Grey Heron - 1 with orange ring on left leg west end (ST)
Osprey - 1 at west end 10.40 (BG)
Osprey - 1 at west end early afternoon (BG)
Honey Buzzard - 1 mobbing the Osprey over south
shore, Common Buzzard in view same time (JCo)
Common Buzzard - 3 at west end in morning (RS)
Osprey - 1 caught fish at west end at 14.15 (KM, JCo)
Ringed Plover - 2 at west end all day (DW)
Lapwing - 77 at west end (DW)
Kingfisher - 2 opposite hide in afternoon + 2 along
river at Whillet’s (DW)
Fox - 2 together at west end (DW)
Butterflies in the west end study area (RS) -
Purple Emperor - 1
Speckled Wood - 4
Brimstone - 2
Large White - 3
Small White - 2
Comma - 1
Mandarin Duck - 42 at west end late afternoon (BJ)
Common Buzzard - 3 at west end in afternoon (BJ)
Osprey - 1 caught a fish at west end 15.30 and another
ditto after 17.00 (BJ)
Little Ringed Plover - 1 at west end in evening (RJ)
Ringed Plover - 10+ at west end (JM)
Lapwing - 62 at west end in afternoon (BJ)
Dunlin - 1 at west end all day (SM et al)
Green Sandpiper - 3 at west end in afternoon (BJ)
Spotted Redshank - 2 flew in to west end 18.15, still
there at 19.00 (RJ, JM)
Common Tern - 1 at west end in morning (SM)
Kingfisher - 4 together on rafts (RJ, JM)
Wigeon - 4 at west end (BT et al)
Common Teal - 27 at west end in morning (ND)
Tufted Duck - 3 males at west end in morning (ND)
Great Crested Grebe - 70+ at west end (DW)
Little Egret - 1 at west end (ND)
Common Buzzard - 4 at west end in morning (ND)
Osprey - 2 arrived at west end at 11.20, one stayed for 10
minutes, the other for 30 (BT et al),
1 flew south mid-afternoon (BG)
Ringed Plover - 3 at west end (BT et al)
Green Sandpiper - 3 at west end (DW)
Common Tern - 6 at west end in morning (ND)
Stock Dove - 8 at west end in morning (ND)
Common Swift - 1 at dam end in morning (ND)
Skylark - 7 at dam end in morning (ND)
Sand Martin - 550 at dam end in morning (ND)
Swallow - 100 at dam end in morning (ND)
House Martin - 300 at dam end in morning (ND)
Tree Pipit - 3 at dam end in morning (ND)
Mistle Thrush - 4 at dam end (ND)
Chiffchaff - several at west end in morning (ND)
Willow Warbler - 2 at west end in morning (ND)
Goldcrest - several at dam end in morning (ND)
Coal Tit - 1 at dam end (ND)
Marsh Tit - 1 at dam end (ND), 1 at west end (DW)
Nuthatch - 3 at west end (ND)
Treecreeper - 1 at west end (ND)
Wigeon - female at west end (ND)
Gadwall - 3 at west end (ND)
Common Buzzard - 2 at west end (SM)
Osprey - 2 fishing at west end 11.30 to 12.00 (SM)
1 at west end at 12.15 (ST)
Ringed Plover - 2 at west end (ND)
Green Sandpiper - 5 at west end (ND)
Kingfisher - 4 on tern rafts in morning (ST, SM)
Grass Snake - 2 in front of west end viewing area (SM)
Roe Deer - 2 at west end (SM)
Green Sandpiper - 4 at west end (ND), 5+ dam end (BG)
Greenshank - 1 at west end (ND), 1 at dam end (BG)
Common Tern - 2 at dam end (ND)
Arctic Tern - 1 at dam end (ND)
Sand Martin - 500 at dam end early morning (ND)
Swallow - 150 at dam end early morning (ND)
House Martin - 1200 at dam end early morning (ND)
Whinchat - 1 at dam end (BG)
Goldfinch - 46 at dam end early morning (ND)
Little Egret - 1 at west end (DW)
Osprey - dam end - 1 caught fish at 15.00 (RP)
west end - 1 briefly distant towards dam at
15.45 (SD, MW) and
1 circled at 16.20 for 5 minutes (BTa, MW, DW)
Lapwing - 84 at west end (DW)
Green Sandpiper - 4 at west end (SD)
Kingfisher - 1 at west end (SD)
Swallow - 1 at west end (MW)
House Martin - 17 moved through west end from
the east shortly before 16.00 (DW)
Fox - 1 at west end (DW)
Little Egret - 1 at west end (RS)
Osprey - 1 at west end at 12.15 (RS)
Common Tern - 1 at west end (RS)
Swallow - 1 at west end (RS)
Sedge Warbler - 1 at west end (RS)
Mandarin Duck - 15 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Common Teal - 11 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Tufted Duck - 2 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Great Crested Grebe - 23 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Cormorant - 20+ at west end (BJ, PJ)
Little Egret - 1 at west end (DW)
Grey Heron - 12 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Common Buzzard - 1 at west end (DW)
Osprey - close views at west end for 20 minutes
from 16.20 (BJ, PJ)
Moorhen - 24 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Lapwing - 69 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Green Sandpiper - 5 at west end (DW)
Black-headed Gull - 30+ at west end (BJ, PJ)
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Common Tern - a juvenile at west end (DW)
Stock Dove - 1 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Kingfisher - 1 at west end, 2 at Whillet’s (DW)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 at west end (DW)
Sand Martin - 1 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Swallow - 2 at west end (BJ, PJ)
House Martin - 3 at west end (DW)
Pied Wagtail - 6+ at west end (BJ, PJ)
Coal Tit - 1 at Whillet’s (DW)
Marsh Tit - 1 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Fox - 1 at west end (BJ, PJ)
Field Vole - 1 at Whillet’s (DW)
Emperor Dragonfly - at west end (BJ, PJ)