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I have been forewarned that the current website address containing the 'totalserve' name may become unavailable some time this year. I have created an alternative identical looking website at chardres.co.uk which I expect to be the new long term website address. I would recommend using that one in future. Any problems with either one, please let me know at kevbirder@gmail.com

June 30th 2026

  • Mute Swan pair
  • Canada Goose pair and 3 goslings
  • Cormorant 3
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe not counted
  • Black-headed Gull 1 adult
  

June 27th 2026

  • Mute Swan pair
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 26 total
  • Common Sandpiper 3
  • Black-headed Gull 1 adult
 3 new Grebe chicks today in SE corner, so 5 broods of 2,1,3 at south end and 3,1 at north end

June 25th 2026

  • Mute Swan pair
  • Mandarin 3
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 15 adults + 7 juvs
  • Common Sandpiper 7
  • Kingfisher 1
  

June 23rd 2026

  • Mute Swan pair
  • Mandarin 1
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16 adults
  • Black-headed Gull 2 adults
  

June 22nd 2026

  • Mute Swan pair
  • Cormorant 1
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18 adults
  • Black-headed Gull 1 adult
  

June 21st 2026

  • Mute Swan pair
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16 adults
  • Redshank 1
  • Common Sandpiper 2
  

June 20th 2026

  • Mute Swan pair swimming
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 12 adults
  • Black-headed Gull 1 adult
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Swallow 1
  

June 19th 2026

  • Mute Swan pair swimming around together
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18 adults
  

June 18th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Cetti's Warbler song heard
  • Reed Warbler song heard


Kevin Harris: Painted Lady and Wolf Spider with egg sac

Also 8 species of butterfly including 212 Meadow Browns

Butterflies today: Large Skipper, Large White, Small White, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Common Blue, Speckled Wood and Meadow Brown.

June 17th 2026

  • Mute Swan pair swimming together
  • Cormorant 4
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18 adults
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
 We presume the Mute Swan nest has been abandoned now.

June 16th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair and only 3 goslings
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 13 adults
  • Kingfisher 1
  

June 12th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
  • Reed Warbler song heard
  • Reed Bunting song heard


Kevin Harris: Large Skipper and Meadow Brown

Also 8 species of butterfly including 80 Meadow Browns

Butterflies today: Large Skipper, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Speckled Wood and Meadow Brown.

June 11th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 16 adults
  • Herring Gull 60+
  

June 10th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair and goslings in Jim's Field
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18 adults + 5 juveniles
  • Reed Warbler still singing in NE reeds
  

June 9th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Little Grebe 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18 adults
  • Herring Gull c.75
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Reed Warbler song heard
  • Reed Bunting song heard
 Also 3 Painted Ladies and 3 Meadow Browns

June 6th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16 adults
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
  

June 4th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair and 5 goslings + 1 adult
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18 adults
  

June 3rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair and 5 goslings
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 16+ adults
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
  • Cetti's Warbler song heard
  • Blackcap song heard
  • Chiffchaff song heard
  • Reed Bunting song heard
Kevin Harris: Painted Lady and Grass Snake

June 2nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair and 5 goslings
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 4 pairs with 1,2,1,2 young
  • Herring Gull c.45
  

May 30th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 15+
  

May 28th 2026

  • Great Crested Grebe a 4th brood of 2 found in the ENE area
  

The last week of May was very hot and a Bank Holiday week. Some visits, but no unusual birds seen. An excellent week for Painted Lady butterflies though with no less than 45 counted on this weeks survey. Also the first Meadow Browns of the year, 2 Small Coppers, 4 Common Blues and 9 Red Admirals.

May 21st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair + 5 goslings
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 15+ with 2 broods at south end and 1 at north end
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 5


Kevin Harris: Large Grebe chick still on back of parent and female Common Blue butterfly

A second south end brood of grebes was found today by Robin Morrison with 2 chicks to the east side of the hide. To the west is the pictured large chick which was originally one of two. Also there is a third brood at the north end.

