Category: Sighting

Early morning a Jay and Kingfisher added a splash of colour, quite a few Stock Doves among the plentiful Wood Pigeons. The Osprey flew over at 8:12.

West End:- A juvenile Long-tailed Skua was eventually identified – seen for over 30 minutes. A pale bird about Black-headed Gull size in flight, longer winged, with a protruding black blunt tail tip, a warmer coloured collar and just noticeable half dark, half pale thickish stubby bill on closest views. All wing coverts were pale-edged and the general base colour was greyish/brown. Also juvenile Osprey.
Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpipers on the dam.

West End:- 21 x Greylag Goose, 13 x Canada Goose, 4 x Mallard, 4 x Eurasian Teal, 3 x Tufted Duck, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 2 x Stock Dove, 6 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little Egret, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Osprey, 1 x Common Buzzard, 2 x Eurasian Jay, 2 x Common Magpie, 6 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 6 x Western House Martin, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 4 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Song Thrush, 2 x European Robin, 1 x Pied Wagtail

Dam End: Just after dawn from the dam 2 Common Sandpipers and a 1st year Common Gull was new in. A small flock of 5 Little Grebes had arrived as had 7 Great Black-backed Gulls.
West End:- adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Tufted Duck, 5 Mandarin. The juvenile Osprey flew in at 8:18 and promptly disappeared behind the trees of the car park. 13:45 Osprey in tree near heronry. 14:00 Goshawk through.
Whillet’s:- 3 Reed Buntings and a Jay.

WeBS
All Reservoir:- 39 Great Crested Grebe, 24 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 41 Mallard, 3 Jay.
Dam End:-  5 Little Grebe, 4 Mute Swan, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Canada Goose, 7 Egyptian Geese, 2 white feral geese, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 90 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Mistle Thrush.
West End:- 3 Greylag, 5 Mandarin, 1 Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 1 Goshawk which flew over and took up all the wood pigeons, 1 juvenile Osprey was seen regularly during morning and early afternoon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Raven. There were a large number of corvids on surrounding fields which had just been cut and baled but no counts were taken.
Whillet’s:- 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Starling, 2 Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting.

Dam End:- mid-morning on the dam were 2 Common Sandpipers, adult and juvenile Herring Gull, adult Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Gulls in with the Black-headed Gulls, 23 Golden Plover calling whilst passing over headed SW, one in almost full summer dress. On the dam Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker male and a few Jays coming and going. Overhead 3 chattering Fieldfares were a sign of what is to come. A few Chiffchaffs, Marsh Tit and a Goldcrest. A Whimbrel flew over also headed SW.

West End:- 7 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 12 x Mallard, 1 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Tufted Duck, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 14 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 11 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Osprey, 1 x Common Buzzard, 40 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Dunnock

Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpipers on the dam. The bushes below the dam were the most productive with a few Chiffchaffs and a nice clean Willow Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Garden Warbler. By the overflow 3 Goldcrests were very vocal. On the dam slope 6 Meadow Pipits were present with a couple of Jays. More Blackbirds than normal with double figures in the bushes.
West End:- 2 Tufted Ducks and Mandarin.

West End:- mid-afternoon juvenile Osprey, Little Grebe, 4 Mandarin, 3 Tufted Duck. Kingfisher and 3 Siskins.
Dam End:- 2 Common Sandpipers, Dunlin and an Oystercatcher all on the dam. Raven over and a Garden Warbler in the car park wood. About 110 Black-headed Gulls plus a well-grown Great Crested Grebe chick with its parent. 22 Meadow Pipits, Green Woodpecker male and 3 Jays on the dam slope.

West End:- 16 x Greylag Goose, 12 x Canada Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Northern Shoveler, 9 x Mallard, 1 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Tufted Duck, 9 x Great Crested Grebe, 21 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 9 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 6 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 5 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 1 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x European Robin