December 31st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 13
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 8
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Water level extremely high |
December 30th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 19
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 7
- Great Crested Grebe 14
|
Water level extremely high |
December 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 10
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Cormorant 10
- Great Crested Grebe 10
|
Water level extremely high |
December 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 9
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 12
- Great Crested Grebe 9
|
Water level extremely high |
December 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 15
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 7
- Great Crested Grebe 12+
|
Water level extremely high |
December 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 15
- Tufted Duck 3
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 16
- Great Crested Grebe 14
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Water level extremely high |
December 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 5
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 6
- Great Crested Grebe 14
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Water level extremely high |
December 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 5
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 15
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Kingfisher 1
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Water level extremely high |
December 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 15
- Mandarin 1
- Cormorant 9
- Great Crested Grebe 10
|
Water level extremely high |
December 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 4
- Mandartin 2
- Cormorant 7
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Coot 10
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December 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 17
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Kingfisher 1
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December 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 5
- Teal 16
- Mandarin 1
- Cormorant 16 (inc red 111)
- Great Crested Grebe 2
|
Heavy Rain and Gales - Ice gone |
December 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 146
- Mandarin 6+
- Cormorant 16 (inc red 111)
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe just 2
- Coot 10
- Common Gull 1
|
98% frozen still, but raining |
December 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 34 roosting
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe just 1
- Kingfisher 1
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98% frozen! |
December 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Teal 146
- Gadwall 2 pairs
- Mandarin 5 pair + a single
- Cormorant 37 roosting
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 5
- Kingfisher 1
- Pied Wagtail 1
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90% frozen |
December 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 10
- Mandarin 8 (4 pairs)
- Goosander 1 redhead
- Cormorant 38 roosting
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 9
- Kingfisher 1
- Starling c.300 to roost
|
75% frozen over |
December 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 3
- Tufted Duck 8
- Mandarin 5 pairs
- Cormorant 37
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 9
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December 13th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 2 pairs
- Tufted Duck 8
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Cormorant 31
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult
- Kingfisher 1
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December 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Wigeon 1
- Shoveler 1
- Tufted Duck 9
- Mandarin 7
- Cormorant 27+
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Kingfisher 1
|
 
Dave Helliar: Shoveler and Wigeon
|
December 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Shoveler 1 pair
- Teal 84
- Tufted Duck 7
- Mandarin 8
- Cormorant 35
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Moorhen 8+
- Kingfisher 1
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December 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 21
- Mallard 143+
- Shoveler 3
- Tufted Duck 8
- Mandarin 12
- Cormorant 34
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Black-headed Guill 100+
- Starling 200+ to roost
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December 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 30
- Tufted Duck 16
- Mandarin 5
- Cormorant 30
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Kingfisher 1
- Starling 100+ to roost
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December 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 12
- Teal 28
- Shoveler 6
- Mandarin 10
- Cormorant 30 inc ring 111
- Little Egret 4
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Coot 10
- Black-headed Gull 82
- Common Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Nuthatch heard
- Starling 30+ to roost
- Grey Wagtail 2
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December 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Egyptian Goose 2 (Robin Morrison)
circled low, but didn’t land
- Tufted Duck 6
- Cormorant 32
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 25+
- Kingfisher 1
- Starling 100+ to roost
|
 
Robin Morrison: Egyptian Geese and Cormorant with large fish that
it actually swallowed.
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December 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 12
- Mandarin 5
- Cormorant 28
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 36
- Kingfisher 1
- Starling 1,000 to roost
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December 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard 80+
- Wigeon 1
- Tufted Duck 7
- Cormorant 32
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 34
- Starling 1,000 to roost
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December 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 27
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 30
- Kingfisher 1
- Starling 3,000 to roost
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December 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 8
- Mandarin 8
- Great Crested Grebe 25
- Black-headed Gull c.110
- Starling c. 2-3,000 to roost
- Pied Wagtail c. 250 to roost
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Dave Helliar: Starlings
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December 2nd 2022
- Teal 10
- Tufted Duck 3
- Mandarin 6
- Cormorant 22
- Little Egret 3
- Great Crested Grebe 24
- Kingfisher 1
|
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December 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 2
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Thick fog prevented further sightings |
November 30th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 13
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 25+
- Redpoll 1 SE side
(SH)
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November 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 11
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 27
- Kingfisher 1
- Starling 2-3,000 to roost
- Redpoll 1 (Brian
Rendell)
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November 27th 2022
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 12
- Great Crested Grebe 25
|
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November 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 11
- Great Crested Grebe 19
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November 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 17
- Tufted Duck 3
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Cormorant 16
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 29
- Buzzard 2
- Black-headed Gull 13
- Herring Gull 105
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Nuthatch 2
- Pied Wagtail 50+ to roost
- Starling 2-3,000 to roost
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November 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Cormorant 13
- Little Egret 4
- Great Crested Grebe 31
- Starling 1-2,000 to roost
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November 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 17
- Great Crested Grebe 28+
- Pied Wagtail c.100 to roost
- Starling c. 1,000 to roost
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November 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 4
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 17
- Great Crested Grebe 32
- Starling c.1,000 to roost
- Redwing 12 settled birds
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November 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Cormorant 14
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 26
- Coot 12
- Starling 300+ to roost
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November 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 12
- Little Egret 5
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 28
- Pheasant 1
- Nuthatch 2
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November 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 17
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 29
- Starling 200+ pre roost
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November 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 17
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 24
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Starling c.200 to roost
- Pied Wagtail c.50 to roost
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November 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 13 inc. ring 111
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 26
- Herring Gull 16
- Kingfisher 1
- Long-tailed Tit 14
- Grey Wagtail 1
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November 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 4
- Tufted Duck 2
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 8
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 28
- Kingfisher 1
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November 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 3
- Tufted Duck 10
- Teal 2
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 13
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Green Woodpecker heard
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November 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Gadwall 4
- Teal 9
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 26
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Kingfisher 1
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November 13th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 13
- Shoveler 1
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Cormorant 23
- Little Egret 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Kingfisher 1
