Author Archives: Val Jones

3 Gadwall, 12 Tufteds, Osprey made three visits am, 2 Red Kites soaring to the NW of the res, Peregrine, usual Oyks & LRP’s, 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Dunlin, 4 Common Terns, 2 x 1stS GBBGulls, a Cuckoo behind the … Continue reading →

55 Canada Geese, usual Greylags including the large brood of fourteen still plus a ‘blue’ Snow Goose and a lone Pinkfoot, an Osprey 1455-1510 caught a fish and left NW, a Hobby, 4 Ringed Plovers and a Tree Pipit at … Continue reading →

5 Gadwall, 11 Buzzards, 6 Oystercatchers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 4 Common Terns, 1stS GBBGull, ad Herring Gull, 1 Raven. A quiet day.

Greylag broods totalled twenty young, 30 Cormorants, two each of Kestrel & Sparrowhawk and several Buzzards, usual Oystercatchers, 5 Ringed Plovers, 4 Common Terns, 1stS GBBGull, 2ndS Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Herring Gulls, small number of LBB & BHGulls, 1 Raven, … Continue reading →

The change in the weather produced the goods when six Sanderling arrived on the west bank at 1010 and were still present early afternoon, the first record this year. As usual they exhibited a variety of spring/summer plumages, each one … Continue reading →

Highlight today was a pale adult male Honey Buzzard that flew east at 1040, this is the fifteenth record for the site. Also 4 Gadwall, 22 GCGrebes congregated at both end of the reservoir due to boating activities, 6 Oystercatchers … Continue reading →

43 Canada Geese, 2 Shelduck, 10 Mandarins, 5 Gadwall, 12 Tufteds, adult Hobby, Oystercatcher pairs both with single chicks, 7 LRPlovers, 9 Ringed Plovers including seven tundrae, 1 Curlew, 5 Common Terns, 1stS GBBGull, 2ndS Yellow-l-Gull, 2 2ndS Herring Gulls, 10+ LBBGulls … Continue reading →

2 Shelduck, female Mandarin with five young still, a Red Kite flew NE at 0840, 7 Ringed Plovers, single Curlew, 4 Common Terns, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls ( all 2nd summers), 1stS GBBGull, 12 LBBGulls, 2 Yellow Wagtails-quite late for these … Continue reading →

Greylag brood of fourteen still, 4 Gadwall, 13 Tufteds, Osprey on three occasions in the morning, 2 Hobbies together, the Oystercatcher chick on the south Tern raft had made it safely to the bank and was accompanied by both adults … Continue reading →

Female Mandarin with five young,3+Gadwall, Osprey put in two appearances during the morning, Peregrine & Hobby again, eight Oystercatchers included single chicks from both breeding pairs and an extra pair, 3 Ringed Plovers, 1 Dunlin, 8 Common Terns.