Category: Sighting

Brent Goose is the 150th species for the site this year.

West End:- 9 Lapwings, 1f Pintail, 4f & 3m Common Pochard, 2f Tufted Duck, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Coot, 1 Kingfisher, 20 Mallard, 1 Meadow Pipit, 59 Fieldfare, 64 Redwing, 3 Jay, 8 Magpie, 1 Black-headed Gull.

Dam End: pair of Wigeon on Lagoon ,12 Dark- bellied Brent Geese flew west, 1 Common Snipe flew south, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Meadow Pipits, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, 5 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch, 10 Blackbirds, 1 Song Thrush, 17 Black- headed Gull, 16 Fieldfare, 15 Great crested grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Herring gull, 1 Kestrel, 4 Mallard, 1 Raven, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Wren.

West end: 22 Dark- bellied Brent Hesse flew SW, 4f 2m Common Pochard, 7m Mandarins, 3f Tufted Duck,4m 2f Gadwall, 1 Coot,1 Moorhen, 2 Kingfishers, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese, 27 Greylag Geese, 1 Buzzard, 9 Common Gull, 61 Cormorants, 1 Jay, 12 Long- tailed Tits, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Mistle Thrush, 136 Redwings, 43 Starlings, 2 Fieldfares.

West End: 9 x Greylag Goose, 15 x Mandarin Duck, 10 x Mallard, 6 x Common Pochard, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 2 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 1 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Rook, 4 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 3 x Marsh Tit, 9 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 3 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 8 x Redwing, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 5 x European Goldfinch

West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 7 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 5 x Common Pochard, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 7 x Black-headed Gull, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 11 x Great Cormorant, 5 x Grey Heron, 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 4 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 4 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 4 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 10 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 x Eurasian Wren, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 2 x Pied Wagtail

Whillet’s:– 19 Reed Bunting came in to roost between 3pm and 5pm.
1 Kingfisher, 1 Goldcrest, flock of 16 Redwing flew over,  heard were 1 Jay and 1 Moorhen.
Also a bat flying over the reedbed which looked like a Pipistrelle species.

West End:- Car Park 12.00-13.28 3 Pochard 2m 1f. 4 Mallard 1m 3f. 1 Mandarin m. 5 Great Crested Grebe. 8 Cormorant. 1 Grey Heron. 1 Coot. 1 Kingfisher. 2 Black-headed Gull. 2  Carrion Crow. Around Feeders: 5 Blue Tit. 3 Great Tit. 2 Coal Tit. 1 Marsh Tit. 5 Long-tailed Tit. 1 Nuthatch. 1 Goldfinch. 1 Robin. 3 Woodpigeon.

West End: 2 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Eurasian Wigeon, 6 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 5 x Common Pochard, 1 x Stock Dove, 2 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 5 x Black-headed Gull, 5 x Great Crested Grebe, 4 x Great Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 1 x Common Magpie, 1 x Coal Tit, 3 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock

West End:-  5 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Greylag Geese, pair of Wigeon, 3 Teal, 11 Mallard+ 1 white feral duck, 4m+3f Pochard, 1 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Black-headed Gull, 1 Pied Wagtail, Blue and Great Tit, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 10+ Jackdaw circling high for insects, 2 Crow, 1 Goldfinch. 1 Terrapin sunbathing. Some large carp leaping from the water and making big splash re-entries.
Whillet’s:- 1 Treecreeper, 2 Long-tailed Tit. 1 Red Admiral, joined pair of Common Darter flying over river.

West End: 6 x Mallard, 4 x Common Pochard, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 4 x Great Crested Grebe, 9 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 49 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 6 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 5 x Great Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 7 x European Goldfinch