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November 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 9
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Kingfisher 1
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November 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 25+
- Tufted Duck 6
- Teal 6
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 18
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 23
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Goldcrest 2
- Long-tailed Tit 13+
- Chiffchaff heard calling
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November 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 10
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 8 inc ring 111
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Kingfisher 1
|
Dave Helliar: Cormorant ringed in Cheshire on 2nd June 2022
Also a bat possibly Daubenton’s skimming the water |
November 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 31
- Tufted Duck 5
- Egyptian Goose 3
- Gadwall 4
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Kingfisher 1
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Sue Heselton: Egyptian Geese
|
November 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 46
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Teal 2
- Tufted Duck 9
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 7
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 15
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November 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Teal 13
- Tufted Duck 10
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 8
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 10
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November 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 45
- Tufted Duck 16
- Teal 14
- Mandarin 4
- Cormorant 18
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Green Woodpecker call heard
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November 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 6
- Tufted Duck 7
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Cormorant 10
- Great Crested Grebe 17
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November 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 21
- Teal 5
- Mallard c.112
- Mandarin 6
- Cormorant 6
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Water Rail heard in SE reeds
- Kingfisher 1+
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November 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose c.20
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 8
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 9
- Coot 9
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November 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 36
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 4
- Teal 36
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 10
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 17
|
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October 31st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 23
- Shoveler 1
- Tufted Duck 7
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 13
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 17
- Black-headed Gull 25
- Herring Gull 105
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
- Kingfisher 1
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October 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 43
- Gadwall 4
- Tufted Duck 2
- Teal 38
- Mandarin 6
- Cormorant 11
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Kingfisher 1
- Pied Wagtail 20+ pre-roost SE corner
|
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October 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 5
|
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October 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 55
- Wigeon 1
- Teal 3
- Gadwall 1
- Cormorant 7
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Herring Gull 95
- Kingfisher 1
|
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October 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 27
- Wigeon 1
- Teal 24
- Gadwall 1
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 8
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Kingfisher 1
- Chiffchaff 1 heard calling near hide
- Firecrest 1 in
Laurel in NW corner
- Marsh Tit 1 south end
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October 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 142
- Gadwall 4
- Wigeon 1
- Teal 8
- Tufted Duck 4
- Mandarin 1
- Cormorant 14
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Kingfisher 1
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October 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 43
- Wigeon 1
- Teal 8
- Shoveler 2
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 13
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 adults
- Pied Wagtail c.40 pre roost
- Marsh Tit 1 south end
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October 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 55
- Gadwall 4
- Teal 13
- Tufted Duck 4
- Mandarin 10
- Cormorant 13
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 15
|
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October 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 54+
- Wigeon 1
- Gadwall 4
- Teal 9
- Tufted Duck 1
- Mandarin 8+
- Cormorant 7
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Kingfisher 1
- Pied Wagtail 2
- Grey Wagtail 1
|
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October 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 20
- Shoveler 1
- Mandarin 7
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 7
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 13
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October 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 15+
- Mallard 150+
- Mandarin 8
- Tufted Duck 4
- Cormorant 10
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 12
|
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October 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Canada Goose 3
- Teal 25
- Tufted Duck 3
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Snipe 1
- Black-headed Gull 113
- Herring Gull 153
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
|
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October 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose c.34
- Gadwall 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Teal 13
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 9
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 12
|
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October 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Grey Heron 3
- Grey Wagtail 3
|
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October 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 4
- Teal 22
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Mandarin 1
- Cormorant 5
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Buzzard 1
- Snipe 1
- Kingfisher 1
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October 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 30
- Gadwall 4
- Teal 27
- Tufted Duck 2
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Kingfisher 1
|
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October 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 9
- Gadwall 4
- Teal 30
- Tufted Duck 6
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Snipe 1
- Black-headed Gull 5
- Herring Gull 173
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Long-tailed Tit several
- Chiffchaff 1
|
|
October 13th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 32
- Gadwall 4
- Teal 14
- Tufted Duck 6
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 9
- Black-headed Gull 20
- Kingfisher 1
|
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October 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 8
- Teal 13
- Gadwall 4
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 1
- Great White Egret 1
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Snipe 4
- Black-headed Gull 37
|
Kevin Harris: Great White Egret
|
October 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 64
- Teal 11
- Gadwall 4
- Tufted Duck 7
- Grey Heron 2
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 8
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Water Rail 2 seen
- Kingfisher 1
- Pied Wagtail.150+ bathing in SW
corner
|
Sue Heselton: Little Grebe
|
October 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 27
- Teal 11
- Tufted Duck 5
- Mandarin 7
|
|
October 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 13
- Tufted Duck 2
- Teal 5
- Gadwall 4
- Mandarin 13
- Cormorant 4 inc ring 111
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 1
- Water Rail 3 seen (2 south, one
north end)
- Long-tailed Tit 15+
- Pied Wagtail 1
- Grey Wagtail 2
|
|
October 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 37
- Tufted Duck 3
- Teal 8
- Gadwall 4
- Mandarin 13
- Cormorant 5 inc. new ringed bird Red 111
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Morrhen 15
- Coot 6
- Black-headed Gull 57
|
|
October 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 39
- Tufted Duck 1
- Teal 5
- Gadwall 2 pairs
- Mandarin 6
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Buzzard 1
- Water Rail 1 seen
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 2
- Black-headed Gull 31
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Herring Gull 54
- Kingfisher 1
- Chiffchaff 1
- Nuthatch heard
- Pied Wagtail 1
|
Kevin Harris: Mandarin
|
October 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 45
- Teal 4
- Gadwall 3
- Tufted Duck 1
- Mandarin 17 (DWH previous
record count was 11 in 2010)
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Water Rail 2 seen
|
|
October 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 5
- Gadwall 3
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Buzzard 3
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 2
- Black-headed Gull 29
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Herring Gull 101
- Kingfisher 1
- Long-tailed Tit several
- Chiffchaff 1
- Pied Wagtail 2
|
 
Kevin Harris: Kingfisher and Long-tailed Tit
|
October 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 40
- Teal 4
- Shoveler 1
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Mandarin 3
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Swallow/House Martin 10+
- Pied Wagtail 100+ to roost in reedbed
|
|
September 30th 2022
- Muthe Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2 landed + 10 or more flew over
- Teal 4
- Shoveler 1
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 3
- Mandarin 7
- Cormorant 3 inc one with orange colour ring
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Egret 3
- Water Rail 1 seen by warden
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 2
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Long-tailed Tit 10+
- Coal Tit 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
|
Kevin Harris: The back of this Common Sandpiper is successfully
repelling today’s rain and keeping it dry.
