2018-17

2018
Thanks to all observers, especially Steve Nichols (SCN) and George Burton (GB).

December

31stGreat White Egret 3, Little Egret 3, Red-crested Pochard 2, Shoveler 27, Teal 6, Goldeneye c20, Goosander 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Willow Tit 2, Kestrel 2, Sparrowhawk 2                                                                                                                   
30thHEN HARRIER 1 this pm (D March), Green Sandpiper 2, Red-crested Pochard 2 drakes, Willow Tit 1, Water Rail 2, Great White Egret 3, Little Egret 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Golden Plover 1 over calling

Hen Harrier (Dan March)

                                                                                                                                          
29thHEN HARRIER 1 this PM                                                                                                                                          
28thHEN HARRIER 1 this PM (D March)                                                                                                                                                     
27thSHORT EARED OWL 1 this pm (SCN / CMH), Red-crested Pochard 4 (3 drakes), Great White Egret 1                                                                                                                                 
26thGreat White Egret 3

Great White Egret (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                        
23rdGoosander 4, Great White Egret 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Treecreeper 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Little Egret 4, Grey Heron 9, Willow Tit 1, Common Buzzard 3, Sparrowhawk 1, Kingfisher 1                                                                                                                                   
22ndGreat White Egret 2, Goosander 1, Cetti's Warbler 1                                                                                                                                
20thGoosander 6 (SCN), Great White Egret 1                                                                                                                       
17thGreat White Egret 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 6, Goosander 1, Willow Tit 2, Lapwing 240                                                                                                                                           
16thHEN HARRIER 1 ringtail this am (Mick Townsend), Great White Egret 3, Little Egret 17, Lapwing c100, Goosander 2, Common Buzzard 3, Sparrowhawk 1, Kestrel 1, Raven 2, Kingfisher 1, Redpoll 1 over, Chiffchaff 1, Mistle Thrush 2                                                                                                           
14thWHOOPER SWAN 1 heard this morning (AGH), 'Icelandic' Redwing (sub species Turdus iliacus coburni) trapped and ringed this morning (M Townsend), Kestrel trapped and ringed this AM (see image below)

Kestrel (Stanford Ringing Group)
                                                                                                                              
13thPintail 3 (2 male and 1 female) first of the winter (CMH), Goosander 3, Willow Tit 1, Red Kite 1, Common Buzzard 3                                                                                                                                           
12thGreat White Egret 2, Goosander 1 female, Cetti's Warbler 1, Snipe 1, Chiffchaff 1                                                                                                                                                      
10thGreat White Egret 3, Little Egret 10, Goosander 1, Woodcock 1, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 2, Common Buzzard 2, Kestrel 2, Sparrowhawk 1                                                                                                                                       
9thGreat White Egret 3, Willow Tit 1, Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Bullfinch 8, Buzzard 3, Grey Wagtail 2, Little Grebe 1                                                                                                                                                        
7thGreat White Egret 1, Little Egret 25, Little Grebe 4, Water Rail 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c90, Tufted Duck 267, Canada Goose 225, Greylag Goose 462, Goosander 2, Wigeon 121, Coot 370, Shoveler 14, Goldeneye 17, Cetti's Warbler 2, Gadwall 12, Mallard 83, Pochard 62, Skylark 16, Snipe 1, Meadow Pipit 4, Cormorant 23, Grey Heron 5,                                                                                                                                    
6thGreat White Egret 2, Goldeneye 21, Little Grebe 2, Fieldfare c100, Little Egret 2                                                                                                                                                    
5thGreat White Egret 2 in Keepers Lodge Bay this am, Willow Tit 1, Common Buzzard 1                                                                                                                                         
4thGoosander 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Great White Egret 3, Little Egret c20, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
3rdRed-crested Pochard 2, Great White Egret 2, Little Egret 20, Kingfisher 1, Willow Tit 1                                                                                                                                         
2ndGreat White Egret 3 (Peter Dillon-Hooper), Little Egret c30, Grey Heron 8, Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 1, Red-crested Pochard 2 (females), Grey Wagtail 2, Willow Tit 2, Chiffchaff 1 (seen and calling Leicester side this PM), Lapwing c140, Goosander 1 female, Linnet 12, Treecreeper 4, Buzzard 1, Red Kite 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Fieldfare / Redwing c 200 around the reservoir                                                                                                                                                  
1stGreat White Egret 1, Goosander 1 female, Lapwing c200 over late PM, Little Egret 11, Peregrine 1, Tawny Owl 2, Little Grebe 1                                                                                             

November 

30thRed-crested Pochard 2 (females), Green Sandpiper 1, Great White Egret 1, Fieldfare c150, Little Egret 44 (S Nichols), Chiffchaff 1                                                                                                                                                     
29thHEN HARRIER 1 juvenile late PM, Red-crested Pochard 2 (females), Little Egret 6, Teal c40, Sparrowhawk 1, Buzzard 1                                                                                                                                                      
28thHEN HARRIER 1 juvenile this AM, Willow Tit 1, Great White Egret 1                                                                                                                                
27thRed-crested Pochard 2 (females), Green Sandpiper 1                                                                                                                                                     
26thHEN HARRIER 1 juvenile this am (Adam Homer), Green Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Great White Egret at least 2 (poss 3), Little Egret c30, Grey Heron 14, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 2, Little Grebe 1, Bullfinch 2, Willow Tit 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Fieldfare / Redwing still good numbers around the reservoir                                                                                                                                          
25thGreat White Egret 1 (Peter Dillon-Hooper), Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1, Red Kite 1, Green Sandpiper 3, Red-crested Pochard 2 females, Peregrine 1, Buzzard 2                                                                                                                                                     
24thSHORT EARED OWL 2, MARSH HARRIER 1, Snipe 20, Red-crested Pochard 2, Pochard c80, Goosander 4, Woodcock 1, Kingfisher 1 , Kestrel 2, Great-spotted Woodpecker 1, Treecreeper 1                                                                                                                                       
23rdMARSH HARRIER 1 late afternoon on Leicestershire side (Adam Homer / Dave Neal), Green Sandpiper 1 on the dam, Great White Egret 1 (CMH), Little Egret c25, Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 2, Snipe 2 ringed this evening                                                                                                                                                     
22ndMARSH HARRIER 1 this morning (Mick Townsend), Peregrine 1, Cetti's Warbler 1 ringed this am (SRG)                                                                                                                                     
21stLittle Egret 35, Goosander 2, Red-crested Pochard 1,  Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1, Common Buzzard 3                                                                                                                                                      
20thLittle Grebe 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 5                                                                                                                                          
19thCOMMON SCOTER 2 this am (CMH), Red-crested Pochard 1 female, Little Egret 22, Cetti's Warbler 1, Buzzard 4, Kestrel 3, Grey Heron 6, Lapwing c100, Snipe 6, Grey Wagtail 1, Willow Tit 1, Fieldfare c120, Goosander 2 drakes

Common Scoter (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                                         
18thHEN HARRIER 1 Ringtail again this morning (S Mundy), Peregrine 1, Buzzard 5, Little Egret 23, Kingfisher 1, Great White Egret 1, Goosander 1 drake this pm          

                        
Common Buzzard (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                    
17thHEN HARRIER 1 Ringtail again this PM (CMH), SHORT EARED OWL 2 this morning and then again late PM (Mick Townsend / CMH), Red-crested Pochard 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Snipe c20, Little Egret 15, Shelduck 2



Hen Harrier (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                                     
15thHEN HARRIER 1 Ringtail again this PM (SCN), Great White Egret 1, Little Egret c20, Cetti's Warbler 2, Red-crested Pochard 7 (CMH)  


Hen Harrier (Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                                                  
14thGreat White Egret 1, Little Egret 26 (CMH / SCN) at roost, Water Rail 4, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 3, Kingfisher 1

Great White Egret coming into roost (C Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                                         
13thHEN HARRIER 1 seen on Northants side (Bob Bullock) and then along the Leicestershire bank at 16.05 (CMH), WHOOPER SWAN 3 until they flew north east at 16.12, Red-crested Pochard 7 (4 drakes) in Keepers Lodge Bay, Great White Egret 2 (SCN), Little Egret 20 (SCN) best count of the year so far




Whooper Swan (C Hubbard)


