West End:- 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Teal, 2 Kingfisher, 47 Mallard,4 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel, 40 Swallows, 7 House Martins, 1 Sand Martin.
Month: August 2017
Dam End:- 80+ Swallows, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Common Tern.
West End:- 2 juvenile Great Crested Grebe, 3 Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpipers, 122 Canada Geese, 6 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Stock Dove, 5 Swallow, 6 House Martin.
Whillets:- Butterflies: 1 Small Heath, 1 Common Blue, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Speckled Wood. Dragonflies: 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Ruddy Darter, 1 Azure Damselfly.
Ringing early morning to mid afternoon was very productive and included numerous Chiffchaff and Willow Warblers. It is interesting to see the difference in wing length between the two. Also caught: Blackcaps; Garden Warblers; Goldcrest; Treecreepers; a party of Long–tailed Tits and a Marsh Tit.
Also saw a Peregrine Falcon.
Dam End:- 1 Wheatear, 15 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpipers, 280 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Tern, 2 Mandarin, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Grebe+1 juvenile, 1 Bullfinch, 12 Chiffchaff, 1f+1 juvenile Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 House Martin.
Whillet’s:- 2 Sedge Warblers, 6 Willow Warblers, 12 Chiffchaffs, 6 Blackcaps, 3 Common Whitethroats, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Swallows, 1 Marsh Tit, 6 Bullfinch +3 juveniles, Raven heard, 3 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel and 1 Painted Lady Butterfly.
Wood Carpet Moth – a new species for our reserve.
12+ Black-headed Gull, 10 Canada Goose, Common Tern, 46+ Great Crested Grebe, 10+ Grey Heron, 2
Little Egret, Mandarin Duck, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, 7+ Cormorant, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, 7 Mallard, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Stock Dove.
Early this morning the species we rung included: Blackcaps, Garden Warblers, Nuthatches and another new Marsh Tit. Sightings include: a Spotted Flycatcher, two Kingfishers, Buzzards, two Sparrowhawks, two Little Egrets, Sand Martins and a number of Hornets.
Dam End:- 1 juvenile Goshawk flew North around 10am, 1f Whinchat, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Green Sandpipers, 10 Lapwing, 33 Swallows, 3 House Martins, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff, 3 Teal, 1m Tufted Duck, 8 Black-headed Gulls, 2 Little Egrets, 16 Grey Heron, 15 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 1 Mandarin, 1 Rook, 1 Jay, 26 Mistle Thrush flew East, 7 Herring Gull, 2 Stock Doves, 1 Common Tern, 4 Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe with 2 juveniles also 2 Terrapins.
Whillet’s:- 1 Water Rail, 1 Whinchat, 1 Linnet, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroats, 20+ Chiffchaffs, 2 Kestrel, 3 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Grass Snake, 1 Slow Worm, 1 Toad, 1 Frog, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Migrant Hawkers, 4 Southern Hawkers, 3 Brown Hawkers, 3 Rudder Darters, 12 Common Darters, 1 Blue-Tailed Damselfly, 1 Six-striped Rustic Moth.
West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Teal, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Egret, 1 Swallow, 3 Lapwing, 2 Terrapins.