|
September 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 4
- Tufted Duck 1
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 9 (5
 )
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Dunlin 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 2
|
|
September 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 25
- Teal 4
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 6
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Water Rail 2 seen
- Dunlin 1 still present
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Grey Wagtail 3
|
|
September 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 25
- Teal 3
- Tufted Duck 1
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Egret 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Water Rail 1 seen SE reeds
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Dunlin 1 long billed bird
- Black-headed Gull 24
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Long-tailed Tit 18
- Chiffchaff 1
|
Dave Helliar: Dunlin
Also a few Speckled Wood butterflies and a dead Fox cub on the
shoreline |
September 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 24
- Teal 4
- Shoveler 1
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 2
|
|
September 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 24
- Teal 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 5 (inc 4)
- Cormorant 1 ring 097
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Egret 2
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 3
- Kingfisher 2
- Grey Wagtail 1
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September 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 5
- Gadwall 3
- Cormorant 3 inc. ring 097
- Grey Heron 3
- Little Egret 2
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Water Rail 1 seen by SE reedbed
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Swallow 10
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Dave Helliar: Water Rail
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September 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 24
- Teal 4
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Cormorant 2 inc. ring 097
- Grey Heron 2
- Little Egret 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 3
- Snipe 2
- Black-headed Gull 39
- Herring Gull 86
- Lessser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Chiffchaff 1
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Kevin Harris: Snipe
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September 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 25
- Teal 1
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant ring 097
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 2
- House Martin/Swallow 30+
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September 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 6
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 5
- Cormorant ring 097
- Little Egret 4
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Green Sandpiper 2
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September 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 5
- Teal 2
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Mandarin 6
- Cormorant ring 097
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Water Rail heard
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 2
- House Martin/Swallow c.200
- Marsh Tit 2 (1 north 1 south)
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September 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 2
- Gadwall 3
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant ring 097 still present
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 1
- Hirundines 200+ high up (Swallows and some Martins)
- Grey Wagtail 3
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September 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 4
- Shoveler 2
- Teal 3
- Tufted Duck 1
- Mandarin 8
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 4
- Water Rail heard
- Snipe 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Marsh Tit 1
- Grey Wagtail 2
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Also Speckled Wood butterfly |
September 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Shoveler 2
- Mandarin 3
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Grey Wagtail 2+
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September 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 8
- Teal 1
- Shoveler 2
- Gadwall 2
1
- Mandarin 6
- Cormorant 4 inc ring 097
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Snipe 3
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 3
- Chiffchaff 1 by the hide
- Blackbird 7 at south end (numbers possibly increased by early
migrant arrivals)
- Grey Wagtail 2 by the hide
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Also 2 foxes |
September 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Gadwall 2
1
- Mandarin 10
- Cormorant 5 inc ring 097
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Black-headed Gull 36 (inc 1 with damaged wing)
- Herring Gull 110
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
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September 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 2
- Mandarin 6
- Cormorant 5 inc ring 097
- Little Egret 4
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Common Sandpiper 4
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September 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 2
- Teal 1
- Tufted Duck 2
- Mandarin 4
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 6
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Common Sandpiper 3
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September 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 2
- Teal 2
- Mandarin 5
- Cormorant (ring 097)
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Black Tern 1 (8th day present)
- Black-headed Gull 80
- Herring Gull 40
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 2
- Swallow c.100
- Chiffchaff 1
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Dave Helliar: Fox, early morning
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September 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Teal 5
- Mandarin 5
- Cormorant (orange ring 097)
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Water Rail heard
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Black Tern 1 (7th day)
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Also 2 Roe deer fawns |
September 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard 95
- Tufted Duck 4
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 7
- Mandarin 5
- Cormorant 5 inc. 1 orange colour ring marked 097
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Common Sandpiper 5
- Black Tern 1
- Black-headed Gull 16
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Green Woodpecker 1
- Long-tailed Tit 2+ south end
- Chiffchaff heard calling
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Kevin Harris: Small Copper and Black Tern
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September 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 4
- Tufted Duck 2
- Shoveler 2
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 5 inc orange ringed bird
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 5
- Sanderling 1 juvenile
- Black Tern 1
- Coot 8
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Dave Helliar: Sanderling
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September 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 2
- Shoveler 1
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 5 inc one with orange colour ring marked 097
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Black Tern 1
- Common Tern 18
- Kingfisher 1
- Long-tailed Tit several in a mixed tit flock on east side
- Chiffchaff 2 south end, one east side
- Reed Warbler 1
- Grey Wagtail 2 east side
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Dave Helliar: Cormorant ring
This colour ringed Cormorant was ringed at Hale Duck Decoy in Cheshire
on 18th May 2022
The Common Terns left this evening and 18 Common Terns were observed
flying down the Axe estuary a short while after.
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September 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 6
- Teal 8
- Shoveler 2
- Mandarin 7
- Cormorant 6
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Water Rail call
heard (DWH)
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Greenshank 2
- Black Tern 1
- Common Tern 1 juv.
- Black-headed Gull c.85
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Magpie 7 in one tree
- Long-tailed Tit heard
- Chiffchaff 2 south end, one in full song
- Wren 1
- Grey Wagtail heard
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Kevin Harris: Common Tern diving in heavy rain and Greenshank bathing
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September 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard c.80
- Teal 2
- Mandarin 2 ad. + 4 imm.