May 20th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16+
  • Herring Gullo 84
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 adults
  

May 19th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair with goslings hidden in field
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  

May 18th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair with goslings hidden in field
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 adults
  

May 17th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair with 5 goslings
  • Mandarin 2
  • Mallard with 11 ducklings
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16+ inc. 2nd pair with young on back in NW corner
  • Sparrowhawk 1 mobbed by Herring Gull
  • Swift 3
  

May 15th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair with 5 goslings
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+
  • Swift 2
  

May 14th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair with 5 goslings
  • Cormorant 4
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16+
  • Kingfisher 3 (probably adult and 2 juvs)
  • Hirundines 20+ (mainly House Martins)
  

May 13th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose pair with 5 goslings
  • Mandarin 2
  • Tufted Duck 1 pair
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 19+
  • Common Sandpiper 1
  • Kingfisher 3 (probably adult and 2 juvs)

 

May 12th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16+
  • Coot 4
  • Sparrowhawk 1 carrying prey
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Stock Dove 1
  • Long-tailed Tit 2 family parties
  • Cetti's Warbler heard near hide
  • Blackcap song
  • Chiffchaff song


Kevin Harris: Sparrowhawk and juvenile Long-tailed Tit

Butterflies today: Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Large White, Orange Tip and Red Admiral.
Also Slow Worm, Red and Black Froghopper, Dock Bug, Narcissus Bulb Fly and Scorpion Fly.

May 11th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 2 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+ inc. pair with 2 young near hide

 

May 9th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+
  • Swallow 1

 

May 8th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+

 

May 7th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Stock Dove 2 flew over res

 

May 6th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+
  • Swift 2
  • Swallow 2
  • Reed Warbler still singing by sluice

 

May 5th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 2
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Reed Warbler 1 singing in scrub by sluice

 

May 4th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+

 

May 3rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Gadwall 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+

 

May 2nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mallard with 4 ducklings
  • Gadwall 1
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Swallow 5

 

May 1st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 1+
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 23
  • Cattle Egret 16 flew over south at about 20:00 (Gary Andrews)
  • Cetti's Warbler heard

 

April 30th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 3
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Common Sandpiper 6

 

April 29th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 1+
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Swallow 1

 

April 28th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 1+
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Swallow c.20
  • Reed Warbler 1 singing in NE reeds

 

April 27th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 1+
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Kingfisher 1

 

April 26th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Common Sandpiper 2
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Swallow 2

 

April 25th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 1+
  • Tufted Duck 4
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18
  • Common Sandpiper 4

 

April 24th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 1+
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 19
  • Common Sandpiper 2
  • Kingfisher 1

 

April 23rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 19
  • Common Sandpiper 6
  • Swallow 12
  • Grey Wagtail 1

 

April 22nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Cormorant 1
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+
  • Greenshank 2
  • Common Sandpiper 1
  • Common Gull 1
  • Herring Gull 186
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
  • Cetti's Warbler seen near hide
  • Reed Warbler heard singing both North and South reeds
  • Chiffchaff singing
  • Blackcap singing


Kevin Harris: A couple of female butterflies, Orange Tip and Holly Blue

Butterflies I saw today - Small White, Green-veined White, Brimstone, Orange Tip, Holly Blue, Comma, Peacock, Red Admiral and Speckled Wood, plus a couple of possible Large Whites

April 21st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Common Sandpiper 4
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Swallow 4
  • Sand Martin 2

 

April 20th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 (+ female nesting)
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Gadwall 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20

 

April 19th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Gadwall 1
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Common Sandpiper 5+
  • Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults
  • Sedge Warbler 1 (Roger Lindsay)

 

April 18th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 14
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18

 

April 17th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18
  • Common Sandpiper 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 10
  • Swallow 1
  • Sand Martin 1

 

April 16th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 14
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
  • Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults
  • Swallow c.10
  • Sand Martin c.10


Dave Helliar: Great Black-backed Gulls

April 15th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18
  • Common Sandpiper 1
  • Swallow 4
  • Sand Martin 10+

 

April 14th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 8
  • Mandarin 3
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+
  • Common Sandpiper 2
  • House Martin 2
  • Swallow c.15
  • Sand Martin 20+
  • Grey Wagtail 1
  

April 13th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Mandarin 3
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Common Sandpiper 6
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Swallow 2+
  • Sand Martin 10+

 

April 12th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 5
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 19
  • Marsh Harrier 1 (Gary Andrews)
  • Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Willow Warbler 1 singing north end


Gary Andrews: Marsh Harrier

The Marsh Harrier caught prey in the reedbed and flew south at 08:10

April 11th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Common Sandpiper 1
  • House Martin 1
  • Swallow 4+
  • Sand Martin c.30

 

April 10th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Common Sandpiper 2
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
  • Kingfisher 1
  • House Martin 3
  • Swallow 8+
  • Sand Martin c.30

 

April 9th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 23
  • House Martin 2
  • Swallow 4+
  • Sand Martin c.30

 

April 8th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 2
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20+
  • Buzzard 3
  • Herring Gull c.200
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 20
  • Nuthatch 1
  • Cetti's Warbler song heard south end
  • Long-tailed Tit 1 pair
  • Chiffchaff heard
  • Blackcap heard
  • Dunnock with nesting material


Kevin Harris: Holly Blue
No less than 8 species of Butterfly found this week with 5 Holly Blues.

