Author Archives: Val Jones

Single Teal, 24 Tufteds, 8 fem Common Scoters, fem Goosander, an Osprey 1140-50 then drifted off west,    a Lapwing with chicks, 2 Common Terns, first juvenile Black-headed Gull.

2 Mute Swans, 183 Greylags, 100 Canadas, 3 Teal, 10 Gadwall, 22 Tufteds, fem Goosander, 5+ LRPlovers, a Ringed Plover, 2 Common Terns, 38 Swifts, a Cuckoo.

2 Red Kites.

A Cuckoo and a Grasshopper Warbler.

2 Mute Swans, 15 Cormorants, 13 Tufteds, a Hobby, 2 Common Terns, 55 LBBGulls.

2 Mute Swans, 2/3 Oystercatchers, 7 LRPlovers, 1 Common Sand, 1 Dunlin, 1 Curlew, 2 Common Terns, 4 BHGulls, c80 LBBGulls, c15 Herring Gulls, 4 Garden Warblers on the west bank.

33 Greylag goslings, 19 Mandarins inc broods of 6 & 10, 7 Gadwall, 2 Tufteds, Sparrowhawk, 4 Oystercatchers, 5 LRPlovers, 3 Ringed Plovers, a Common Tern, 42 LBBGulls, 29 Herring Gulls, 2 BHGulls, Kingfisher, 4 singing Reed Warblers, 1 Siskin. … Continue reading →

Singles of Little Egret, Hobby, Peregrine and Dunlin.

Mandarin broods of 8 & 6, 8 Gadwall, 2 Tufteds, a Little Egret, 4 Oystercatchers, 4 LRPlovers, a Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling still, Common Tern on the raft, 44 LBBGulls, 11 Herring Gulls, 2 BHGulls, 200 Swifts, a Kingfisher, a … Continue reading →

18 Mandarins inc. two broods of seven young, 5 Gadwall, an Osprey 1100-20 then flew NW, 6 Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, 4 Oystercatchers, 6 LRPlovers, 2 Sanderling, Common Tern on Chapel Bay tern raft, leucistic Wood Pigeon still, 2 Grey Wagtails inc. … Continue reading →