,1 x Common Magpie,1 x Coal Tit,2 x Marsh Tit,11 x Eurasian Blue Tit,2 x Great Tit,1 x Eurasian Nuthatch,1 x Eurasian Treecreeper,3 x Eurasian Blackbird,3 x European Robin,1 x Dunnock

  • 19th November 2024 sightings

    West End:- Usual ducks all present, 16 Siskins, Marsh Tit, 4 Reed Buntings, a Fieldfare and 3 Redpoll at the car park. An immature Kittiwake flew in front of the canoeist beach.

  • 19th November seen by Linsey Gooding

    West End:- 6 x Mallard,1 x Mallard (Domestic type),10 x Common Pochard,1 x Common Pheasant,3 x Common Woodpigeon,1 x Eurasian Coot,25 x Black-headed Gull,6 x Great Crested Grebe,4 x Great Cormorant,2 x Grey Heron,1 x Common Buzzard,2 x Common Magpie,1 x Carrion Crow,1 x Common Raven,1 x Coal Tit,2 x Marsh Tit,14 x Eurasian Blue Tit,9 x Great Tit,5 x Long-tailed Tit,1 x Eurasian Nuthatch,2 x Eurasian Wren,1 x Eurasian Blackbird,2 x European Robin,1 x European Goldfinch

  • 17th November 2024 seen by Bob Johnson and Alastair Gray

    WeBS

    All Reservoir:- 22 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 23 Mallard, 4 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 3 Goldfinch.

    Dam End:- 2 white feral geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, 5 Wigeon at Lagoon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 91 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Crow, 1 Rook, 13 Lesser Redpoll.

    West End:- 1 Little Grebe, 65 Cormorant (late afternoon roost), 31 Greylag, 4 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 1 white feral duck, 12 Pochard, 1 Water Rail calling, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Jay, 15 Jackdaw flyover,  

    Whillet’s:- 3 Water Rail calling, 2 Moorhen, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 20 Siskin.
    Reed-bed roost counts (14:00 to 16:10) 31 Reed Buntings, 540 Starlings.

  • 15th November seen by Linsey Gooding

    West End: 2 x Greylag Goose,2 x Egyptian Goose,1 x Mandarin Duck,10 x Mallard,13 x Common Pochard,1 x Common Pheasant,3 x Common Woodpigeon,1 x Water Rail,2 x Common Moorhen,2 x Eurasian Coot,2 x Little Grebe,4 x Great Crested Grebe,11 x Great Cormorant,3 x Grey Heron,2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker,1 x Common Magpie,3 x Carrion Crow,1 x Coal Tit,3 x Marsh Tit,4 x Eurasian Blue Tit,4 x Great Tit,6 x Long-tailed Tit,1 x Eurasian Nuthatch,2 x Eurasian Wren,2 x Eurasian Blackbird,1 x European Robin,1 x European Goldfinch

  • 12th November 2024 seen by Work Party

    West End:- Afternoon – 16 Pochard, 1 Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Moorhen.
    Common Darter at Whillet’s.

  • 12th November 2024 sightings

    West End:- a female Goshawk flew into to Admiral’s wood flushing all as it went. At 8:30 a Great Egret flew west. Also 18 Pochard, a Shoveller and a Gadwall. Around the car park and hide a Marsh Tit, male Reed Bunting and 2 Siskins.

  • 11th November 2024 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 11 Common Pochard, 1 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 1 Kingfisher.

  • 10th November 2024 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Siskin, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Skylark ( heard), 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 2 Marsh Tit, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Goldfinch, 3 Herring Gull, 43 Black-headed Gull, 10 Starlings, 4 Ravens, 1 Moorhen, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chaffinch. 20 Great Crested Grebes.

  • 10th November 2024 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 1 Great White Egret flew east, 10 Common Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 2 Mandarin