Brimstone 1, Large White 2, Small White 2, Orange Tip 19, Holly Blue 5, Peacock 16, Comma 1 and Speckled Wood 2.

April 7th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 3
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20+
  • Red Kite 1 in distance over Chard town
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
  • Swallow 2

 

April 6th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 24
  • Common Sandpiper 1
  • Willow Warbler 1 singing on dam

 

April 5th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 23+
  • Black-headed Gull 1 found dead on dam road
  • Swallow 2+
  • Sand Martin c.60 (low over water)

 

April 4th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 1
  • Gadwall 3
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 24+
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Swallow 4+
  • Sand Martin c.80 (low over water)

Windy

April 3rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 24+
  • Swallow c.5
  • Sand Martin c.10
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6

 

April 2nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Pheasant heard
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 26
  • Buzzard 2
  • Kingfisher 2
  • Swallow 2
  • Sand Martin 2
  • Cetti's Warbler song heard south end
  • Chiffchaff 1 seen, several heard
  • Blackcap heard
  • Nuthatch heard

 

April 1st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mallard 20+
  • Mandarin 1
  • Gadwall 1
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 26
  • Herring Gull 165+
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Swallow 3
  • Sand Martin 6

 

March 31st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 28
  • Buzzard 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 10
  • Goldcrest heard
  • Marsh Tit heard
  • Cetti's Warbler song heard south end
  • Chiffchaff heard
  • Blackcap heard
  • Nuthatch heard

 

March 30th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 7
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 28
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Sand Martin 10+

 

March 29th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 15
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Swallow 4+
  • Sand Martin 30+

 

March 28th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 12
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Swallow 1
  • Sand Martin 10
  • Willow Warbler 1 singing north end

 

March 27th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Swallow 2
  • Sand Martin 12

 

March 26th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair + 4 adults
  • Canada Goose 3
  • Tufted Duck 1 pair
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
  • Swallow 2
  • Sand Martin 40+

 

March 25th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
  • Swallow 2
  • Sand Martin 50+

 

March 24th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Gadwall 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 11
  • Swallow 1
  • Sand Martin c.40

 

March 23rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 3
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Black-headed Gull 21
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 7

 

March 22nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 3
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20+
  • Black-headed Gull 10+
  • Blackcap 1 singing (Jim's Field)

 

March 21st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin heard
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20+
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
  • Blackcap 1 singing (meadow by railway bridge)

 

March 20th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • She4lduck 2
  • Mandarin 5
  • Cormorant 1
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 28
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Grey Wagtail 1 on dam
  • Cetti's Warbler 1 singing near hide
  • Siskin 1 heard

 

March 19th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Gadwall 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22+
  • Buzzard 1
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Common Gull 12
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Marsh Tit 1
  • Chiffchaff singing
  • Nuthatch calling
  • Grey Wagtail 1 on dam
  • Siskin 1


Kevin Harris: Gadwall

Also several Peacock butterflies and a couple of Brimstones.

March 18th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 19+
  • Sparrowhawk 1

 

March 17th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 9
  • Tufted Duck 2
  • Cormorant 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 19+
  • Grey Wagtial 1 on dam

 

March 16th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair + 2 adults
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 6
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
  • Sand Martin 2

 

March 15th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 5
  • Mandarin 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Gadwall 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Buzzard 1
  • Stock Dove 1
  • Sand Martin 1

 

March 14th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 2
  • Tufted Duck 6
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Buzzard 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 9
  • Great Black-backed Gull 1 2nd winter
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Chiffchaff singing
  • Blackcap singing

 

March 13th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22+
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Sand Martin 16

 

March 12th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Mandarin 2
  • Cormorant 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 20+
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Sand Martin 7
  • Stock Dove 1 in Jim's Field

 

