Category: Sighting

West End:- Osprey sat in tree opposite the hide from 14:00 to 14:30.

West End:- afternoon – 7 Mute Swan, 2 Greenshank flying in front of viewing area and calling. 1 Common Sandpiper, 68 Greylag + 4 white feral/Greylag hybrid, 20 Canada Geese, 2 Mandarin, 1f Tufted Duck, 6 Coot, 90+ 3 juv Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1+2 imm Herring Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 12 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 6+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Rook flyover. Also 20+ Jackdaw and some Crows on surrounding fields. Good numbers of Mallard, several Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe and Grey Heron.

Dam End:- 3 Raven, 3 Swift, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Lapwing, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 25 House Martin, 11 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap.  

11 Mute Swan, 24 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Coot.

Dam End:- 2 Blackcap, 135 Canada Geese, 5 Common Sandpiper, 14 Goldfinch, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 10 Lapwing, 23 Mallard, 3 Moorhen, 10 Pied Wagtail, 3 Swallow.
West End :- 67 Black-headed Gull, 19 Chiffchaff, 2 Collard Dove (flyover), 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Coot, 1 Goldcrest, 52 Greylag Geese, 2 Lapwing, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 72 Mallard, 6 Mandarin Duck, 1 Moorhen, 8 Mute Swan, 4 Rook, 2 Teal, 1f Tufted Duck, 1 Willow Warbler.

West End:- several Willow Warbler, 3 Marsh Tit, Osprey at 7:40am
Dam End:-  more Willow Warbler, juv Wheatear, 4 Common Sandpiper, Tree Pipit and juv Little Ringed Plover.    

West End:- 9 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Mandarin, 6 Coot, 1 Goshawk, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher. Also 1 Terrapin.
Whillet’s:- 1 f Blackcap, 1 Greenfinch.

17/8 by Linsey Gooding – West End – 3 Teal, 1 Lapwing.

18/8 by Alastair Gray – Dam End – 1 Osprey, 6 Willow Warbler.

19/8 by Nigel Driver – Dam End – 1 Osprey, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Willow Warbler.

19/8 by Ian Hodgson – Dam End – 1 Northern Wheatear.

WeBS

All Reservoir:- 42+5 j Great Crested Grebe, 24 Cormorant, 76 Mallard, 5 Common Sandpiper, 192 Black-headed Gull, 5 Swallow, 3 Wren, 5 Whitethroat, 21 Chiffchaff.
Dam End:- 9 Grey Heron, 6 Mute Swan, 82 Canada Geese, 5 Canada/Greylag hybrid geese, 1+6 j Egyptian Geese, 3 White Domestic Geese, 1+2 j Moorhen, 1 j Little Ringed Plover [by Jonathan Ross], 1 Herring Gull, 3 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 9 Pied Wagtail, 1 f  Wheatear, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Crow, 3 Starling (flyover), 21 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.
West End:- 3 Mandarin Duck, 1 Domestic / Mallard hybrid duck (black except for a white breast), 3 Teal, 9 Buzzard (group circling high), 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 5 Coot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 1 Jay, 1 Stock Dove, 24 Jackdaw (flyover).
Also – 1 Terrapin, 1 Peacock Moth (new species for the reserve)
Whillet’s:- 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Raven, 3 Bullfinch.
Also 1 Stag Fallow Deer, 4 Grass Snake under tins.
Butterfly count:- 12 Meadow Brown, 5 Speckled Wood, 2 Comma, 1 Large Skipper (fresh), 5 Common Blue, 1 Brown Argus (worn),  6 Small Copper, 9 Gatekeeper, 9 Green-veined White, 2 Holly Blue, 1 Brown Hairstreak.
Damselflies: 15+ Willow Emerald
Dragonflies: 2 Southern Hawker, 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker, 3+ Common Darter.

Dam End:- Osprey hunting over reservoir mid-afternoon, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lapwing, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 80 Black-headed Gull, 100 Canada Geese, 1 Moorhen, 10 Mallard, 13 Pied Wagtail, 65 Goldfinch, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 1 Blackcap, 11 Chiffchaff and 6 Willow Warbler in Silver Birches in sailing club car park.
1 Silver-Washed Fritillary,1 Holly Blue,1 Purple Hairstreak.
West End:- 65 Mallard, 4 Teal, 2 Mandarin Duck, 3 Coot, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Mute Swan, 18 Great Crested Grebe.
Whillet’s:- 1 Common Blue and 1 Holly Blue butterflies, 1 Grass Snake.