Author Archives: Val Jones

1 Mandarin, 3 Teal, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull.

3 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper,  1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Swift, 5 Spotted Flycatchers around the Brackenfield Church area.

2 Little Egrets flew in at 11:30 hrs, 1 Barnacle Goose with the Canadas, 1 Teal, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull.

A Little Egret flew in at 16:00 hrs, Spotted Flycatchers at Carr Pond and Brackenfield Church, 6 Teal, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Gull, 2 Kingfishers, c15 Swifts.

A Wood Warbler by Carr Pond, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Kingfishers.

1 Whinchat on West Bank, also 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Teal, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, c30 Swifts.

1 Juv Mediterranean Gull present 08:40 – 09:10 hrs, 2 Mandarins, 1 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, Green Woodpecker, 100+ Swifts, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

1 Greenshank heard early morning, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Mandarin, Green Woodpecker, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

82 Greylag Geese, 1 Mandarin, 1 Teal, 10 Buzzards, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, c15 Swifts, c80 House Martins, 5 Sand Martins.  

80 Greylag Geese, 1 juv Shelduck, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull, c60 Swifts, c80 House Martins, 2 Lesser Whitethroats.