March 11th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 6
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 29
  • Black-headed Gull 40
  • Common Gull 175
  • Mediterranean Gull 1 (2nd winter KGH)
  • Herring Gull c.200
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
  • Sand Martin 7
  • Greenfinch 1 singing on dam


Kevin Harris: Med Gull

March 10th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 6
  • Mandarin 3
  • Gadwall 1 pair
  • Cormorant 4 inc. red ring 111
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 30
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Black-headed Gull c.60
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 9

 

March 9th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Shoveler 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 6 inc. red ring 111
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Mistle Thrush 2 (flew over res calling)

 

March 8th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 5
  • Mandarin 2
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 5 inc. red ring 111
  • Great Crested Grebe 18+

Foggy all day

March 7th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 5
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Sand Martin 1

 

March 6th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 10
  • Mandarin 2
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 7 inc. red ring 111
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 12
  • Sand Martin 9 at 08:30 & at least 7 in evening (DWH)

 

March 5th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Mandarin 6
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 4 inc. red ring 111
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16+
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 5

 

March 4th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 8
  • Mandarin 2
  • Tufted Duck 2
  • Cormorant 4 inc. red ring
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22 inc pair nest building
  • Sparrowhawk 1 soaring high on thermal
  • Buzzard 2
  • Black-headed Gull 2
  • Herring Gull 60+
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Goldcrest 1
  • Coal Tit 2
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Chiffchaff full song north and south ends
  • Nuthatch calling


Kevin Harris: Brimstone flying past and Comma

The warmest day so far of the year which brought numerous butterflies out of hibernation.
In my first 20 minutes at the reserve I counted 12 Brimstones, 1 Peacock, 3 Commas, 3 unidentified butterflies (maybe more Commas) and a Hummingbird Hawk Moth.

March 3rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 9
  • Mandarin 10
  • Tufted Duck 8
  • Cormorant 8
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Herring Gull 55+
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Sand Martin 5 at 17:30 (DWH)

 

March 2nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 7
  • Mallard 36+
  • Cormorant 8 inc. red ring 111
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 26
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
  • Sand Martin 6 at 16:20 (DWH)

 

March 1st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 7
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 9 inc. red ring 111
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 23
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3

 

February 28th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 5
  • Mandarin 11
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 9
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 26
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1

 

February 27th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 8
  • Tufted Duck 4
  • Teal 16
  • Cormorant 9 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 23+
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Goldcrest 1


Kevin Harris: Great White Egret

February 26th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Mandarin 6
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 12
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 28
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
  • Sand Martin 1 flew north at 09:05 (earliest record here ever)
  • Grey Wagtail 1

 

February 25th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 3
  • Tufted Duck 4
  • Cormorant 11
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 23

 

February 24th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 10
  • Tufted Duck 6
  • Teal 13
  • Cormorant 14 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 4
  • Great Crested Grebe 22+ some display
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Buzzard 1
  • Nuthatch heard east side
  • Coal Tit 1 east side


Kevin Harris: Grebes and Great White Egret

February 23rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 5
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 15 inc. red ring 111
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 26

Recorded by Merlin app over 20 minutes, but not verified:

Greylag, Raven, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch.

February 22nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 14
  • Teal 8
  • Cormorant 15 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 27
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Kingfisher 1

 

February 21st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Mandarin 4
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 17 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great White Egret 1 (all day)
  • Grey Heron 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 30
  • Grey Wagtail pair at dam (singing)

 

February 20th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 4
  • Cormorant 17 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great White Egret 1 (all day)
  • Grey Heron 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 27+

 

February 19th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 7
  • Cormorant 7
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 30
  • Kingfisher 1

 

February 18th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 5
  • Cormorant 15 inc. red ring 111
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 28
  • Black-headed Gull c.50
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2

 

February 17th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 6
  • Mandarin 7
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 11
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 28

 

February 16th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 1
  • Mandarin 22
  • Tufted Duck 2
  • Teal 23
  • Cormorant 15
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 25 (some display)
  • Buzzard 1
  • Pheasant 1
  • Black-headed Gull 40+
  • Herring Gull 130
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2


Kevin Harris: Mandarins

February 15th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair + 1 adult
  • Canada Goose 1
  • Cormorant 12
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22+

 

February 14th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair + 1 adult
  • Canada Goose 11
  • Mandarin 12
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 11
  • Little Egret 2
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 24
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Herring Gull 82+
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1