- Cormorant 9 inc. ringed bird
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Black Tern 1 (DWH)
- Black-heade Gull 53
- Herring Gull 73
- Kingfisher 1
- Chiffchaff 1 singing
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September 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard 65
- Tufted Duck 4
- Teal 4
- Cormorant 1 juv.
- Little Egret 4
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Moorhen 20
- Coot 5
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black Tern 1 (DWH
evening arrival)
- Black-headed Gull 30
- Herring Gull 110
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Chiffchaff 4 south end, one in full song
- Wren 1 singing
- Spotted Flycatcher 1+ at dam end in heavy rain
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September 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 5
- Shoveler 6
- Mandarin 2 ad + 3 imm.
- Cormorant 5
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great White Egret 2
(One flew off in the morning)
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Herring Gull 108
- Kingfisher 2
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Dave Helliar: Great White Egret
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September 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 2
- Teal 5
- Shoveler 1
- Cormorant 6
- Great White Egret 2 (DWH)
- Little Egret 5
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 51
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Swallow/House Martin c.30
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August 31st 2022
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 6
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Common Sandpiper 2
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August 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 3 juvs
- Cormorant 6
- Little Egret 5
- Grey Heron 5
- Little Grebe 3
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Black-headed Gull 22
- Herring Gull 96
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 3
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August 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 2 juvs
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Black-headed Gull 39
- Herring Gull 428
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
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August 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1 male
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Common Sandpiper 2
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August 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 3 juvs
- Cormorant 7
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 19
- Herring Gull 29
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 2
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August 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 7
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Black-headed Gull 30
- Herring Gull 476
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 14
- Green Woodpecker 1
- Marsh Tit 1 south end
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Also 1 fox |
August 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 1 female
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 2
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August 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 4
- Little Egret 5
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Moorhen 23
- Coot 14
- Stock Dove 2
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August 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 5
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Stock Dove 2
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August 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 6
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Stock Dove 2
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August 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 3 adults
- Mandarin 2 juvs
- Shelduck 1 juv
- Cormorant 5
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 92
- Herring Gull 338
- Kingfisher 2
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August 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 4
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 17
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Black-headed Gull 12
- Herring Gull 410
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Stock Dove 2
- Kingfisher 1
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August 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 7
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Tern species 2, probably Common Tern, reported by fisherman
- Black-headed Gull 53
- Herring Gull 352
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
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August 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Shelduck 3
- Cormorant 4
- Little Egret 5
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 7
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Redshank 7 an unprecedented number
(DWH)
- Black-headed Gull 38
- Herring Gull 246
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 2
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Dave Helliar: Redshank
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August 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1
- Cormorant 4
- Little Egret 9
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Common Sandpiper 15
- Black-headed Gull 53
- Herring Gull 108
- Great Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
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August 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 9
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Greenshank 1
- Black-headed Gull 59
- Common Gull 1
- Herring Gull c.400
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 14
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult
- Stock Dove 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Coal Tit 1
- Long-tailed Tit heard
- Chiffchaff 2
- Grey Wagtail 3
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Also a fox on the SW shore |
August 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Little Egret 6
- Cormorant 5
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Green Sandpiper 4
- Black-headed Gull 62
- Herring Gull 118
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
- Great Black-backed Gull 2 ad. 1 juv.
- Swallow 12
- Kingfisher 4
- Stock Dove 2
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Also 2 foxes in SW corner |
August 13th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 12
- Grey Heron 4
- Greenshank 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Black-headed Gull 15
- Herring Gull 325
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 18
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 ad. 1 juv.
- Kingfisher 2
- Chiffchaff 1 singing
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August 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Common Sandpiper 5
- Black-headed Gull 35
- Herring Gull 1000+
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 10
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 ad
- Swallow 1
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August 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1
- Cormorant 5
- Little Egret 6
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Green Sandpiper 5
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Black-headed Gull 34
- Herring Gull 1500+
- Lesser Black-backe Gull 17
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult + 1 juv.
- Swift 1 (dropped into drink & stayed for
several minutes)
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August 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 3
- Cormorant 5
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 6
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Black-headed Gull 29
- Herring Gull 1,500 (KGH)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 25
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult
- Kingfisher possibly 4 (2 south and 2 north ends)
- Green Woodpecker heard east wood
- Chiffchaff heard calling
- Grey Wagtail 4 north end
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Kevin Harris: Common Sandpiper
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August 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Herring Gull 856
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 21
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult and 1 juv unrung
- Swallow 1 skimming the water
- Marsh Tit heard at north and south ends (DWH)
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Also a Purple Hairstreak at south wood |
August 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 6
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Black-headed Gull 32
- Herring Gull 1,550, yet another
record (KGH)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 26 adults
- Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult
- Kingfisher 2
- Swallow 4
- Long-tailed Tit 2
- Chiffchaff 2 seen and heard calling
- Grey Wagtail 3
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I realized this might be yet another record number
of Herring Gulls after counting 243 on the shoreline and seeing
many multiples of that number spread out over the water. So I decided
to photograph the birds on the water in a panorama to count properly
later. That count came to 1307 which plus the 243, totals 1,550.
Such a count can never be absolutely precise, for instance there
were undoubtedly a few juvenile Lesser Black-backs in amongst the
Herring Gulls, but equally there were a few Herring Gulls that I
am sure I missed on the count. The count of 26 adult Lesser Black-backs
made at the time was backed up by the photo.
Kevin Harris |
August 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Greenshank 3 stayed
for just 5 minutes early morning
- Black-headed Gull 27
- Herring Gull 334
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 15
- Great Black-backed Gull adult unrung
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Dave Helliar: Greenshank
Also a fox in the SW corner |
August 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1 with large Bream
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Buzzard 1 calling juv. south wood
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Black-headed Gull 31
- Herring Gull c.600
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 20
- Kingfisher 1
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Also a fox in SW corner |
August 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Moorhen 1 small juv.
