Month: May 2023

West End:- 1 White Stork NNE over at 3pm, 2 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Tern, 1 Red Kite, 2 Reed Bunting, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Swift, Mallard + 3 young, 12 Canada Geese, 2 Coot, 1 Garden Warbler, 34 Greylag Geese, 2 Swallow.
Dam End:- 1 Black-headed Gull, 9 Common Tern, 6 Mute Swan, 4 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 5 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Jay, 8 House Martin, 12 Herring Gull, 1 Goldfinch.

Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper.
Whillet’s:- 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Goldfinch, 1 House Martin, 2 Red Kite, 2 male Reed Bunting, 4 Reed Warblers, 2 Swallow, 2 Whitethroat. 7 Grass Snakes, 1 Orange Tip, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Peacock, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Mother Shipton, 3 Burnett Campion, 8 Beautiful Demoiselles, 25 Azure Damselfly, 1 Large Red Damselfly

West End:- Osprey fishing at 19:20 then flew west carrying a fish, 4 pairs of Common Tern,1 pair of Black-headed Gull breeding on rafts, 16 Great Crested Grebe.

West End:- Another beautiful day with brilliant birds, adult Little Gull and adult Black Tern from the north bank at 11:30, over the West End car park a little later a fantastic male Honey Buzzard.

Dam End:- 1 summer plumage Sanderling on dam, 3 Common Sandpiper on dam, 1 adult Black Tern, 5 Common Tern, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Swift, 6 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby, 2 Raven.

Dam End:- Osprey from the dam at 7:30, 3 Common Sandpiper on the dam, group of Common Terns and a noisy Raven. In the car park several singing Goldcrests and a couple of Garden Warblers.

WeBS
All reservoir:- 13 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Mandarin, 10 Mallard, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 7 Coot, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap.
Dam End:- 16+5 young Greylag Geese, 5 Canada/Greylag hybrid Geese, 3 white feral geese, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 13 Swift, 4 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 36 Rook, 3 Starling, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch.  Also 1 Black-tailed Skimmer dragonfly.
West End:- 71 Cormorant, 19 Grey Heron, 5 Mute Swan, 12 Canada Geese, 8 Common Tern, also 1 Terrapin.
Whillet’s:-: 3+ Reed Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting. Also 1 Fox, 2 Grass Snake, 5 Beautiful Demoiselle,  several Azure Damselflies plus 4 Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral and 1 Peacock Butterfly..

West End:- 2 Hobby and an Osprey at 16:30, 8 Common Tern and 2 Reed Warbler. Cracking views of Nuthatch looking for food a couple of feet away.