 

February 13th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 16
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 11 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 6
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Grey Wagtail 1
  • Starling several hundred flew over north late pm

 

February 12th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 8
  • Cormorant 6
  • Little Egret 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Kingfisher 2

 

February 11th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 10
  • Mandarin 1
  • Cormorant 5
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Stock Dove 1 in Jims Field

 

February 10th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 6
  • Cormorant 9
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Kingfisher 1

 

February 9th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 11
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
  • Green Woodpecker 1 (east side)
  • Redwing heard singing in NE wood
  • Marsh Tit 1 heard in east wood
  • Bullfinch 1 in NE wood

 

February 8th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 11
  • Tufted Duck 2
  • Cormorant 10
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Grey Wagtail 1

 

February 7th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Cormorant 13
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20

 

February 6th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 16
  • Tufted Duck 1
  • Cormorant 14 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Sparrowhawk 1

 

February 5th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 27
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 11 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 2
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 26
  • Buzzard 1 very wet in fisherman's car park
  • Water Rail 1 heard SE corner
  • Kingfisher 2
  • Herring Gull 62
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult
  • Grey Wagtail 1 in Jim's field

 

February 4th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Greylag Goose 1
  • Mandarin 1 pair
  • Mallard 76+
  • Tufted Duck 2
  • Cormorant 8 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 23 inc. display
  • Buzzard 1
  • Coot 5
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Herring Gull 120+
  • Kingfisher 2
  • Green Woodpecker heard
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming heard
  • Jackdaw c.70
  • Nuthatch heard


Kevin Harris: Greylag

Hide usable again now after severe flooding. The Snowdrops are starting to properly open up now

February 3rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Shelduck 2
  • Wigeon 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 3
  • Cormorant 8
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20

 

February 2nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Shoveler 2 1
  • Tufted Duck 4
  • Cormorant 6 inc. red ring 111
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20

 

February 1st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 1
  • Tufted Duck 4
  • Cormorant 5 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Sparrowhawk 1

 

January 31st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 5
  • Tufted Duck 7
  • Cormorant 2
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 17
  • Kingfisher 1

Still all flooded including the hide for over a week now

January 30th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Gadwall 1
  • Tufted Duck 8
  • Cormorant 5
  • Little Egret 3
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 15
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Woodpigeon c.100 flew in at dusk

 

January 29th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin c.15
  • Tufted Duck 5
  • Cormorant 6
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 17
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Woodpigeon c.100 flew in (to roost?)

 

January 28th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 4
  • Tufted Duck 9
  • Cormorant 3
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 17

 

January 27th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 7
  • Cormorant 3
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 17
  • Redwing 10 in willows in flooded woods

 

January 26th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 5
  • Cormorant 6
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 16

 

January 25th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 5
  • Cormorant 3
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 20

Still all flooded

January 24th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 7
  • Cormorant 7 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 3
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 23

 

January 23rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 6
  • Cormorant 1
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 27

Storm Ingrid

January 22nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 6
  • Cormorant 9
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 26
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Kingfisher 1

Flooding including the hide

January 21st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 8
  • Cormorant 11 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 11
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 21
  • Sparrowhawk 1 flew across reservoir
  • Kingfisher 1

 

January 20th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mallard 80+
  • Tufted Duck 9
  • Cormorant 25
  • Little Egret 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 21

Stormy weather

January 19th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Teal 1
  • Wigeon 2 3
  • Shoveler 5
  • Tufted Duck 9
  • Goldeneye 1
  • Cormorant 21
  • Little Egret 4
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 27
  • Kingfisher 1


Dave Helliar: Goldeneye, Wigeon and Shoveler

January 18th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Tufted Duck 5
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 23+

Terrible weather, wind and rain

January 17th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 9
  • Tufted Duck 5
  • Cormorant 17
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Kingfisher 1

 

January 16th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Teal 6
  • Tufted Duck 8
  • Cormorant 21
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 22
  • Peregrine 1 male flew south over meadows at 16:40
  • Water Rail 2 calling at south end
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Stock Dove 1 in Jims field
  • Song Thrush heard singing
  • Chiffchaff 1 calling by the hide
  • Marsh Tit 1 heard SE side

 

January 15th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 26
  • Mandarin 14
  • Tufted Duck 11
  • Cormorant 18
  • Little Egret 2
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Sparrowhawk 1 flew across reservoir
  • Kingfisher 1