                                                                                                                                         
12thWillow Tit 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 2, good number of Fieldfare and Redwing around the reservoir                                                                                                                                                            
11thGreat White Egret 1, Red-crested Pochard 6, Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1                                                                                                                                            
10thHEN HARRIER 1 ringtail seen twice again this morning (D Neal), Red-crested Pochard 4 (3 drakes), Willow Tit, Peregrine 2                                                                                                                                                        
9thRed-crested Pochard 6 (4 drake) this am in Blowers Lodge Bay (CMH), Little Egret 10, Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 6 (inc 1 group of 5 birds in Blowers Lodge Bay), Lapwing 12, Coot 298, Cormorant 39, Grey Heron 9, Wigeon 23, Pochard 54, Tufted Duck 246, Meadow Pipit c16, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1, Snipe 3, Shoveler 27, Gadwall 21, Teal 3

Red-crested Pochard (C Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                              
8thRed-crested Pochard 1, Water Rail 2, Little Egret 10, Little Grebe 2, Red Kite 2                                                                                                                                                             
6thRed-crested Pochard 1, Meadow Pipit 10, Golden Plover 1 over, Red Kite 3, Chiffchaff 1, Buzzard 8, Peregrine 1, Great White Egret 1 (CMH), Little Egret 10, Redpoll 2 over early AM, Fieldfare and Redwing good numbers present all around the reservoir today                                                                                                                                             
5thHEN HARRIER 1 seen again early morning and mid afternoon (CMH / SCN), Great White Egret 1 (Peter Dillon-Hooper), Little Egret 12, Red-crested Pochard 1, Red Kite 2, Buzzard 6, Kestrel 2, Golden Plover 11 over, Sparrowhawk 1, Meadow Mipit c30, Starling at least 2000 birds in a murmuration this evening before roosting in the Leicestershire reed bed                                                                                                                                                         
4thHEN HARRIER 1 seen again briefly at 11.50 (CMH) but not subsequently, Great White Egret 2 birds present this am, Little Egret 14, Red-crested Pochard 1, Fieldfare c100, Meadow Pipit c40, Snipe 5, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 2                                                                                                                                            
3rdHEN HARRIER 1 ringtail seen twice today over weedy field and near to South Kilworth (Adam Homer, Stuart Heath and CMH), Red-crested Pochard 1, Peregrine 1, Red Kite 2, Buzzard 6, Sparrowhawk 2, Great White Egret 1 (CMH), Little Egret 6, Kingfisher 2, Little Grebe 3, Woodcock 1 (Adam Homer), Raven 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Redpoll 1, Sparrowhawk 1 juvenile make ringed this AM

Great White Egret (Chris Hubbard)

Cormorant (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                    
2nd'RINGTAIL' HARRIER 1 seen briefly mid morning (D Neal, SRG), Red-crested Pochard 1, Great White Egret 1 (CMH), Peregrine 1, Red Kite 2, Redpoll 4, Grey Heron 12, Little Egret 14, Snipe 1 on dam, Starling c600                                                                                                                                               

October
31stGreat White Egret 1 (CMH), Little Egret 6                                                                                                                                                             
30thGoldeneye 16, Little Grebe 2, Red Kite 2                                                                                                                                               
29thGreat White Egret 1 (Steve Nichols), Little Egret c6, Coal Tit 2, Red Kite 2, Willow Tit 1, Kingfisher 1, Skylark c20 over, Water Rail 1, Redpoll 2, Cetti's Warbler 1                                                                                                                                                             
28thGreat White Egret 1 (Peter Dillon Hooper), Little Egret 15, Barn Owl 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Bullfinch 4, Goldeneye 3, Tufted Duck 155, Lapwing 5, Red-Crested Pochard 1 (Steve Nichols)                                                                                                                                               
26thGreat White Egret 1 (Chris Begley), Little Egret 14, Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1                                                                                                                                                             
25thBrambling 2 (Mick Townsend)                                                                                                                                              
24thGreat White Egret 1, Little Egret 8                                                                                                                                                            
23rdGreat White Egret 1 flew in to roost at 18:00 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 5, Fieldfare 15, Water Rail 2, Redwing c20, Redpoll 5 over                                                                                                                                          
22ndGreat White Egret 1 ( F Graves), Little Egret 12, Goosander 3 (CMH), Goldeneye 3 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 2, Skylark 17, Wood Pigeon 223 over early am, Water Rail 2, Siskin 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Cormorant c75, Fieldfare 21                                                                                                                                                             
21stGreat White Egret 1 (Peter Dillon-Hooper), Water Rail 1, Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Bullfinch 4, Chiffchaff 1, Kingfisher 1, Grey Wagtail 1              

Sparrowhawk (Phil Adams)
                                                                                                                             
20thGreat White Egret 1 (Chris Begley)                                                                                                                                                             
18thGreat White Egret 1 (Mick Townsend), Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 2, Wigeon c115, Redpoll c75 over this am, Fieldfare 2 flocks of c65 and c70 birds at either end of the day, Grey Heron an excellent count of 15 at the settling pond, Green Sandpiper 1 in front of the hide early evening, Kingfisher 1                                                                                                                                               
17thCetti's Warbler 1 trapped and ringed this AM (SRG), Redpoll c80 over this AM, Willow Tit 1 this evening, Redpoll 11 this evening, Meadow Pipit 24, Redwing 2, Shoveler 33, Little Grebe 1, Tawny Owl 1 calling this evening, Little Egret 4, Kingfisher 1                                                                                                                                                         
15thWater Rail 1 this am (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Pied Wagtail c20, Redwing c6, Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 5, Snipe 2, Tawny Owl 1 calling this evening at the settling pond, Meadow Pipit 5                                                                                                                               
14thLittle Egret 15, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 17, Wigeon 74, Snipe 1, Willow Tit 1, Gadwall 6, Fieldfare 2, Moorhen 12, Pochard 12, Coot 124, Tufted Duck 115, Grey Heron 3, Teal 10, Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 5, Swallow 2 flying east late PM                                                                                                                                
12thGreen Sandpiper 1 around the dam this am, Peregrine 1 over the dam, Little Egret 15, Kingfisher 1


Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                           
11thSTONECHAT 1 ringed this morning (SRG) - THE FIRST EVER RINGED ON THE SITE, Garden Warbler 1 ringed (SRG), Kingfisher 1, Skylark 12, Little Egret 8 this evening, Redwing 7



Stonechat (Peter Norrie)
                                                                                                                                                            
10thYELLOW-BROWED WARBLER 1 ringed this am (SRG). There has been an influx of an estimated 500+ of this Siberian vagrant into the UK over the past 10 days. This is only the fourth ever record of this species for the site, 10th record for Northants.

Cetti's Warbler 2, Red Kite 2, Pochard 14, Little Grebe 2




Yellow-browed Warbler (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                                           
9thMarsh Tit 1, Willow Tit 1, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 10, Skylark c7                                                                                                                                                           
8thGreat White Egret 1 early AM, Green Sandpiper 1 in front of hide, Cetti's Warbler 1, Skylark 24 over heading west, Redwing c8, Siskin 16 over, Chiffchaff c8, Fieldfare c40, Little Egret 15, Kingfisher 1, Jay 2, Little Grebe 1, Linnet 25, Shoveler 27  


Great White Egret (Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                                                  
7thRedstart 1 trapped and ringed this AM (SRG), Redwing, Redpoll 15, Meadow Pipit c150, Fieldfare 11                                                                                                                                                 
5thStonechat 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 3, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1                                                                                                                                                             
4thCetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1, Skylark 18                                                                                                                                               
3rdCetti's Warbler 2, Little Egret 8, Red Kite 4, Siskin 1, Swallow 2, House Martin 6, Willow Tit 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Meadow Pipit 10, Chiffchaff 5, Stonechat 1 (S Nichols), Sedge and Reed Warbler trapped and ringed this AM (SRG)                                                                                                                                                              
2ndGreat White Egret 1, Little Egret 14, Cetti's Warbler 1                                                                                                                                            
1stStonechat 2 this evening, Great White Egret 1 this evening feeding and then went to roost at the Narrows (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 5  



Great White Egret (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                   


September


30thStonechat 2, Little Egret 10, Red Kite 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon c20, Shoveler c45, Swallow 2