- Black-headed Gull 40+
- Herring Gull 622 (a month
ago this would have been a record breaking number of gulls, but
the previous high of 600 in 2020 was exceeded 3 times in July
this year)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 adults
- Kingfisher 1
- Long-tailed Tit heard
- Chiffchaff 2 seen and heard calling
- Grey Wagtail 2+
- Bullfinch a family with 2 young at the south
end
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Kevin Harris: A Kingfisher checks the sky for danger
Also a fox in SW corner
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August 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1 imm.
- Grey Heron 5
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Kingfisher 2
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August 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2 adults
- Cormorant 3
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Black-headed Gull 26
- Herring Gull c.56 juvs.
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August 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 3 adults
- Mandarin 1 imm.
- Mallard 114 + 3 medium size ducklings
- Cormorant 3
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Coot 6
- Moorhen 9 + 1 juv.
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August 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 4
- Buzzard 2
- Black-headed Gull 91
- Herring Gull 360
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Kingfisher 2
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Reed Warbler heard singing
- Nuthatch 1 heard south end
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July 31st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2 ad. 2 juvs
- Great Crested Grebe 13 + 5 juvs
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 13
- Herring Gull 165
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 ad. 1 juv.
- Kingfisher 1
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July 30th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13 + 5 juvs
- Kingfisher 1
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July 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Black-headed Gull 50
- Herring Gull c.900 (record count
KGH)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 16 adults
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Swallow 1
- Long-tailed Tit 2
- Sedge Warbler 1
(The first for 9 years photographed by Roger Lyndsay)
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Kevin Harris: Great Spotted Woodpecker in the Willow by the hide
and a Skipper butterfly
Also Large Skipper in meadows. Two dead Herring Gulls were present
on the shoreline.
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July 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 20 total
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 27
- Herring Gull 297 including one dying bird (Avian flu?)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 10
- Kingfisher 1
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July 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 18 total
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July 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 16 + 3 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 16
- Herring Gull 253
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July 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Great Crested Grebe 15 + 5 imm.
- Kingfisher 1
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July 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 15 + 5 juvs
- Herring Gull 114
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
- Kingfisher 1
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July 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Great Crested Grebe 23 total
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July 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 18 + 3 juvs
- Black-headed Gull 6
- Herring Gull 21
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Chiffchaff heard calling
- Reed Warbler 1
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Kevin Harris: Reed Warbler
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July 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 17 total
- Black-headed Gull 1 juv.
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July 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 14 + 5 juvs
- Black-headed Gull 14
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July 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13 + 3 juvs
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Black-headed Gull 6 adults and 1 juv.
- Herring Gull 105
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 adults
- Stock Dove 1
- Kingfisher 1 very active south end
- Blackcap song heard
|
Also a Common Blue and many Gatekeeper butterflies
in the meadows |
July 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2
- Mandarin 1 imm.
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 13 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 14
- Kingfisher 1
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July 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1 imm.
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 13 + 2 juvs
- Black-headed Gull 12
- Herring Gull 670+ (SH)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 25
- Kingfisher 2
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July 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1 imm.
- Tufted Duck 4
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14 + 5 juvs
- Black-headed Gull 13
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July 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1 imm.
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Black-headed Gull 24
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July 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 2
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Black-headed Gull 9
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July 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14 + 5 juvs
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July 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 4
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Herring Gull 750+ new record count
(KGH)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 30
- Reed Bunting singing in SE reeds
(heard only)
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Kevin Harris: Beautiful Demoiselle
Also a Marbled White and a Common Blue butterfly in the meadows
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July 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 2
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 14 + 5 juvs
- Kingfisher 1
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July 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18 + 5 juvs
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July 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 3
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Coot 3 juvs at north end
- Herring Gull 80
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
- Swift 4
- Kingfisher 1
- Chiffchaff 2 singing south end
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July 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1 imm.
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16 + 5 juvs
- Coot 5 adults
- Black-headed Gull 2
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July 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 13 + 2 juvs
- Buzzard 2
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Black-headed Gull 1 adult
- Herring Gull 210
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
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Kevin Harris: Comma and Silver Washed Fritillary in the same meadow.
Also butterflies including Meadow Brown, Peacock, Comma, Silver
Washed Fritillary and Large White. |
July 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Great Crested Grebe 17 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 1
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July 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard 50+ adults
- Mandarin 1 unfledged small juvenile
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 14
- Kingfisher 2
- Marsh Tit 1 heard south end
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June 30th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16 + 5 juvs
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Coot 5 ad + 1 juv
- Kingfisher 1
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June 29th 2022
- Little Egret 1
- Herring Gull 26
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Chiffchaff song heard south end
- Blackcap somg heard south end
- Wren song heard south end
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June 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1
+ 2 immatures
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16 + 5 juvs
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Dave Helliar: Mandarins
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June 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Mandarin 1 juvenile
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16 + 5 juvs
- Herring Gull 134
- Black-headed Gull 3
- Kingfisher 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
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Also a Painted Lady butterfly |
June 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Black-headed Gull 6
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June 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18 + 5 juvs
- Black-headed Gull 3
- Kingfisher 1
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June 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 11
- Black-headed Gull 1
- Herring Gull 78
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
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June 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12 + 5 juvs
- Black-headed Gull 2
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June 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard 50+ adults
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12 + 5 juvs
- Black-headed Gull 1
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June 16th 2022
- Mute Swan both adults free swimming, but no cygnets
- Mallard 18 well grown young in one tight group
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 11 adults
- Herring Gull 365
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 12
- Blackcap song heard south end
- Chiffchaff song heard south end
- Wren song heard south end
- Chaffinch collecting
cobwebs near hide presumably for a nest
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The local pair of Mute Swans were
seen to mate on March 21st and only singles (usually the male) seen
since then on the open water. A nest was established in the southwest
reeds and one of the pair, mostly the female has been confined to
that spot since then, until today.
Presumably the 18 young Mallards are the same
18 as were first seen in April as small chicks and again later in
May, part grown.
