December 31st 2003
- Grey Heron 2
- Little Egret 3
- Teal present
- Shoveler 7
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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December 29th 2003
- Little Egret 7
- Teal 110
- Shoveler 7
- Pochard 1
- Tufted Duck 13
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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December 27th 2003 Saturday
The record count of Egrets beaten so soon.
- Great Crested Grebe 51
- Little Egret 16
- Teal 138
- Shoveler 5
- Pochard 1
- Tufted Duck 4
- Canada Goose 19
- Chiffchaff 1 heard
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December 26th 2003 Boxing Day
- Cormorant 28
- Little Egret 2
- Teal 144
- Shoveler 5
- Pochard 1
- Common Gull 2
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult
- Kingfisher 1
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December 25th 2003 Christmas Day
A record count of Little Egrets
- Little Egret 14
- Teal 156
- Shoveler 4
- Pochard 1
- Tufted duck 2
- Water Rail 1
- Common Gull 8
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
- Kingfisher 1
- Mistle Thrush 1 in song
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December 21st 2003 Sunday
- Great Crested Grebe 45
- Cormorant 26
- Little Egret 8
- Teal 169
- Shoveler 12
- Pochard 1
- Tufted duck 5
- Kingfisher 1
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December 19th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 39
- Little Egret 9
- Wigeon 8
- Teal 100+
- Shoveler 4
- Tufted Duck 12
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December 18th 2003
December 17th 2003
I remember being so excited many years ago at the prospect of seeing a single
Little Egret in this country. The scene below at lunchtime today
is just after one Little Egret had flown off.
December 13th 2003 Saturday
- Little Egret 4
- Cormorant 27
- Teal 126+
- Shoveler 8
- Canada Goose 10
- Black Headed Gull 625
- Kingfisher 1
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December 12th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 41
- Little Egret 4
- Teal 130
- Shoveler 7
- Canada Goose 10
- Common Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
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December 9th 2003
- Teal 120
- Pochard 1
- Kingfisher 1
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December 8th 2003
- Teal 50+
- Shoveler 8
- Tufted Duck 8
- Canada Goose 2
- Kingfisher 1
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December 6th 2003 Saturday
The Lapwing landed thanks to a low water level. They usually
fly over (if seen at all).
- Great Crested Grebe 52
- Teal 104
- Shoveler 21
- Wigeon 5
- Goldeneye 1
- Tufted Duck 8
- Lapwing 48
- Black Headed Gull 530
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December 5th 2003
- Little Egret 6
- Teal 76
- Shoveler 6
- Pochard 4
- Canada Goose 1
- Black Headed Gull 530
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November 30th 2003
- Little Grebe 1
- Little Egret 1
- Teal c.50
- Shoveler 14
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November 29th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 52
- Cormorant 24
- Little Egret 1
- Teal 80+
- Shoveler 7
- Marsh Tit 2
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November 28th 2003
- Little Egret 3
- Teal 70+
- Shoveler 9
- Snipe 2
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 1 adult
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November 27th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 48
- Little Egret 2
- Teal 80+
- Tufted Duck 5
- Wigeon 3
- Shoveler 14
- Wtare Rail 1 (North reedbed)
- Common Gull 1
- Siskin 1
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November 24th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 43
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 3
- Cormorant 25
- Teal 54
- Wigeon 1 pair
- Shoveler 12
- Tufted Duck 3
- Goldeneye 1
- Common Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
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November 23rd 2003
- Little Egret 3
- Teal 85
- Shoveler 16
- Herring Gull 75
- Common Gull 2
- Snipe 3+
- Kingfisher 1
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November 21st 2003
The Water Rail was seen at the Duck feeding area
- Cormorant 25
- Teal 53
- Shoveler
- Snipe 7
- Water Rail 1
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November 19th 2003
- Cormorant 16
- Little Egret 4
- Fulvous Whistling Duck 1
- Teal 42
- Shoveler 14
- Wigeon 1
- Tufted Duck 6
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Fulvous
Whistling Duck - Although
this is not a very brightly coloured duck, it is certainly exotic
and stands out from the crowd, literally, with its long legs and long
neck. Its natural habitat is South Africa, South America or Asia.