 

January 14th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 26
  • Mandarin 22
  • Tufted Duck 7
  • Teal 68 visible when counted, but probably c.100 present
  • Cormorant 17
  • Little Egret 2
  • Great White Egret 1 (DWH)
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 32
  • Sparrowhawk 1 flew across reservoir
  • Water Rail call heard
  • Black-headed Gull c.470
  • Common Gull c.50
  • Mediterranean Gull 2 adult winter (KGH)
  • Herring Gull 377
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker call heard south end
  • Starling c.200 flew by before dusk, but didn't settle

 

January 13th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 1
  • Tufted Duck 8
  • Cormorant 16
  • Little Egret 3
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 23
  • Buzzard 1
  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Kingfisher 1
  • Mistle Thrush 1 singing

Also a single Daubentons Bat seen at 16:00, being mobbed by the one Black-headed Gull. No other gull species seen between 15:40 and 16:40 unlike the following day

January 12th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Mandarin 4
  • Wigeon 7
  • Tufted Duck 8
  • Cormorant 15
  • Little Egret 4
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 25
  • Common Gull 1

 

January 11th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 19
  • Tufted Duck 12
  • Cormorant 19
  • Little Egret 2
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 28
  • Kingfisher 1

Driving rain and southerly gales

January 10th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 9
  • Mandarin 6
  • Tufted Duck 10
  • Cormorant 24
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 24

 

January 9th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Mandarin 16
  • Tufted Duck 9
  • Cormorant 24 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 23
  • Black-headed Gull 242
  • Common Gull 2
  • Kingrfisher 1
  • Starling c.100

 

January 8th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose c.37
  • Mandarin 30+
  • Tufted Duck 15
  • Cormorant 17
  • Little Egret 2
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 3
  • Great Crested Grebe 5
  • Mediterranean Gull 1 adult winter
  • Black-headed Gull 115
  • Marsh Tit heard near dam at north end

 

January 7th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose c.44
  • Mandarin 8
  • Mallard 102+
  • Tufted Duck 10
  • Cormorant 2
  • Little Egret 5
  • Great White Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Common Gull 4
  • Kingfisher heard

Reservoir 10% frozen

January 6th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose c.50
  • Mandarin 16
  • Tufted Duck 11
  • Cormorant 10
  • Little Egret 2
  • Great White Egret 1 (DWH)
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 5
  • Black-headed Gull 200+

Reservoir 75% frozen

January 5th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 31
  • Mandarin 10
  • Shoveler 1 pair
  • Teal 100+
  • Tufted Duck 12
  • Cormorant 23
  • Little Egret 14 pre roost north and south
  • Grey Heron 4
  • Great Crested Grebe 10 (1 out of the water unusually, but looked well)
  • Buzzard 1
  • Water Rail heard SE corner
  • Snipe 1 SW corner
  • Common Gull 2
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
  • Kingfisher 2
  • Jay 2 SW corner
  • Marsh Tit 2 SE side


Kevin Harris: Marsh Tit

Reservoir partly frozen

January 4th 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 20
  • Mandarin c.30
  • Teal 75
  • Tufted Duck 12
  • Cormorant 28
  • Little Egret 11
  • Great White Egret 1 in SW corner
  • Grey Heron 1
  • Great Crested Grebe 20
  • Black-headed Gull 126+

Reservoir partly frozen

January 3rd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose c.20
  • Mandarin 8
  • Tufted Duck 11
  • Cormorant 16
  • Little Egret 3
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 39
  • Coot 3
  • Starling c.400 to roost

 

January 2nd 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 50
  • Mandarin 4
  • Tufted Duck 13
  • Cormorant 19
  • Little Egret 1
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 26+
  • Starling c.200 to roost

 

January 1st 2026

  • Mute Swan 1 pair
  • Canada Goose 42+
  • Mandarin 24
  • Teal 60+
  • Gadwall 2
  • Tufted Duck 7
  • Cormorant 8 inc. red ring 111
  • Little Egret 5 pre roost
  • Grey Heron 2
  • Great Crested Grebe 31
  • Black-headed Gull 44
  • Common Gull 3
  • Herring Gull 228
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
  • Starling only c.200 to roost

 

Previous Years

If anyone has information or observations on the wildlife at Chard Reservoir:

email sightings to: kevbirder@gmail.com

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