Stonechat (Chris Hubbard)

Little Egret (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                                            
29thRaven 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2 trapped and ringed (SRG), Stonechat 1, Barn Owl 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1, Nuthatch 1, Tawny Owl 1, Kingfisher 1, Buzzard 1, Chiffchaff several, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1                                                                                                                                                      
28thStonechat 2 (at least one different to yesterday), Green Sandpiper 1                                                                                                                                                                 
27thGreen Sandpiper 1 on the dam, Skylark 10 over, Meadow Pipit 8 over, Blackcap 3, Siskin 1 over, Stonechat 2, Peregrine 1, Little Egret 7, Red Kite 2, Kingfisher 1 (Ray Clark), Kestrel 2, Tawny Owl 1 (George Burton), Nuthatch 2



Stonechat (Chris Hubbard)


                                                                                                                                                           
26thStonechat 2 (M Townsend, SRG), Peregrine 1, Red Kite 1, Meadow Pipit c50, Curlew 1 calling over dam (S Nichols), Little Egret 2                                                                                                                                                                
25thShelduck 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 2, Red Kite 1, Siskin 10 along the trees around the dam, Hobby 2, Meadow Pipit c20, Snipe 1, Little Grebe 2, Tawny Owl 1 (Fritz Graves)    



Tawny Owl (Fritz Graves)
                                                                                                                                                 
23rdWillow Tit 1, Red Kite 1, Shelduck 1, Little Egret 1, Hobby 2                                                                                                                                                                 
22ndGreat White Egret 1 over (AGH), Red Kite 1                                                                                                                                                           
21st Shoveler 57, Teal 6, Sparrowhawk 1, Shelduck 1, Hobby 2                                                                                                                                                      
20thSpotted Flycatcher 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 5, Red Kite 1, Willow Tit 2, Shelduck 1, Shoveler c30, Lapwing 8                                                                                                                                                          
19th Shelduck 1                                                                                                                                             
18thRed-crested Pochard 8 this PM near to the dam (CMH), Ruddy Shelduck 1 on the dam, Red Kite 2, Shoveler 28, Teal 7, Wigeon 2  

Red-crested Pochard (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                                                          
17thWhinchat 2 this evening (CMH), Hobby 1, Swallow 5, Sand Martin 1, Wigeon 2, Lapwing 7, Shoveler 28, Cetti's Warbler 1, Whitethroat 1      


Whinchat (Chris Hubbard)
             
                                                                                                                             
16th   Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 2, Nuthatch 1, Siskin 1 over (GB), Peregrine 1, Hobby 2, House Martin c150, Swallow c20, Jay 2, Shoveler 28, Sparrowhawk 1, Chiffchaff, Kestrel 1                                                                                                                                                                       
15thWhinchat 1, Hobby 1, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Buzzard 5, Meadow Pipit c15, Reed Warbler 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Red Kite 1, Ruddy Shelduck 1, Shoveler c20


Meadow Pipit (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
14thLittle Egret 1, Hobby 1, Buzzard 11, Lapwing c40, Goldfinch c40, Ruddy Shelduck 1                                                                                                                                                                       
13thRedstart 1J female trapped and ringed this AM (Mick Townsend, SRG), Whinchat 1 (CMH), Peregrine 2 early AM, Blackcap caught this AM with a Spanish ring                                                                              
   

Whinchat (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                       
12thWhinchat 3 this evening (CMH), Hobby 1, Snipe 1, Spotted Flycatcher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1 over, Cetti's Warbler 1,  Lesser Whitethroat 1, Whitethroat 3, Willow Warbler c5, Chiffchaff c8, Shoveler c25, Lapwing c50



Whinchat (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                                                     
11th Ruddy Shelduck 1 still around the dam end, Cetti's Warbler 1, Swift 1, Hobby 2 early morning, several hundred hirundines, Whitethroat 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler c30, Willow Warbler 5, Chiffchaff c6

Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
10thSpotted Flycatcher 1 trapped and ringed - this was the 54th species to be ringed in 2018 (Pete Norrie, SRG), Ruddy Shelduck 1 still present this morning and late PM (F Graves and CMH), Willow Tit 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Reed Warbler 1, several hundred Hirundines, Shoveler c20, Meadow Pipit 5, Coal Tit 1, Willow Warbler c15, Chiffchaff c10, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 1


Spotted Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard)
                                                    
Common Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                    
9th    Ruddy Shelduck 1 on the dam again, Spotted Flycatcher 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
8th   Ruddy Shelduck 1 only the 4th record for the reservoir and the first since 2005 (CMH), Shoveler 27, Tufted Duck 94, Teal 13, Gadwall 6, Wigeon 4, Common Sandpiper 1, Meadow Pipit 11, Hobby 1, Swift 1, several hundred mixed hirundines, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1, Reed Warbler 1, Sedge Warbler 2, Red Kite 1
Sedge Warbler (Chris Hubbard)

Meadow Pipit (Chris Hubbard)

Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard)

Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                                                                                       
7th Grasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed this am (Mick Townsend, SRG), Yellow Wagtail 15, Grey Wagtail 2, Willow Tit 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Reed Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Lapwing c50 over, Wigeon 4, Meadow Pipit 5, c150 mixed hirundines, Grey Wagtail 4                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
6thRedstart 1 male trapped and ringed this am (Mick Townsend, SRG), Grasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed this am (Mick Townsend, SRG), Meadow Pipit 14, Linnet c60, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 14, c50 mixed hirundines, Wigeon 4                                                                                                                                                                          
5thGrasshopper Warbler 1 seen briefly in set aside near track early morning (CMH) and then 2 trapped and ringed (SRG), Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 10, Teal 4, Grey Wagtail 1 trapped and ringed this am (SRG), Spotted Flycatcher 1

Grasshopper Warblers - Adult left and Juvenile right (Stanford Ringing Group)



                              
Grey Wagtail (Stanford Ringing Group)

                                                                                                                             
4thWillow Tit 2, Shoveler 14, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Little Grebe 3, Teal 5, Wigeon 4                                                                                                                             
3rdWhinchat 3 this am flycatching along hedge in weedy field (CMH), Shoveler 13, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Yellow Wagtail 4, Whitethroat 1, Reed Warbler 9, Sedge Warbler 5,  Kingfisher 1, Blackcap 151 trapped and ringed, Willow Warbler 15 trapped and ringed, Chiffchaff 19 trapped and ringed, Willow Tit 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Tawny Owl 2 (GB)



Whinchat (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                             
2ndWhinchat 1 this PM (SCN), Spotted Flycatcher 2, Willow Tit 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 9, Pochard 4, Teal 6, Wigeon 5, Little Grebe 1, Nuthatch 1, Reed Warbler 1, Lesser-black Backed Gull 3                                                                                                               
1stSpotted Flycatcher 2, Greenshank 1 through this am, Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Stonechat 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Red Kite 4, Hobby 2, Nuthatch 1, Shoveler 3, Teal 6, Pochard 1, Little Grebe 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Greylag Geese 135


Spotted Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard)



                                                                                                     

August

31stREDSTART 1 juvenile male trapped and ringed this am (M Townsend), Grasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed this am, Blackcap 92 trapped and ringed this am, Hobby 1, Peregrine 2, Spotted Flycatcher 1 in hedge near to inflow car park (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2 over calling, Willow Tit 1, Whitethroat 5, Willow Warbler c8, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 2 over, Garden Warbler 1, Wigeon 2                                                                                                                         
30thWillow Tit 1, Wigeon 2 (first of the Autumn), Red Kite 2, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Whitethroat 3, Teal 3, Shoveler 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 2, Buzzard 4, Nuthatch 1, Chiffchaff 3
                                                                                                                             
28thHobby 1 (R Clark), Cetti's Warbler 1 (R Clark), Grey Wagtail 4, Little Grebe 1, Goldcrest 2, Buzzard 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Willow Warbler 2, Linnet 10, Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1                                                                                                                               
27thStonechat 1 male, the first of the Autumn, seen twice this AM (CMH and then AGH), Yellow Wagtail 6, Hobby 2, Buzzard 5, Sparrowhawk 2, Red Kite 2, Sedge Warbler 1, Reed Warbler 2, Garden Warbler 1, Kingfisher
                                                                                                                                