This bird is reasonably tame and must be presumed to have escaped
from a collection. |
November 18th 2003
- Cormorant 23
- Little Egret 3
- Teal 54
- Shoveler 12
- Pochard 1
- Tufted Duck 6
- Kingfisher 1
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Buzzard 1
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November 16th 2003 Sunday
A Somerset Ornithological Society day out probably should have attracted
more than 4 people but I can't complain as I was in Wales myself. Dave Helliar
did the honours. In all 51 species were recorded, but surprisingly no Kingfisher
was seen or heard today!
- Great Crested Grebe 47
- Cormorant 17
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 3
- Fulvous Whistling Duck 1 Adult calling
alot !
- Mallard c.280
- Teal 73
- Shoveler 14
- Tufted Duck 5
- Pochard 1
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Buzzard 2
- Coot 5
- Lapwing 1 over
- Common Gull 2
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker pair +2
- Jay 2+
- Siskin 3
- Redpoll 1 over
- Reed Bunting 1 heard in South Reedbed
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November 14th 2003
Very windy today. I was hopeful that something unusual would be blown in.
The number of gulls increased during the day and that may be because the
res is better sheltered than some places. Strangely, although the number
of Common Gulls has been relatively high lately (5 at lunchtime
today, more in recent days), there was only one left this evening when the
Black Headed Gulls reached their peak. The Little
Egrets are congregating in the evenings, but flying off before
dark. There were 4 present even at lunchtime today. The Great Crested
Grebe count was particularly good today when you consider the size
of this reservoir. The Mute Swans were seen to leave early
this morning, so that may be the last we see of these two.
November 13th 2003
- Cormorant 16
- Little Egret 7
- Mute Swan 2 imm.
- Teal 35
- Shoveler 5
- Pochard 1
- Common Gull 6
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November 12th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 36+
- Cormorant 10
- Little Egret 5
- Mute Swan 2 imm.
- Teal 43
- Shoveler 6+
- Tufted Duck 8
- Pochard 1
- Common Gull 7
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November 10th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 35+
- Cormorant 8
- Little Egret 2
- Teal 58
- Shoveler 12+
- Tufted Duck 20
- Pochard 1
- Common Gull 6
- Kingfisher 1
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November 9th 2003
- Teal 76
- Shoveler 7
- Tufted Duck 11
- Common Gull 8
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November 7th 2003
- Little Grebe 1
- Little Egret 1
- Teal 64
- Shoveler 5
- Common Gull 6
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Siskin 1
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November 6th 2003
- Little Egret 1
- Teal 54
- Shoveler 6
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1
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November 5th 2003
The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
was near the hide and associating with a party of tits (mainly Long-tailed
Tit and Blue Tit) and Treecreeper.
- Great Crested Grebe 44
- Little Egret 4
- Teal 33
- Shoveler 15
- Pintail 8
- Tufted Duck 5
- Pochard 1
- Common Gull 6
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Bullfinch 3
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November 4th 2003
- Little Egret 2
- Teal 35
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Gull 5
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November 3rd 2003
- Little Grebe 1
- Little Egret 3
- Teal 49
- Shoveler 1
- Snipe 1
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 4
- Kingfisher 1
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November 2nd 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 42
- Teal 39
- Shoveler 1
- Water Rail 1
- Common Gull 8
- Black Headed Gull c.500
- Herring Gull 46
- Kingfisher 1
- Jay 3+
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October 31st 2003
- Little Egret 1
- Teal 26
- Tufted Duck 6
- Water Rail 2
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October 28th 2003
- Teal 40
- Shoveler 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 11
- Common Gull 5
- Kingfisher 1
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October 27th 2003
- Teal 63
- Shoveler 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 11
- Sparrowhawk 1
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October 25th 2003 Saturday
- Teal 60
- Shoveler 3
- Tufted Duck 8
- Snipe 1
- Common Gull 10
- Black Headed Gull 450
- Grey Wagtail 2
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October 24th 2003
- Teal 30+
- Shoveler 11
- Gadwall 1 male
- Wigeon 7
- Pochard 2
- Common Gull 15
- Kingfisher 2
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October 23rd 2003
- Little Egret 1
- Teal 39
- Shoveler 3
- Wigeon 7
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 2 adults
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October 21th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 26
- Cormorant 10
- Little Egret 1
- Teal 30
- Shoveler 2
- Goldeneye 1
- Common Gull 15
- Grey Wagtail 1
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October 20th 2003
- Teal 16
- Wigeon 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Snipe 1
- Herring Gull 136
- Common Gull 10
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October 18th 2003
- Cormorant 9
- Teal 20
- Shoveler 5
- Gadwall pair
- Snipe 2
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October 17th 2003
- Teal 28
- Shoveler 4
- Common Gull 3
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October 16th 2003
- Teal 18
- Shoveler 8
- Tufted Duck 4
- Snipe 4
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October 15th 2003
If all the Grebes' wings are like this no wonder they
are staying around. The 5 Pochard arrived late evening
and included 2 good males.