At least 20 Meadow Browns seen on this hot day,
the first I've seen this year. I was getting worried at the lack
of them. And a pair of Beautiful Demoiselles were
active over the east stream. |
June 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12 adults 3+2 chicks
- Herring Gull 287
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
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June 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14 adults
- Sparrowhawk 1 over north end
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Blackcap song heard south end
- Chiffchaff song heard south end
- Reed Warbler song both north and south ends
- Wren song heard south end
- Chaffinch 2 males singing south end
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June 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16 adults + 3 juvs
- Reed Warbler 1 in NE reeds
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June 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Coot 4
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June 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 10+
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June 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12 + 3 young
- Nuthatch 1 young bird
- Spotted Flycatcher 1
- Reed Warbler 1 singing NE reeds
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Dave Helliar: Grebe with young
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June 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
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June 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mandarin 1
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 9+
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June 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Herring Gull 112
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 9
- Green Woodpecker call heard
- Great Spotted Woodpecker call south end
- Blackcap singing south end
- Reed Warbler 2 singing south end
- Wren song
- Blackbird juvenile south end
- Chaffinch singing south end
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June 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Herring Gull 58
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
- Kingfisher 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker call south end
- Blackcap singing south end
- Reed Warbler 2 singing south end
- Wren song
- Blackbird juvenile south end
- Chaffinch singing south end
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May 30th 2022
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Reed Warbler 2 singing south end
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May 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mallard 6 small ducklings
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Swift 1 low over water
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May 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Herring Gull 77
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Great Spotted Woodpecker call south end
- Blackcap singing south end
- Reed Warbler singing south end
- Chaffinch east side
- Wren song from 2 locations
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May 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Tufted Duck 1
- Great Crested Grebe 9
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May 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mandarin pair
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 10+
- Herring Gull 25
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Reed Warbler 2 singing ar south end
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May 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mallard 5 ducklings east side, several ducklings north west
end
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
- Great Spotted Woodpecker call north & south ends
- Nuthatch call heard north end
- Chiffchaff singing north and south
- Blackcap singing north and south
- Reed Warbler singing north and south
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May 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mallard 18 ducklings in one brood south end
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Herring Gull 20
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker call south end
- Greeen Woodpecker call south end
- Reed Warbler singing south west reeds
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May 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Great Crested Grebe c.8
- Coot 4
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
- Reed Warbler 1 south end
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May 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Cormorant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
- Chiffchaff singing
- Blackcap singing south end
- Reed Warbler pair seen south east reedbed (no song)
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May 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mallard 6 chicks
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Buzzard 2
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
- Green Woodpecker call heard
- Chiffchaff 1 singing south end
- Blackcap 1 singing south end
- Reed Warbler song from south west reedbed
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May 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Tufted Duck 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Buzzard 1
- Herring Gull 139
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 10
- Chiffchaff 2 singing
- Blackcap 2 singing south end
- Reed Warbler song from south west end
- Wren 2 singing south end
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April 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mandarin 2
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Herring Gull 118
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
- Green Woodpecker call heard
- Chiffchaff 1 singing
- Reed Warbler song from south west end only
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April 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
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April 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mandarin 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Great Crested Grebe 10
- Herring Gull 75
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
- Green Woodpecker call heard
- Blackcap 2 singing south end
- Chiffchaff 1 singing south end
- Song Thrush 1 singing south end
- Blackbird 1 juvenile with parents south end
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April 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Common Sandpiper 5
- Herring Gull 53
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
- Green Woodpecker heard
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Also 2 Terrapins |
April 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Tufted Duck 5
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- Herring Gull 86
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
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April 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard 18 chicks
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Grey Wagtail 1 at dam sluice
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April 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 3
- Tufted Duck 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 11
- Herring Gull 38
- Chiffchaff singing south end
- Blackcap 1 singing at north end
- Wren south end
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Also Orange Tip butterflies |
April 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Great Crested Grebe 10
- Common Sandpiper 1
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April 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Mandarin 2 pairs
- Great Crested Grebe 10
- Common Sandpiper 1
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April 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Herring Gull 61
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Blackcap 2
singing south end
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Also 2 Brimstone butterflies |
April 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Common Sandpiper 2
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April 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 5
- Mandarin 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Common Sandpiper 5
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April 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Common Sandpiper 6
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April 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 4
- Mallard broods of 4 and 6
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 6
- Great Crested Grebe 11
- Common Sandpiper 8
- Herring Gull 113
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
- Chaffinch 1
- Green Woodpecker call heard
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April 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 10
- Cormorant 6
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 adults
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April 13th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Comroant 7
- Great Crested Grebe 14
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April 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 8
- Cormorant 8
- Great Crested Grebe 14
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April 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 13
- Cormorant 9
- Great Crested Grebe 10
- Moorhen 1 on nest east shore
- Coot 1 on nest east shore
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Herring Gull 47
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
- Goldcrest 2 singing
- Marsh Tit 1 east woodland
- Treecreeper 1
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April 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 8
- Little Egret 2
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults
- Green Woodpecker call heard
- Sand Martin 25+
- House Martin 1
- Swallow 3
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April 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Cormorant 6
- Great Crested Grebe 16
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April 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Mandarin Duck 1 pair
- Cormorant 6
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Herring Gull 78
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
- Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults
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April 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 6
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- House Martin 1
- Sand Martin 1
- Swallow 1
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April 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
(metal BTO ring, no darvic, but believed to have lost one marked
as BXN)
- Canada Goose 4
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 9
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Black-headed Gull 2
- Common Gull 37
- Herring Gull c.200
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 calling near hide
- Chiffchaff 2 singing south end
- Nuthatch heard south end
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April 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Canada Goose 1
- Cormorant 9
- Little Grebe a pair near hide calling
- Great Crested Grebe 17
- Black-headed Gull 1
- Common Gull 7
- Herring Gull 85
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
- Green Woodpecker 1 calling near hide
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April 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 1
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Mandarin Duck 1 pair
- Cormorant 9
- Great Crested Grebe 13
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April 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Cormorant 9
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 11+
- Herring Gull 60+
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
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March 31st 2022
- Mute Swan 2 (local pair with nest)
- Canada Goose 2
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 4
- Cormorant 9
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12+
- Common Gull 40+
- Swallow 1
- Sand Martin 3
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March 30th 2022
- Mute Swan 2 (local bird plus one intruder)
- Canada Goose 1 on Jim's field
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 10
- Cormorant 8
- Great Crested Grebe 10
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March 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Tufted Duck 10
- Cormorant 9
- Great Crested Grebe 10
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March 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Tufted Duck 21
- Cormorant 12
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Lesser Black-backe Gull 4
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March 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Tufted Duck 11
- Cormorant 12
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 adults
- Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults
- Pied Wagtail c.50 in SE reedbed to roost
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March 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Canada Goose 5
- Cormorant 7
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Grey Wagtail pair on dam at north end
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March 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 1 (just the local female)
- Canada Goose 1
- Tufted Duck 6
- Cormorant 12
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Black-headed Gull 6
- Herring Gull c.200
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Great Spotted Woodpecker call heard
- Rook 1 over
- Long-tailed Tit 1
- Chiffchaff 3 singing south end
- Nuthatch 2 calling south end
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Kevin Harris: Rook - Not a rare bird, but Crows and Jackdaws are
much more regular here.