26thGreen Sandpiper 1 on the dam this evening, Little Grebe 1                                                                                                                                 
25thCetti's Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Grey Wagtail c9, Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, c600 hirundines, Mandarin 1, Little Grebe 3

Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard)

Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard)

                                                             
Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard)
                                                               
Cetti's Warbler (Chris Hubbard)


24thLittle Egret 1, Grey Wagtail 3, Mandarin 1, good numbers of House Martin, Sand Martin and Swallow                                                                                                                           
23rdCetti's Warbler 1, Peregrine 1, Redshank 3 on the dam late PM (CMH), Willow Tit 2, Snipe 1              

Redshank (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                        
22ndGrasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed this am (Pete Norrie, SRG), Peregrine 1, Hobby 1


Grasshopper Warbler (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                                            
21stTREE PIPIT 4 trapped and ringed this morning (M Townsend, SRG), NORTHERN WILLOW WARBLER (acredula) trapped and ringed (M Townsend, SRG) which is the 4th county record, Little Gull 1 juvenile briefly around the dam (CMH), MARSH HARRIER 1 mid morning (observer not known), Common Sandpiper 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Mandarin 1, Shoveler 1, Teal 2, Little Grebe 2


Tree Pipit (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                                  
20thGrasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed this am (SRG), Common Sandpiper 1, Willow Tit 1, Mandarin 1, Pochard 1, Teal 3, Shoveler 2, Red Kite 2
                                                                                                                                
19thSpotted Flycatcher 1, Kingfisher 1, Chiffchaff 1, Willow Warbler 1, Red Kite 1                                                                                                                                               
18thSparrowhawk 2, Buzzard 2, Pochard 1, Kingfisher 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail c10, Common Sandpiper 1 trapped and ringed (17th ringed at Stanford Reservoir)

Common Sandpiper (SRG)
                                                                                                                                     
17thCommon Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 3 including 2 juveniles, Little Grebe 1 juvenile                                                                                                                                          
16thCommon Sandpiper 1, Raven 1 heard                                                                                                                                         
13thMandarin 1, Little Egret 1, Common Tern 1, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, House Martin c200                                                                                                                                        
12thHobby 1, Little Egret 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Mandarin 1, House Martin c100, Whitethroat 10, Common Tern 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Tufted Duck with 2 broods                                                                                                                                    
11thMandarin 1, Little Egret 1, Willow Tit 1, House Martin c150, Common Tern 4, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail 5

House Martin (Chris Hubbard)

Juv Common Tern from the tern raft in Blowers Lodge (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                      
10thWhinchat 1 this am on Leicestershire side (CMH), Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Mandarin 1, Hobby 1, House Martin c 100                                                                                                                                               
9thJuvenile MARSH WARBLER trapped and ringed this morning - 3rd record for the site (first in Autumn) and only the 4th record for Northamptonshire (SRG), Mandarin 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 6

                        


Marsh Warbler (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                             
8thGreen Sandpiper 1, Mandarin 1, Common Tern 5, Teal 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Yellow Wagtail 5, Hobby 1, Pochard 1

Green Sandpiper (Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                                                   
7thMandarin 1 still late evening                                                                                                                                  
6thWhinchat 1 trapped and ringed this AM (SRG) - 1st for 2018, Willow Tit 1 (CMH), Osprey 1 early am, Peregrine 1, Yellow Wagtail 11, Cetti's Warbler 1, Mandarin 1, Little Grebe 3  

Whinchat (M Townsend, SRG)



                                                                                                                            
5thMANDARIN 1 female (SCN) only the 4th record for Stanford Reservoir, Nuthatch 1, Spotted Flycatcher 2

Mandarin (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                  
4thGreenshank 1, Snipe 1, Grasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed (SRG), Black-tailed Godwit 1 on dam (Dave Neal), Common Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 8

Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                      
3rdSpotted Flycatcher 2 (pools at top of road to dam)                                                                                                              
2ndYellow Wagtail 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Pochard 3, Swift 7, Common Tern 4                                                                                                          


July

31stOsprey 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 11 on the dam this evening (Chris Begley)                                                                                                                        
30thCommon Tern 10, Yellow Wagtail 10, Mute Swan c50, Common Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail 2

Common Tern seen yesterday (Lime U70) ringed at Watermead CP1/7/2016. Also, seen at Cropston Reservoir in 2016 and Seaforth, Merseyside on 18/6/2018                                                                                                                                
27thCommon Sandpiper 5, Yellow Wagtail 4, Great Crested Grebe with 2 young, Tufted Duck with 6 young, Common Tern colour ringed bird from Watermead project - ring Lime U70                                                                                                                                
26thCommon Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 5, Common Tern 5                                                                                                                             
24thGreen Sandpiper (GB), Little Grebe 1, Grey Heron 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Sand Martin 11, Common Tern 4                                                                                                                    
23rdHobby 1, Common Sandpiper 1                                                                                                                     
22ndLittle Grebe 1, Lesser black-backed Gull 3, Mute Swan with 4 cygnets, Cormorant 3                                                                                                                                           
21stCetti's Warbler 1J trapped and ringed this AM (SRG),                                                                                                                       
19thLittle Ringed Plover 1 on dam (SCN), Grey Wagtail 14                                                                                                                              
17thCommon Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Green Woodpecker (feeding juvenile)                                                                                                                                
15thLittle Grebe 2, Hobby 2, Buzzard 1, Lesser-black Backed Gull 9, Common Tern 4, House Martin 3, Linnet 5, Little Ringed Plover 1J on dam (SCN), Common Sandpiper 2                                                                                                                                    
14thLittle Egret 6 (GB), Common Tern 2, Sand Martin 12, House Martin 2, Greylag Goose 13, Yellow Wagtail 5 trapped and ringed (SRG), Reed Warbler (re trap from Portugal)                                                                                                                                      
13thHobby 1, Common Tern 4, Swallow 18, Grey Heron, Redd Warbler 1                                                                                                                                         
10thLittle Grebe 1 (12 Black-tailed Skimmers)                                                                                                                                               
8thCommon Tern (with 2 chicks) on raft, Osprey (SCN), Teal 3, Shoveler 1f, Mute Swan 49, Tufted Duck c40, Red Kite 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 2, Kingfisher 1, Grey Wagtail 3, Yellow Wagtail 1                                                                                                                           

7thCommon Sandpiper 2, Oystercatcher 2, Nuthatch 1, Little Grebe 1                                                                                                                                  

6thOystercatcher 1, Common Sandpiper 1                                                                                                                                 

3rdCommon Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 4, Swift 2, Red Kite 1, Jay 1                                                                                                                             

2ndRed Kite 1, Little Egret 1, Little Grebe 1, Tawny Owl 1                                                                                                                                           

1stLittle Grebe 2, Gadwall 6, Mute Swan with 4 cygnets, Common Tern 2, Grey Wagtail                                                                                                                        


June


25thHobby 1, Common Tern 4, Little Grebe 1, Willow Tit 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1                                                                                                                              

23rdCommon Tern 3, Little Egret 1, Lapwing 1                                                                                                                             

20thCurlew 1, Oystercatcher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Egret 1                                                                                                                                

19thCommon Tern 2, Oystercatcher 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Egret 1                                                                                                                              

16thOystercatcher 2, Little Egret 1, Starling c40                                                                                                                                           

15thCommon Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 2, Pochard, Little Egret 1, Curlew 1                                                                                                                      
13thLittle Egret 1, Oystercatcher 2, Swift 6, Common Tern 3, Pochard 1, Starling c 30 (also Grass Snake and 4 Hare)

Little Egret (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                

12thCommon Tern 3, Swift 9, Garden Warbler, Grey Heron 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1                                                                                                                                      

11thCuckoo 1, Common Tern 3                                                                                                                                    

10th
Common Tern 2, Pochard 2, Grey Wagtail 3, Kingfisher 1                                                                                                                                        
8th
Common Tern 2, Cuckoo 1, Swift c90, Reed Warbler        

Reed Warbler (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                        
7th
Red Kite 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 2, Pochard 1, Oystercatcher 2

Butterflies - Small Copper  

Pochard (Matt Jackson)

Common Tern (Matt Jackson)
                                                                                                                               