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe
- Little Egret 1 flew over
- Grey Heron 1
- Shoveler 5
- Teal 18
- Tufted Duck 1
- Pochard 5
- Snipe 6
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 3
- Meadow Pipit heard
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October 14th 2003
The winter thrushes are arriving from Scandinavia. Redwing
can be heard now especially at night and parties of Fieldfare
have been seen in the area. Also there are more Blackbirds
than usual, their numbers boosted by migrants from the north. Wigeon
have arrived and the duck numbers have increased in the last few days giving
a real autumn feel to the place.
- Grey Heron 1
- Shoveler 6
- Teal 39
- Wigeon 18
- Common Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Redwing heard
- Grey Wagtail 1
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October 13th 2003
- Grey Heron 1
- Teal 14
- Wigeon 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
- Pied Wagtail 1
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October 12th 2003 Sunday
A dull day after yesterday's bright weather, but all those geese honking
and the Kingfisher and Ducks brightened the place up.
- Canada Goose 103
- Shoveler 5
- Teal 9
- Buzzard 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 2
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October 11th 2003 Saturday
October 10th 2003
Also a fox reported asleep in an old grebe nest.
- Teal 8
- Mandarin Duck Pair
- Snipe 1
- Common Gull 1
- Grey Wagtail 2
- Kingfisher 1+
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October 9th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 33
- Canada Goose 42
- Teal 7
- Mallard 270+
- Mandarin Duck Pair
- Coot 5
- Swallow 3
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October 8th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 33
- Canada Goose 82
- Teal 15
- Shoveler 5
- Mandarin Duck Pair
- Snipe 2
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October 3rd 2003
- Snipe 4
- Common Gull 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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October 2nd 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 33
- Teal 7
- Tufted Duck 4
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Herring Gull 58 inc 28imm
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October 1st 2003
- Teal 7
- Tufted Duck 3
- Snipe 4
- Kingfisher 2
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September 30th 2003
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 5
- Stock Dove 1
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September 29th 2003
- Teal 9
- Tufted Duck 4
- Goldcrest influx
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September 28th 2003 Sunday
- Teal 5
- Shoveler 3
- Snipe 4
- Grey Wagtail 4
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September 27th 2003 Saturday
September 26th 2003
September 25th 2003
- Mute Swan 1
- Canada Goose 102
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September 22nd 2003
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 11
- Common Sandpiper 2
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September 21st 2003 Sunday
- Cormorant 5
- Grey Heron 3
- Shoveler 3+
- Teal 7
- Tufted Duck 3
- Green Sandpiper heard
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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September 20th 2003 Saturday
September 19th 2003
September 17th 2003
Also a Roe Deer seen on the shore today
- Teal 5
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 9
- Common Sandpiper 1
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September 16th 2003
- Teal 5
- Shoveler 4
- Tufted Duck 9
- Green Sandpiper (heard)
- Tawny Owl heard
- Grey Wagtail 2
- Blue Budgie !!