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March 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 1
- Mandarin 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 2
- Cormorant 9
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Nuthatch 1 NE corner
- Chiffchaff 2 singing NE corner
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March 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 1 (just the local female)
- Tufted Duck 4
- Cormorant 11
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Black-headed Gull 10
- Common Gull 46
- Herring Gull c.250
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
- Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults
- Great Spotted Woodpecker call heard
- Long-tailed Tit 1
- Chiffchaff 3 singing south end, 1 north end
- Nuthatch 2 calling south end
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Kevin Harris: Great Black-backed Gull with Lesser Black-backed Gull
in front - compare the bill sizes!
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March 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2 mating
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 11
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Black-headed Gull 11
- Common Gull 4
- Herring Gull 92
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Kingfisher 1
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Also 2 Peacock butterflies |
March 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 2
- Cormorant 11
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Black-headed Gull 11
- Common Gull 3
- Herring Gull c.200
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
- Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming and call
- Green Woodpecker heard
- Long-tailed Tit 1 on south peanut feeder
- Chiffchaff 2 singing south end
- Nuthatch 1
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March 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 10
- Great Crested Grebe 16
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March 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 11
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Kingfisher 1
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March 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 2
- Cormorant 9
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Black-headed Gull 6
- Herring Gull 60
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
- Coal Tit 1
- Chiffchaff 1 singing
- Nuthatch 2
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March 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Cormorant 9
- Great Crested Grebe 16
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March 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Cormorant 9
- Great Crested Grebe 12
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March 13th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Tufted Duck 7
- Cormorant 8
- Great Crested Grebe 17
- Kingfisher 1
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March 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2
- Teal 8
- Tufted Duck 8
- Gadwall 5 pairs
- Cormorant 13
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Black-headed Gull 5
- Herring Gull 62
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
- Sand Martin 7
- Chiffchaff call heard
- Nuthatch 1 seen and song heard
- Wren 2 singing at south end
- Song Thrush 1
- Chaffinch 1
near south feeders
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Kevin Harris: Gadwall
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March 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2 males
- Cormorant 12
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Stock Dove 2
- Grey Wagtail 1
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March 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 3
- Teal 16
- Pheasant 1
- Cormorant 16
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 adults
- Sand Martin 2
(DWH early date)
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March 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 3
- Teal 12
- Cormorant 18
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Red Kite 1
(Malcolm Brown)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
- Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults (one colour ringed)
- Grey Wagtail 1
- Pied Wagtail 1
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Malcom Brown: Red Kite first record for the reservoir.
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March 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 5
- Teal 12
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 15
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 4
- Great Crested Grebe 13
- White-tailed Eagle 1
(DWH) 17:00-17:20 - seen to fly off north.
- Black-headed Gull 23
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
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Dave Helliar: White-tailed Eagle - Last
years bird was tagged from the Isle of White re-introduction scheme
as G463. It has been confirmed by the scheme that there was an eagle
at Chard today, but with a different satellite tag to the last one.
This latest one is G816, but apparently G463 is also 'in the area'.
If I'm reading the information correctly, last years bird G463 went
on to visit several north european countries after he visited Chard
and has now come back to this area.
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March 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Cormorant 13
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Herring Gull 30+
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
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March 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Teal 18
- Tufted Duck 5
- Cormorant 12
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Black-headed Gull 47
- Herring Gull 47
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March 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 5 pairs
- Teal 12
- Tufted Duck 4
1
- Cormorant 12
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20
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March 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 13
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Moorhen 8
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March 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 18
- Tufted Duck 3
1
- Cormorant 18
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 23
- Coot 4
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
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February 28th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Teal 5
- Pheasant 2
- Cormorant 18
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Black-headed Gull 20
- Common Gull 3
- Herring Gull 36
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 9
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February 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Teal 12
- Tufted Duck 9
- Cormorant 24
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Black-headed Gull 63
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February 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 6
- Great Crested Grebe 21
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February 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 4 (2 visiting swans chased away in the morning)
- Teal 12
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 15
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Peregrine 1 fly
by over meadows
- Black-headed Gull 50
- Green Woodpecker call heard
- Nuthatch heard north and south ends
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February 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 6
- Cormorant 19
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 20
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February 23rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 17
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Kingfisher 1
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February 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 14
- Cormorant 13
- Pheasant 1
- Little Egret 1
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Nuthatch 1
- Marsh Tit 1 (south feeder)
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February 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2
- Teal 29
- Cormorant 18
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Herring Gull 57
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Black-headed Gull 3
- Long-tailed Tit 2 on south feeder
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February 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 13
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18
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Storm Franklin |
February 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 13
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Moorhen 6+
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February 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 7
- Cormorant 11
- Great Crested Grebe 14
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Storm Eunice, very high winds |
February 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 17
- Gadwall 2 pairs
- Cormorant 4
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 17
- Buzzard 3
- Black-headed Gull 96
- Common Gull 2
- Herring Gull 93
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Nuthatch 1
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Kevin Harris: Buzzard |
February 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 12
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 15
- Little Egret 2
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Black-headed Gull 22
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February 12th 2022
- Tufted Duck 3
1
- Cormorant 23
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20+
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February 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 21
- Cormorant 33
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 23
- Black-headed Gull 57
- Common Gull 3
- Herring Gull 92
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Coal Tit 1
- Long-tailed Tit 3 (south feeder) collecting moss for nest already?