6thBuzzard 2, Grey Heron 1, Gadwall 3, Common Tern 6, Sand Martin 5, Common Sandpiper 1, Cuckoo 1, Yellow Wagtail 1                                                                                                                      

2ndRedpoll 1                                                                                                                        



May


30thCommon Tern 2, Hobby 1, Cuckoo 1                                                                                                                        

26th
Large Swift and House Martin flock, Grey Wagtail 2, Greylag Goose 4, Herring Gull 1, Lesser-black Backed Gull 4, Tufted Duck 1, Lapwing 4                                                                                                                                   
25thCommon Tern 25 this AM

 Butterflies - Small Copper

Small Copper (Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                                        

24thBlack Tern 7 (Pete Norrie), Greenshank 1 on dam, Cuckoo 1, Red Kite 1, Swift c30

Black Terns (Chris Hubbard)
Greenshank (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                 

23rdCommon Tern 6, Hobby 2 Cuckoo 1, Barn Owl 1                                                                                                                                          

20thGrey Heron 1, Greylag Goose 6, Canada Goose 12, Common Tern 5, Cuckoo 1, Hobby 1, Tawny Owl 1, Common Blue Damselfly, first of the year (G Burton)                                                                                                                            

17thReed Warbler (Spanish ringed) caught this morning (P Norrie, SRG). Common Tern 5, Red Kite 1, Wigeon 1, Cuckoo 1, Swift, Hobby 4                                                                                                                              

16thHobby 2, Common Tern 13, Wigeon 1                                                                                                                            

15thCommon Tern 17, Hobby 2, Cuckoo 2, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1, Cormorant 2, Black Headed Gull 3, Gadwall 2, Buzzard, Lapwing, Red-Legged Partridge                                                                                                                                 
14thPeregrine 1, Hobby 4 (CMH / Chris Begley), Common Tern 19, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1, Oystercatcher 1

Common Tern (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                  
13thBlack Tern 1 (GB), Little Egret 1, Greylag Goose 3, Lesser Black Backed Gull 8, Common Tern 13, Swift 8, Swallow 4, Sand Martin 14, Grey Heron, Hobby 1                                                                                                                                      
12thWHOOPER SWAN 1 juvenile (Richard Durrant), Oystercatcher 2, Lesser Black Backed Gull 7, Common Tern 7, Swift 3, Peregrine 1, Hobby 1, Tawny Owl 1                          

Whooper Swan (Richard Durrant)
                                                                                                             
11thGadwall with 3 duckling, Swift c10, good numbers of hirundines                                                                                                                                          
9thCommon Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 1, Little Egret 1, Mallard c10, Pochard 1, Oystercatcher 2, Swallow 6, Sand Martin 20, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Yellowhammer                                                                                                                               
8thCommon Tern 2, Wigeon 1

Common Tern (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                   
7thWigeon 1, Common Tern 2, Common Sandpiper 4                                                                                                                                     
6thCommon Tern 6, Oystercatcher 2, Swallow, Shelduck 2, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1, Tufted Duck 58                                                                                                                     
3rdCommon Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, House Martin very good numbers over the past few days                                                                                                                         
2ndCommon Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, Red Kite 1, Barn Owl 1, Tawny Owl 1, Mute Swan 13, Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck, Red-Legged Partridge, Lesser-Black Backed Gull 7, Swift 1, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Linnet

Away from birds - Bat sp. and Mole (GB)                                                                                                                              
1stHobby 1, first for 2018 (CMH), Common Tern 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1, Garden Warbler 1, C500 hirundines                                                                                            

April

29thARCTIC TERN 11 (SCN), still present early PM, Cuckoo 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Common Tern 3                                                                                                                            
28thCommon Tern 2, Swallow c300, Sand Martin c200, House Martin c50, Sparrowhawk 1, Mute Swan 7,Tufted Duck 15, Greylag Goose 3, Grey Heron, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Linnet                                                                                                                                  
27thGreat Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck 11, Black Headed Gull 2, Swallow c300, Common Tern 4, House Martin c50, Sand Martin c200, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Greylag Goose, Linnet                                                                                                                                 
25thBarn Owl 1, Swift 1, Common Sandpiper 1                                                                                                                                     
24thWhitethroat 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Goldeneye 1 female, Gadwall 2                                                                                                                      
23rdLittle Ringed Plover 1 over the dam at 17.30 (CMH), Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper 1, Shelduck 2, Goldeneye 1, Raven 1, Hirundines estimated total c500 this evening (mostly Swallows)                                                                                                                     
22ndGrasshopper Warbler 1 probable heard reeling this evening (D Williams), Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Whitethroat 1, Common Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Buzzard 2, Lapwing 3, Sand Martin 12, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Linnet, Goldfinch 4, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Gadwall, Red Legged Partridge, Tufted Duck                                                                                                                                                
21stReed Warbler 1, Tufted Duck 13, Grey Heron 2, Sparrowhawk 1 female, Kingfisher 1, Linnet. Also, 30 new birds trapped and ringed - 7 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap, Whitethroat and Sedge Warbler. Also, a re-trap Reed Warbler.                            

Away from birds Bank Vole, Weasel, Common Toad, Orange Tip and Green Veined White all reported today.

Green Veined White (Steve Nichols)

                                                                                                 
20thGreat White Egret 1 (CMH), Common Tern 1, Lesser Whitethroat 5, Goldeneye 1, Wigeon 1, Whitethroat 1, Oystercatcher 1, Garden Warbler 1, Linnet 7, Blackcap, Great Crested Grebe, Red Legged Partridge, Willow Warbler                                                                                                                               
19thCommon Tern 5, Peregrine 1                                                                                                                              
18thWillow Tit 1 trapped and ringed this AM (P Norrie, SRG), Common Tern 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Wigeon 1, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Green Woodpecker 1, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Goldeneye 6, Linnet 11, Willow Warbler, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Red Legged Partridge, Lapwing

Common Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                
17th
Common Sandpiper 1 first of 2018 (CMH / SCN) and increased to 4 birds in the evening, Common Tern 1, Blackcap 7, Willow Warbler, Shoveler 3, Barn Owl 1, Goldeneye 9, Wigeon 1, Sparrowhawk 1      

Tern rafts being deployed today. Thanks to Severn Trent for construction and deployment and Colin Green for the original plans. PLEASE REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS OF TERNS AND OYSTERCATCHERS USING THE RAFTS.




                                                                                                                      
16thRaven 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, the first of 2018 (Adam Homer)                                                                                                                          

15thCommon Tern 1 (first of 2018) through at 07.56 (CMH), Goosander 1 female (SCN), Sedge Warbler 1 first of 2018 (SCN), Garden Warbler 1 first of 2018 (SCN), Greenshank 1 through at 07.45 (CMH), Willow Warbler 3, Siskin 1 trapped and ringed this AM (SRG)

Siskin (Stanford Ringing Group)
                                                                                                                       

14th Greenshank 1 (GB), Curlew 1 (GB), Cormorant, Grey Heron, Tufted Duck c13, Gadwall 4, Wigeon 4, Barn Owl 1, Oystercatcher 2, Common Gull 10, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Warbler 2, Sand Martin 2, Long Tailed Tit 2, Reed Bunting 4, Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk 2                                                                                                                          

12thLittle Egret 1, Barn Owl 1, Goldeneye 15, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 2, Kingfisher 2, Great Black Backed Gull 22, Swallow 3                                                                                                                                    

11th
Little Egret 1                                                                                                                                
9thRed Crested Pochard 1 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Shoveler 2, Shelduck 1, House Martin 2, Sand Martin c70, Swallow c30, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 2

Red Crested Pochard (record shot - Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                
8thSANDWICH TERN (George Burton), first record since 12th April 2016 - Several reported in Leicestershire in past few days and an excellent record for the reservoir.