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September 15th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 37
- Cormorant 7
- Grey Heron 2
- Teal 6
- Tufted Duck 8
- Common Sandpiper 1
- House Martin 15
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September 14th 2003
September 13th 2003
September 12th 2003
Also a Roe Deer seen on the shore today
- Teal 4
- Shoveler 2
- Snipe 2
- Swallow/House Martin 100+
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September 11th 2003
- Cormorant 10
- Teal 6
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 11
- Common Sandpiper 1
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September 10th 2003
- Teal 5
- Tufted Duck 11
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 3
- Grey Wagtail 1
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September 9th 2003
Dave Hellier reports that he released an adult Herring Gull that had become
caught up in a carrier bag and snagged on a log.
- Teal 6
- Shoveler 5
- Tufted Duck 13
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 2
- Kingfisher 2
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September 7th 2003
- Teal 7
- Tufted Duck 10
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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September 2nd 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 38
- Cormorant 8
- Pochard 1
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 11
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September 1st 2003
- Herring Gull 78
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 2 adults
- Tufted Duck 8
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August 30th 2003
- Common Tern 1
- Kingfisher 1
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August 29th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 39 inc 6 large young
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Shoveler 1
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August 28th 2003
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Teal 5
- Shoveler 3
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August 27th 2003
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Teal 4
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August 25th 2003 Bank Holiday
- Grey Heron 3
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1+
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August 24th 2003 Sunday
- Great Crested Grebe c.40
- Grey Heron 5
- Teal 2
- Greenshank 1
- Common Sandpiper 5
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 1+
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August 23rd 2003 Saturday
- Teal 1
- Tufted Duck 11
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Moorhen 11
- Kingfisher 2
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August 22nd 2003
- Tufted Duck 11
- Green Sandpiper 1
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August 21st 2003
Also fox and Roe Deer seen on the shore
- Little Egret 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
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August 20th 2003
- Teal 3
- Common Sandpiper 7
- Grey Wagtail 1
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August 19th 2003
August 18th 2003
- Common Sandpiper 7
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 3
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August 17th 2003 Sunday
- Pochard 1
- Tufted Duck 7
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Common Tern 1
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August 16th 2003 Saturday
One of the large Carp had to be freed from some discarded or broken fishing
line in front of the hide.
- Great Crested Grebe 38
- Grey Heron 5
- Teal 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Common Sandpiper 5
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 2
- Grey Wagtail 1
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August 14th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 41 inc new chick
- Little Egret 1
- Tufted Duck 7
- Common Sandpiper 1+
- Green Sandpiper 4
- Kingfisher 2
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August 13th 2003
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 2
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August 11th 2003
One fox seen on the shore
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 4
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August 10th 2003 Sunday
- Grey Heron 5
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Kingfisher 2
- Spotted Flycatcher family party near car park
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August 9th 2003 Saturday
August 8th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 24
- Tufted Duck 6
- Common Sandpiper 3+
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August 7th 2003
August 6th 2003
- Common Sandpiper 7
- Herring Gull 16 juv
- Kingfisher 2+
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August 5th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 27
- Cormorant 22
- Grey Heron 7
- Tufted Duck 5
- Common Sandpiper 4
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August 4th 2003
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
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August 1st 2003
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 2
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July 31st 2003
July 27th 2003
July 25th 2003
- Great Crested Grebe 38+
- Cormorant 6
- Tufted Duck 3
- Kingfisher 1
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July 23rd 2003
- Spotted Flycatcher family party
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July 22nd 2003
Possible Mediterranean Gull reported on the board
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Canada Goose 7
- Mute Swan 2
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July 21st 2003
- Cormorant 5
- Black Headed Gull 50
- Kingfisher 1
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July 20th 2003
- Canada Goose 31
- Hybrid Goose (Dark Body, white patch on head like Barnacle?)
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Kingfisher 1
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July 19th 2003
The 38 Great Crested Grebe includes 8 large juveniles
and 2 new chicks plus adult on nest. Where do these large juvs come from?
- Great Crested Grebe 38
- Grey Heron 3
- Mute Swan 2
- Moorhen 3 new chicks
- Black Headed Gull 33
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July 15th 2003
- Canada Goose 15
- Mute Swan 2
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Lesser Black backed Gull 3
- Grey Wagtail 1
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July 13th 2003
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 1
- Mute Swan 2
- Common Sandpiper 1
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July 7th 2003
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Egret 1
- Canada Goose 15
- Mute Swan 2
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July 2nd 2003
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360
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