- Wren several south end
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Kevin Harris: Wren in the south wood
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February 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 28+
- Little Egret 5
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
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February 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 32
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 31
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Black-headed Gull 85
- Common Gull 11
- Herring Gull 67
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Raven 1 heard
- Marsh Tit 1 (south feeder)
- Long-tailed Tit 3 (east feeder)
- Nuthatch 2
- Wren several singing south end
- Chaffinch 2 (east feeder)
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Kevin Harris: Teal
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February 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 1 pair
- Teal 28
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 28
- Little Egret 6
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 25
- Black-headed Gull 32
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
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February 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 33
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 25
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February 6th 2022
- Teal 23
- Tufted Duck 1
- Pheasant 1
- Cormorant 29
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 25
- Black-headed Gull c.200
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February 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 23
- Little Egret 8
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 25
- Coot 9
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February 4th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 25
- Cormorant 36
- Little Egret 8
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 24
- Black-headed Gull 44
- Common Gull 13
- Herring Gull 24
- Kingfisher 1
- Marsh Tit 1 at south peanut feeder
- Long-tailed Tit 2
- Nuthatch 1
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Kevin Harris: Egrets at the southeast reedbed
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February 3rd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 25
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 37
- Little Egret 8
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 26
- Black-headed Gull 57
- Nuthatch heard (NE corner)
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February 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 35
- Little Egret 7
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 23
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February 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Cormorant 35
- Little Egret 9
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 23
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January 31st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 80+
- Cormorant 35
- Little Egret 3
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 19
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January 30th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Teal 57
- Pheasant 1
- Cormorant 33
- Little Egret 9
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe c.20
- Green Woodpecker call heard at south end
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January 29th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 1 pair
- Cormorant 33
- Little Egret 8
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
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January 27th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 47
- Cormorant 34
- Little Egret 4
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
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January 26th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2 pairs
- Cormorant 33
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 21
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January 25th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 40
- Tufted Duck 8
- Cormorant 32
- Little Egret 4
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Black-headed Gull 13
- Pied Wagtail 1
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January 24th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 40 (west shore)
- Tufted Duck 2 pairs
- Cormorant 32
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Black-headed Gull 40
- Herring Gull 27
- Green Woodpecker 1 flew over water
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (east wood)
- Jay 1 (east wood)
- Coal Tit 2 (east feeder)
- Long-tailed Tit 3 (east feeder)
- Nuthatch 2 (east feeder)
- Wren 4 calling (south half)
- Song Thrush (east wood)
- Dunnock 2 (east wood)
- Chaffinch pair (east wood)
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I made an effort today to catch up on some of the
birds that I think are under reported such as Jay and Song Thrush.
For instance there was only one record of Jay in each of the last
2 years. So I concentrated on the south east area near the feeders.
I covered the southern half of the reservoir to about half way up.
The busiest area for birds was near the feeders with Robin, Wren,
Dunnock, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Long-tailed
Tit as well as Jay and Great Spotted Woodpecker higher in the trees.
I looked for but didn’t find Marsh Tit, Goldcrest or Treecreeper.. |
January 22nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 2
- Cormorant 32
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 21
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January 21st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 4
- Teal 51
- Cormorant 32
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Goldfinch 22+ in hedge at north end
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January 20th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 7
- Teal 57
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 12
- Great Spotted Woodpecker heard (south wood)
- Marsh Tit 1 (south feeder)
- Coal Tit 1 (south feeder)
- Long-tailed Tit 3 (south feeder)
- Nuthatch 2 (south feeder)
- Redwing 1 (south wood)
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January 19th 2022
- Mute Swan 4
- Teal 61
- Cormorant 33
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Black-headed Gull 142
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January 18th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Gadwall 3
- Teal 30
- Pheasant 1
- Cormorant 34 evening roost
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Black-headed Gull 179
- Herring Gull 26
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January 17th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 46
- Gadwall 3
- Cormorant 26
- Little Egret 6
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Black-headed Gull 99
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January 16th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 16
- Cormorant 30
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Black-headed Gull 35
- Herring Gull 100+
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A check at dusk revealed no Starlings or Wagtails
roosting in the reeds. |
January 15th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 4
- Cormorant 26
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Kingfisher 1
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January 14th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 2
- Cormorant 28
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 17+
- Starling c.200 at dusk
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January 13th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 25
- Wigeon 3
- Teal 29
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 23
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 23+
- Black-headed Gull c.160
- Herring Gull 24
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January 12th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 39
- Cormorant 7
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Black-headed Gull 75
- Herring Gull 22
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 south end
- Nuthatch call heard
- Chaffinch
at play area
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January 11th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 1
- Mandarin pair NE corner
- Cormorant 24
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 26
- Kingfisher heard
- Starling c.80 at dusk to roost
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January 10th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 5
- Teal 25
- Cormorant 26
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 26
- Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming north end
- Kingfisher 1
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January 9th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 5
- Teal 7
- Cormorant 20
- Lapwing c.30 circled over the res for 15 minutes,
but did not settle
- Great Crested Grebe 24
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January 8th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Cormorant 18
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 23
- Kingfisher 2
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January 7th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Mallard 106+
- Cormorant 23
- Grey Heron 2
- Great Crested Grebe 24
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January 6th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 27
- Cormorant 25
- Little Egret 2
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Kingfisher 1
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January 5th 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 27
- Tufted Duck 1
- Cormorant 17
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Kingfisher 1
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January 2nd 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 7
- Tufted Duck 2
1
- Cormorant 3
- Grey Heron 1
- Great Crested Grebe 14
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January 1st 2022
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 2 1
- Tufted Duck 3
- Cormorant 13
- Grey Heron 3
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Coot 9
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2022 sightings
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