Osprey 1 late morning / early PM, Greenshank 1 through this AM, Curlew 2, Shelduck 2, House Martin 2,  mixed hirundine flock of c 100 birds, Willow Warbler 1, Goldeneye 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Kingfisher 2

62 birds trapped and ringed this AM including Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap.                                                                                                                   
7thCormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Greylag Goose 8, Shelduck 2, Shoveler 5, Swallow 3 over, Redwing, Reed Bunting 3, Linnet 2, Skylark 3, Willow Warbler 1                                                                                                                
4thBlackcap 1 the first for 2018 (SCN), Oystercatcher 3, Goldeneye c20, Fieldfare c60 over, Sand Martin 15

Oystercatcher (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                       
3rdGreenshank 1 on the dam this evening for c30 mins (CMH) first record for 2018 and 22 days earlier than last year, Sand Martin c15, Shoveler 1, Little Egret 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Chiffchaff c5

Greenshank (Chris Hubbard)

Greenshank (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                         
2ndCormorant 3, Swallow 2, Mute Swan c25, Tufted Duck c25, Wigeon 6, Coot, Pheasant, Buzzard, Lapwing 3, Herring Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Skylark, Redwing 3, Long Tailed Tit, Chiffchaff 3, Reed Bunting                                                                                                                       
1stOystercatcher 2, Goosander 3, Lapwing 3, Raven 2, Redwing 3, Fieldfare 24, Curlew 2, Little Egret 1, Bullfinch 6, Goldeneye c17, Treecreeper 1, Swallow 4 (first of 2018), Common Gull 50, Kingfisher 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Chiffchaff 2, Tufted Duck 24, Reed Bunting 4  

Little Egret (Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                   

March

31stMeadow Pipit c200, Little Egret 2, Chiffchaff several around the reservoir                                                                                                             
26thSand Martin 3 first at the reservoir in 2018 (SCN), Shelduck 2, Oystercatcher 2, Red Kite 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Goldeneye 21    

Oystercatcher (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                       
25thCOMMON SCOTER 6 (CMH) including 5 drakes (still present at 18:00), Curlew 2, Oystercatcher 2, Chiffchaff 3, Redshank 1, Dunlin 1, Gadwall 25, Teal 57, Tufted Duck 80, Mute Swan 30, Goosander 2, Little Grebe 2, Wigeon 32, Lapwing 8, Snipe 10, Grey Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit 3, Goldeneye 17, Jay 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Grey Heron 2, Buzzard 1

Common Scoter (Chris Hubbard)





2 of the 6 Common Scoter present today (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                     
Redshank (Chris Hubbard)
                     
Comma (Steve Nichols)



14thCurlew 1, little grebe 1, shoveler 1                                                                                                   
11thRed kite 2, oystercatcher 1 (first of 2018), goosander 3, grey wagtail 2, jay 1, redpoll c20, wigeon c300, pochard c60, goldeneye 4    

Oystercatcher (Steve Nichols)

                                                                                                
10thStonechat 1 (F Graves), red kite 1, siskin 1, yellowhammer, bullfinch

Stonechat (Fritz Graves)

                                                                              
4thLittle grebe 4, barn owl 1                                                                                                        
3rdSnipe 1, little grebe 4, goldeneye 12                                                                                                     
2ndGoosander 2, snipe 1, shoveler 2, teal 15, buzzard 1, cormorant 10, goldeneye, little grebe 2, meadow pipit 2

Cormorant (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                            
1stWhooper swan 3 (CMH), goosander 3, snipe 1, shoveler 1, teal 7

Whooper Swan (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                            

February


28thShelduck 2, goosander 1, snipe 1, pochard c80, wigeon c150, lapwing 31 over, meadow pipit 2, little grebe 1, kestrel 1, buzzard 1, jay 4                                                                                                     
27thGreat white egret (F Graves)                                                                                                                              
26thShelduck 2, red kite 1, goosander 2, teal 12, shoveler 1, goldeneye 6, kestrel 1, fieldfare c50, redwing c15                                                                                                                          
25thGoosander, little grebe, lapwing 40                                                                                                                        
24thLittle grebe 2, treecreeper 2, red kite 1, pochard c60                                                                                                                         
19thGreat crested grebe 10, water rail 2, raven 2, fieldfare c45, linnet, reed bunting 3, little grebe, little egret 2, goosander 3, goldeneye 6, tufted duck, pochard, wigeon, gadwall                                                                                                             
18thGreat white egret 1 over the dam at 12.25 (CMH), Cetti's warbler 1, goosander 3, shoveler 1, teal 5, coot 144, pochard 105, tufted duck 105, wigeon 210, gadwall 35, lapwing 120, goldeneye 7                                                                                                                                  

17thGoosander 6, snipe 1                                                                                                                                 
11thShelduck 1, red kite 1, chaffinch c30, goosander 4                                                                                                                            
5thBarn owl 2                                                                                                                             
3rdGoosander 2, water rail 1, Cetti's warbler 2, snipe 15, goldeneye 10, little grebe 3, redpoll 6, barn owl 1, little egret 1                                                                                                                  

January


28thGoosander 2                                                                                                              
27thGoosander 1, grey heron 4, cormorant 3, sparrowhawk 1 female, pochard c140, wigeon c65, lapwing c150, redpoll 3, little grebe 1, goldeneye 3, snipe 2, meadow pipit 8, skylark 2, yellowhammer 6, chaffinch c30, bullfinch 4, jay 1 (also stoat and 2 muntjac)                                                                                                                                
25thLapwing c 500, coal tit 1, little egret 1                                                                                                                                    
24thlapwing c 500, little grebe 2                                                                                                                               
23rdGreat white egret 1 (D Williams via G Burton), lapwing c200, snipe 4                                                                                                                                       
22ndShelduck 2, lapwing c400, raven 1, goosander 2                                                                                                                                   
20thBarn owl 1, little grebe 2, redpoll 19, goldcrest 1, meadow pipit 3, greylag goose 119, canada goose 121, sparrowhawk 1, pochard 154, black headed gull c170, common gull 10, cormorant 7, grey heron 1, coot 192, wigeon 56, gadwall 15, tufted duck 85, goldeneye 5, mallard 75, lapwing 2                                                                                                                                
18thRed kite 1 (I Martindale), Sparrowhawk 1 female, snipe 1, lesser redpoll 2, grey heron 1, barn owl 2, goosander 2 , coal tit 1, tree sparrow c40

Barn owl ( Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                                         
15thPintail 3, teal 38, little grebe 1

Pintail (Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                                      
14thGoosander 4, pochard c100                                                                                                                                       
13thCetti's warbler 1, chiffchaff 1, goosander 2, snipe 1 over                                                                                                                                      
11thPochard c90, little grebe 2                                                                                                                             
10thGoosander 1, shoveler 6, barn owl 1, teal 15                                                                                                                                           
8thPintail 2 (male and female), yellow legged gull 2 in roost                                                                                                                               
5thGoosander 1, barn owl 1, teal 7                                                                                                                      
4thCormorant 8, grey heron 1, little egret 1, great crested grebe 9, little grebe 2, greylag goose c500, canada goose 9, goosander 1, shoveler 3, stock dove 8, starling 20, long tailed tit 7 (other species - no totals) mute swan, mallard, wigeon, pochard, tufted duck, gadwall, coot, pheasant, lapwing, common gull, black headed gull, lesser black backed gull, great black backed gull, herring gull, wood pigeon, carrion crow, rook, magpie, blackbird, song thrush, blue tit, linnet, reed bunting                                                                                                                     
2ndYellow-legged gull 2, goosander 2, mistle thrush 2                                                                                                                                            
1stEgyptian goose 4 (S Nichols), Cetti's warbler 1, snipe 9, redpoll 6, pochard c100, coot 185                                                                  


2017
Thanks to all observers, especially Mark Piper (MLP), Steve Nichols (SCN) and George Burton (GB) for additional records

December 2017

31stJack snipe 1 (CMH / N Oldham), snipe 17, goosander 1, redpoll 6, pochard 140, sparrowhawk 1 goldcrest 2                                                                                                                            
30thSnipe 1, redpoll 2, little grebe 1, shoveler 12, goosander 4                                                                                                                             
29thGoosander 3, pochard c100, little grebe 3, shoveler 12, water rail 1, Cetti's warbler 1, goldcrest 4 redpoll 1, sparrowhawk 2                                                                                                                            
28thSnipe 19, redpoll 3, fieldfare c50, redwing c20, sparrowhawk 1, goldcrest 1, goosander 1 female, common buzzard 4, little grebe 1                                                                                                                        
27thPeregrine 1 hunting over the inflow end and wood, cormorant 16                                                                                                                        
23rdYellow-legged gull 2, Redpoll c20, little egret 2, sparrowhawk 1, cetti's warbler 1, little grebe 1, goosander 2                                                                                                                            
22ndYellow-legged gull 1, willow tit 1, goosander 2, redpoll 2, little egret 2, coal tit 1                                                                                                                            
21stSnipe 20, cetti's warbler 1, little egret 2, treecreeper 1, willow tit 1, grey wagtail 1                                                                                                                           
20thBrambling 1 male, snipe 7, yellowhammer c20, goosander 8, kingfisher 1, lapwing 23, little grebe 2, meadow pipit 10, redpoll 3, little egret 1

