Author Archives: Val Jones

A female Red-breasted Merganser present 10:00 – 10:10 hrs then flew W, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 4 Common Terns, 1 female Wheatear.  Later 2 Red Kites over the E side of the reservoir at 15:45 hrs,one … Continue reading →

1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Terns, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

2 Whimbrels flew E at 11:10 hrs, 4 Mandarins, 3 Shovelers, 3 Oystercatchers + chicks, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Common Terns

3 Mandarins, 5 Arctic Terns through, 3 Common Terns, 1 Peregrine, 1 Hobby, 1+ Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 2+ Lesser Whitethroats. The Oystercatchers now have at least two chicks. Later a 1stS Little Gull arrived with 6 Arctic Terns at … Continue reading →

1 Common Tern arrived at 08:15 hrs, 5 Arctic Terns flew through 08:25 hrs, 1 drake Shoveler, 3+ Mandarins, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Yellow Wagtails and 1 Channel type Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler, several Garden Warblers, 1 Kingfisher.

14 Arctic Terns through (1 at 7:30, 5 more at 08:55 hrs, another 5 with 1 Common Tern at 9:45 – 55 hrs which then flew N, and 3 through N between 12:45 – 49 hrs), also 4 Little Ringed … Continue reading →

1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Tern present in the evening, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 1 male Wheatear.

4 Mute Swans, 3 Shelducks, 1+ Shovelers, 1 Common Tern, 1 male Wheatear, 1+ Yellow Wagtail, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

1 ad Little Gull 08:28 -08:50 hrs then flew N, 3 Arctic Terns through at 0815-0820 hrs, one through N at 08:50 hrs, another N at 10:52 hrs and 2 more arrived at 12:30 and stayed until 14:40 hrs, 1 … Continue reading →

A female Marsh Harrier flew E at 09:20 hrs, a Bar-tailed Godwit flew N at 07:35 hrs, a Whimbrel flew NE at 08:55 hrs, 3 Arctic Terns flew NE at 14:55 hrs, also 18 Greylags, 3+ Mandarins, 2 Gadwall, 2 Shovelers, … Continue reading →