Category: Sighting

A calm morning produced some good birds. 30+ Crossbills south, adult Little Gull, Ruddy Shelduck joined the Egyptian Geese, a late juvenile Osprey south at 7:55 plus Pintail, a few Siskin and Redpoll. 3 showy Jays were nice on the dam too – brilliant.

West End:- 1 Little Grebe, 36 Cormorant, 1 Mute Swan, 10 Canada Geese, 16 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Buzzard, 1 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 1 Barn Owl flew over water to Whillet’s at dusk, 1 Kingfisher,  1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper,  amongst the Crows and Jackdaws there was a Rook.

West End:- 1f Pintail, 3 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 9 Tufted Duck, 18 Egyptian Geese, 5 Coot, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 120 Stock Dove in stubble field opposite hide, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Lesser Redpoll.
Dam End:- 1 Little Egret, 56 Black-headed Gull, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Coot.

Dam End:- 4 Black-headed Gull, 4 Buzzard, 15 Canada Geese, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Common Gull, 3 Coot, 3 Cormorant, 3 Dunnock, 4 Egyptian Geese, 15 Fieldfare, 1 immature Goshawk, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 1 adult Great Northern Diver, 20 Greylag Geese, 8 Herring Gull, 2 Jay, 2 Kestre, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 10 Mallard, 3 Mandarin Duck, 1 cream-capped f emale Marsh Harrier high circling over Southern Water works heading north late morning, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Moorhen, 2 Mute Swan, 1 female Peregrine Falcon, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Raven, 1 Red Kite, 3 Siskin, 2 Skylark west, 1 Sparrowhawk, 22 Starling north, 1000 Woodpigeon SW.
West End:- 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Buzzard, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Common Gull, 21 Egyptian Geese, 3 Gadwall, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 drake Pintail, 1 Raven, 20 Rook, 3 Redwing, 9 Siskin, 7 Stock Dove, 1 Teal, 12 Tufted Duck. 1 Red Admiral, 2 Common Darters.

West End:- quieter today; 10 Tufted Duck, male Pochard, 6 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 3 Marsh Tit and 3 Chiffchaff.
Dam End:- small flocks of Siskin, Redpoll and Redwing, Skylark over, but I couldn’t find the diver today.

West End:- 3 Little Grebe, 1m Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Great Black-backed Gull.
Dam End:- no sign of diver, 20 Siskin.

Very birdy with a delightful mixed flock of four tit species, a Hawfinch in the west end car park briefly, 9 Tufted Duck, 2 Raven, several Redwing and at least 2 Fieldfare. At the dam the Red-throated Diver was still showing well and 3 Common Scoter.

West End:- 13 Tufted Duck, 5 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 12 Egyptian Geese, 237 Greylag Geese, 7 Great Crested Grebe. 12 Coot.
Dam End:- 1 Red-throated Diver, 32 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Coot, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 14 Meadow Pipit, 20 Goldfinch, 26 Mallard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Jay, 4 Redwing, 3 Starling.

Dam End:- 1 Red-throated Diver, 28 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mandarin Duck, 7 Coot, 1 Siskin.
West End:- 29 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 5 Gadwall, 4 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 5 Egyptian Geese.

Dam End:- 1st winter Red-throated Diver flew in around midday. 1 Kingfisher, 6 Meadow Pipit.
Whillet’s:- 1 Barn Owl (2nd meadow), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Treecreeper, 6 Siskin, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Wren, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Moorhen on river, 3 Mallard on river, 1 Green Woodpecker.
West End:- Probable Pallid Swift flew in from the north at 10:10 (chunky brownish slow-flying bird with pale face/chin short tail closed for most of 5mins it was in view; broad wings with light underwings going darker with tatty wing tips.) 2 Skylark, 1 Common Gull west, 16 Meadow Pipit south, 8 Chaffinch, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Mistle Thrush, 19 Egyptian Geese, 76 Canada Geese, 213 Greylag Geese, 2 f Pintail, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Mandarin, 3 Gadwall. 2 Red Admiral.