              
Yellowhammer - Pete Norrie (SRG) (photo Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                        
19thSnipe 2, goosander 3, little egret 1, little grebe 1                                                                                                                            
18thSnipe 21, redpoll 2                                                                                                                             
17thGoosander 5, little grebe 3                                                                                                                             
16thGOSHAWK 1 male seen briefly at first light by several members of the ringing group (flew from wood in general direction of the hide), kingfisher 1, goosander 4, willow tit 1, goldcrest 4                                                                                                                     
12thWoodcock 1 (CMH / C Begley), great white egret 1 flew through (CMH / C Begley), snipe 6, goosander 15, fieldfare c50, grey wagtail 1, kingfisher 1, barn owl 1, little grebe 2                                                                                                                                   

11th
Barn owl 1, snipe 2                                                                                                                             
10thCurlew 1 over, kingfisher 1                                                                                                                                
8thWater rail 1, little egret 1, redpoll 3                                                                                                                          
7thJack snipe 1 (Dave Scott), snipe 1                                                                                                                    
2ndCetti's warbler 1, fieldfare c150, goosander 5, redwing c100, goldcrest 5, snipe 1, little egret 1                                                                                                                                      

November 2017

30thFieldfare c200, chiffchaff 1 (with long tailed tit flock)                                                                                                                               
26thGoldcrest c10, sparrowhawk 1, little egret 4, kingfisher 1, goosander 1, Cetti's warbler 1                                                                                                                                 
25thGreat Northern Diver 1 still present in Blowers Lodge Bay at 07.50 but not for the remainder of the day, red-crested pochard 2, caspian gull 1 (A Borley), willow tit 1

Great Northern Diver (Chris Hubbard)


                                                                                                                                
24thGREAT NORTHERN DIVER 1 this pm mostly around the dam (CMH), 3rd record for Stanford Reservoir and the first since 2005, common redpoll 2 (MJT), redpoll 7, little egret 3, peregrine 1, redwing (Icelandic race) 1 trapped and ringed this AM, goosander 1

Great Northern Diver (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                 
21stRed-crested pochard 2, goosander 9, chiffchaff 1, little egret 7
                                                                                                                                   
20thRed-crested pochard 2, goosander 11, willow tit 1, barn owl 1, cetti's warbler 1

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UPDATE ON THE DUSKY WARBLER FROM 19TH OCTOBER 

The dusky warbler trapped and ringed on the 19th October created some interesting discussion around whether the bird was a dusky, radde’s or even something else. A small feather which was dislodged in the processing of the bird was sent to Martin Collinson at the University of Aberdeen  and a DNA sample was obtained. The bird has been confirmed as a dusky warbler - Mick Townsend's original identification. I have included a further montage of images from the 19th October - right up there as one of the best birds ever at the reservoir.

Dusky warbler (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                                
19thRed crested pochard 2, peregrine 1, goosander 11, barn owl 1, snipe 6, little grebe 1, red kite 1, water rail 1, tawny owl 1                                                                                                                                   
18thWoodcock 1 (Stanford Ringing Group), brambling 1, goosander 11, red crested pochard 2                                                                                                                                
17thGoosander 3                                                                                                                             
15thFieldfare c400, little egret 2, goldcrest 8 trapped and ringed, redpoll 2, brambling 1, redwing c150, linnet c10, goldfinch 20, chiffchaff 1, goosander 3                                                                                                                                  
12thred-crested pochard 2, coot c65, redpoll c10, fieldfare c200                                                                                                                              
11thMerlin 1 (AGH), grey plover 1 (KW), red-crested pochard 2, brambling 1, fieldfare c500                                                                                                                                 
10thWoodcock 1 (MJT), brambling 2, red kite 2, great-black backed gull 20, common gull c60, fieldfare c700, redwing c200, goldfinch c30, teal 50, grey wagtail 2                                                                                                                                          
9thRed-crested pochard 2, fieldfare c200, redwing c100, cetti's warbler 1, redpoll 8, barn owl 1, willow tit 1, snipe 1

Red-crested pochard (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                  
7thRed-crested pochard 2 (male and female)                                                                                                                                   
6thStonechat 2 (CMH), fieldfare c100, redwing c75, chiffchaff 1, yellow legged gull 1 in roost                                                                                                                                       
5thHen Harrier 1 ring-tail briefly c15.35 (SCN), green sandpiper 1, peregrine 1, fieldfare c400, redwing c100, redpoll 3, cetti's warbler 1, meadow pipit 12, grey wagtail 2, tufted duck c85, goldeneye 6, stock dove 69, pochard 11, coat tit 1, willow tit 1                                                                                                                              
4thLittle gull 1 in roost from the hide at 16.05 (CMH), black tailed godwit 1, barn owl 1, fieldfare / redwing c200, chiffchaff 1, centi's warbler 2                                                                                                                            
3rdHawfinch 3 over (MJT), black tailed godwit 1, chiffchaff 2, green woodpecker 1 trapped and ringed, redpoll, fieldfare c200, pintail 4 over flying south (SRG), meadow pipit c10

Green woodpecker and redpoll (Stanford Ringing Group)
                                                                                                                       
2ndBlack tailed godwit 1, goldeneye 6, meadow pipit 6, fieldfare c50, snipe 3, cetti's warbler 2, pochard 3                                                                                                                                 
1stBlack tailed godwit 1, goldeneye 7, pochard 5, fieldfare c100, redwing c50, cetti's warbler 1, jay 1, meadow pipit 6, snipe 2                                                                                         


October 2017


31stLittle gull 1 at the inflow end mid afternoon (CMH) - 2nd record for 2017, black tailed godwit 1, goldeneye 11, meadow pipit 6, goldcrest 10, lapwing 12, fieldfare c100, redwing c 50, little grebe 1
Little gull (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                              
30thVismig early AM - wood pigeon 913, fieldfare 35, skylark 15, redwing c100, redpoll c15, peregrine1, black-tailed godwit 1, snipe 3, goldcrest c10                                                                                                                                      
29thGreat white egret 3 at c13:00 low across Leicestershire bank and towards South Kilworth (CMH), black-tailed godwit 1, goldeneye 2, cetti's warbler 1. Vismig this am - wood pigeon 773, redpoll 20, redwing 86, fieldfare 85, golden plover 1, meadow pipit 9, siskin 1, greenfinch 12                                                                                                                                      
28thVismig this am - wood pigeon 520, golden plover 17, bullfinch 10, siskin 2, fieldfare 91, redwing c100, redpoll c10, greenfinch 16. Also, green sandpiper 1, goldeneye 2, little grebe 1, chiffchaff 1, jay 3, cetti's warbler 1, grey wagtail 1                                                                                                                                  
27thWoodcock 2 (SRG), merlin 1 (SRG), green sandpiper 1, greenshank 1, black-tailed godwit 1, siskin 1, raven 2, fieldfare 2, barn owl 1, little grebe 3, wood pigeon vismig of 649 South between 7.30am and 8.30am (CMH), redwing c30, goldeneye 1                                                                                                                                  
25thFieldfare c36, redwing c30, greenshank 1, barn owl 1, wood pigeon 200+ in small flocks heading south, chiffchaff 1, goldcrest c5, cetti's warbler 1, greenfinch c20, redpoll c15, goldfinch c15                                                                                                                              
24thPintail 4, cetti's warbler 1, redwing c90, little grebe 1, goldcrest 8, chiffchaff 1                                                                                                                           
23rdRing ouzel 1 early am with fieldfare near gate at railway track (CMH), fieldfare 15, chaffinch c30 over, redwing c80 over, greenshank 1, pintail 1, cetti's warbler 1, little grebe 2, willow tit 1, snipe 1, goldcrest 5, redpoll 3                                                                                                                     
22ndPintail 4, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1, cetti's warbler 1, redpoll 3, siskin 3, blackcap 1, chiffchaff 2, red-legged partridge 4, redwing 35, shoveler 48, coot 31, goldcrest 6+, sparrowhawk 2, lapwing 40, tufted duck 40, willow tit 1, grey wagtail 1, jay 2                                                                                                                               
21stPintail 4, redpoll 2, redwing c50, goldeneye 1 female, sparrowhawk 2, goosander 2, willow tit 1

Pintail (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                            
20thBlack-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, redpoll 4, redwing c90, siskin 4, cetti's warbler 1, jay 2, chiffchaff 1, goldcrest 5, red kite 1                                                                                                                               
19thDUSKY WARBLER 1 trapped and ringed by M Townsend, SRG this AM (first ever record for Stanford Reservoir and Leics / Northants) - seen again at c11.40 (CMH) but not since despite searching. The star bird of 2017 (so far)!

