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Recent sightings
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May 9th 2008
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May 7th 2008
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May 6th 2008
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A warm sunny day The Great Spotted Woodpecker flew right across the Reservoir near the north end. |
May 4th 2008
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Thanks to Steve Waite for this record. |
May 2nd 2008
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May 1st 2008
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April 30th 2008
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April 29th 2008
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April 28th 2008
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April 25th 2008
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The Hirundines were made up of just Swallows and Sand Martins. They are notoriously difficult to count when quickly flying around, back and forth. |
April 24th 2008
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Another sunny day. Many Grebe pairs displaying.
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April 23rd 2008
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Another sunny day. The Sandpipers were only there early morning and had moved on by lunchtime. |
April 22nd 2008
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April 21st 2008
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Wet weather. |
April 19th 2008
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April 18th 2008
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April 17th 2008
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April 16th 2008
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April 15th 2008
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April 14th 2008
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April 13th 2008
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April 11th 2008
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April 9th 2008
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The Egret was pursued by the Swan as an unwanted large white 'rival'. |
April 8th 2008
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April 7th 2008
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April 6th 2008
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First House Martins of the year on a day when it snowed. |
April 4th 2008
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April 3rd 2008
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April 2nd 2008
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April 1st 2008
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Overwintering Wigeon sometimes stay until the middle of March, but this is the first April record at the reservoir since 1933. Drumming heard from the Woodpeckers. |
March 31st 2008
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First Blackcap of the year |
March 30th 2008 |
4 Great Crested Grebe nests flooded. It's very early yet. |
March 28th 2008
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First Swallow of the year |
March 27th 2008
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March 26th 2008
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March 25th 2008
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March 23rd 2008
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March 20th 2008
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There is almost no shoreline after heavy rains have raised the water level. The Redshank were on one of the floating platforms |
March 19th 2008
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March 18th 2008
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March 17th 2008
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March 16th 2008
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March 15th 2008
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Heavy rain today. |
March 13th 2008
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Dave Helliar reports that the Gulls did not stay for long. |
March 12th 2008
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March 11th 2008
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High winds and heavy rain. |
March 9th 2008
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March 8th 2008
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March 7th 2008
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Andy Grinter reports the Brambling, Siskin and Bullfinches in the Reservoir carpark. Brambling are rare visitors to the Reservoir. There have been a larger number than usual seen locally this winter. |
March 6th 2008
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The Sparrowhawk nearly caught the Kingfisher |
March 5th 2008
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March 4th 2008
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March 3rd 2008
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Only one Reed Bunting was seen last year at about the same time of year. |
March 1st 2008
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Apparently there is a small northerly migration of Great Black Backed Gulls over Somerset at this time of year. Most birds stick to the coast with just the odd ones appearing inland at reservoirs. |
February 27th 2008
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February 25th 2008
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Surprisingly, 3 Great Black Backed Gulls is a record count. Recently they have averaged one bird every two years. There were 2 adults and one second winter bird today. |
February 24th 2008
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February 23rd 2008
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February 22nd 2008
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February 21st 2008
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February 20th 2008
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February 18th 2008
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The water level is being kept deliberately low at the moment due to work on the sluice at the north end. |
February 6th 2008
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A good count of Common Gulls again. The Peregrine was flying over the reservoir below the treeline and carrying prey. It was chased by Crows and put all the Gulls to flight as it flew low over them. I saw an adult female Peregrine a few weeks ago just north of the reservoir, so that's 2 Peregrines in the area. |
February 5th 2008
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February 4th 2008
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10 is the best count of Common Gulls for about 2 years with a mix of adult and young birds. |
February 2nd 2008
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January 29th 2008
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January 28th 2008
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Some shoreline is now present as the water level has fallen somewhat. Apparently the sluices are partly blocked so the water level does not fall as quickly as it should. |
January 27th 2008
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January 24th 2008
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Presumably related to the high water level, all the good birds were at the north end. |
January 19th 2008
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January 18th 2008
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Also a bat seen at 16:15 |
January 17th 2008
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January 16th 2008
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Very heavy recent rains have made the res unsuitable for many of the birds that were present before. For instance there is almost no shoreline and all the usual gull perches are under water. Plenty of Grebes still present but no count taken. |
January 12th 2008
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January 9th 2008
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January 8th 2008
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40 Teal at lunchtime had reduced to 24 in the evening |
January 2nd 2008
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degree view around Chard Reservoir If anyone has information or observations on the wildlife at Chard reservoir:
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