Golden plover 8 over, brambling 1, redwing, redpoll 2, snipe 1

Dusky Warbler (Stanford Ringing Group)
                                                                                                                                     
18thBlack-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, cetti's warbler 2, redpoll 1, pintail 1, green sandpiper 1, little egret 1, barn owl 1                                                                                                                              
17thGreat white egret 2 for 30 mins this PM (SCN), greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1, black-tailed godwit 1, sparrowhawk 1, little egret 1, pintail 4, little grebe 1

1 of 2 great white egrets (Steve Nichols)
                                                                                                                                 
16thStonechat 1, yellow-legged gull 2, pintail 4, chiffchaff 2, fieldfare 1, starling c120 through, redwing 100+, meadow pipit 30+, snipe 1, lapwing c120, sparrowhawk 1                                                                                                                                 
15thStonechat 1, black-tailed godwit 1, snipe 7, greenshank 1, pintail 4, goosander 1, green woodpecker 1, blackcap 3, golden plover 6, fieldfare 1, redwing c30, little grebe 3, redpoll 6, coot 18, red kite 1, goldcrest 4, chiffchaff 4

redwing (Chris Hubbard)


                                                                                                                             
14thStonechat 1 (CMH), black-tailed godwit, greenshank 1, skylark c40 through, meadow pipit c25, redpoll 8, goldcrest 5, jay 2, little egret 1, swallow 1, snipe 3, redwing 3, chiffchaff, barn owl 1, pintail 5 this evening (CMH), goosander 1 female this evening (first of the Autumn)                                                                                                                                     
12thBlack-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, redpoll 110+ through this am with 20 trapped and ringed, green sandpiper 1, grey wagtail 1, jay 1, chiffchaff c5, siskin 2, redwing 20, peregrine 1                                                                                                                                        
10thBlack-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, snipe 1, skylark c40 over early, goldcrest 7                                                                                                                                           
9thLittle egret 3, lesser redpoll 2, black-tailed godwit 1 at hide (CMH), blackcap 2, jay 1, hobby 1, snipe 1, stonechat 1, water rail 1 calling from Keepers Lodge Bay, raven 1 over, greenshank 1, egyptian goose 1, red kite 1, redwing 15 over                                                                                                                                   
8thRed-crested pochard 1, egyptian goose 1, Cetti's warbler 2 (1 trapped and ringed and 1 on Leicestershire bank), little grebe 2, lesser redpoll 6, barn owl 1, greenshank 1, chiffchaff 10, goldcrest 7, little egret 1, blackcap 1, green sandpiper 1    

Redpoll (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                    
7thRed-crested pochard 1, black-tailed godwit 1, snipe 1, green sandpiper 1, greenshank 1, egyptian goose 1, stonechat 2, meadow pipit c20, willow tit 1, jay 2, barn owl 1



Red-crested pochard (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                               
6thEgyptian goose 1 (CMH), stonechat 2, red-crested pochard 1, green sandpiper 1, goldcrest 5, little grebe 1, great crested grebe 5, swallow 2, jay 2, bullfinch 2, grey wagtail 1

Egyptian goose (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                      
5thGreen sandpiper 1, red-crested pochard 1 (MLP)                                                                                                                                      
4thGreenshank 1, little grebe 1, water rail 2 calling (SCN), jay 1, green sandpiper 1                                                                                                                                           
1stRed-crested pochard 1, ruff 1, coal tit 1, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1, sand martin 2, house martin 1, wigeon c100                                                                                            


September 2017


30thRed-crested pochard 1, black-tailed godwit 5, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 1 (on dam) ruff 3, swallow 5, whitethroat 1 trapped and ringed, redwing 10 over, 200+ new birds trapped and ringed this am, snipe 4, green sandpiper 1

Ruff (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                   
29thRed-crested pochard 1 (first of 2017, CMH), black-tailed godwit 5, ruff 3, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1      


Red-crested pochard (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                        
28thBlack-tailed godwit 5, ruff 2, snipe 3, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1, willow tit 1, shelduck 2                                                                                                                                  
26thWigeon c50, black-tailed godwit 4, ruff 1, snipe 2, greenshank 1, lesser redpoll 6, raven 1 over, swallow 3 south, chiffchaff 2                                                                                                                               
25thWigeon 47, teal c200, black-tailed godwit 5, ruff 1                                                                                                                               
24thBlack-tailed godwit 7 (CMH), greenshank 1, snipe 2, ruff 1, stonechat 2, sparrowhawk 1, blackcap 2, swallow c100, house martin 1, shoveler c65, pochard 3, little egret 1, cormorant 24, wigeon 16, little grebe 1, raven 2 over this pm

Stonechat (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                           
23rdGrasshopper warbler 1 trapped and ringed, sparrowhawk                                                                                                                      
22ndBlack-tailed godwit 7 this evening which takes our 2017 total to c130 birds (SCN), ruff 4, green sandpiper 2, kingfisher 1, little grebe 3 swallow / house martin c100, lesser whitethroat 1, wigeon 15, snipe 3                                                                                                                               
21stRuff 3, swallow c100, little egret 2, wigeon 15, pochard 7, snipe 2                                                                                                                             
20thStonechat 1 (CMH), ruff 4, greenshank 1, snipe 1, green sandpiper 2, swallow c100, wigeon 9, little egret 1, black tailed godwit 1 (SCN), lapwing c100    


Ruff (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                       
19thPintail 1 (GB), Shelduck 1, snipe 1, sparrowhawk 1, tawny owl 1, spotted flycatcher 1 trapped and ringed (Stanford Ringing Group)                                                                                                                          
18thStonechat 1 (MT) 150th species of the year at the reservoir, whinchat 2, cetti's warbler 1, house martin c50, swallow c20, lesser whitethroat 1, Willow Warbler 1 Green sandpiper 1, wigeon 4, tawny owl 3                                                                                                                                 
17th Hen Harrier (ring tail) 1 this AM (CMH), arctic tern 1, cetti's warbler 1 trapped and ringed (Stanford Ringing Group), hobby 1 (SCN), ruff 1, snipe 3, green sandpiper 2, little grebe 2, greenshank 1

Hen harrier (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                
16thArctic tern 1 this morning at least (CMH), green sandpiper 2                                                                                                                                   
15thArctic tern 1 around the inflow end and islands (CMH), greenshank 1, little egret 1, wigeon 1, kingfisher 1  

Arctic tern (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                        
14thArctic tern 1 in Blowers Lodge Bay (SCN), swift 4, whitethroat 1, wigeon 1, house martin several hundred, peregrine 2 along the disused railway track (MT)                                                                                                                                 
13thGreen sandpiper 1, little egret 2, arctic tern 1 this evening at the inflow (CMH)
Arctic tern (Chris Hubbard)

                                                                                                                                     
12thSwift 1, green sandpiper 1, greenshank 1, hobby 1, little grebe 1, snipe 1, red kite 2, tawny owl 1, jay 1
                                                                                                                                

11thGreen sandpiper 1, greenshank 1, several hundred hirundines                                                                                                                              
10thRedstart 2 trapped and ringed this morning (Stanford Ringing Group), black-tailed godwit 1, swift 1, greenshank 1                                                                                                                                             
9thMarsh Harrier 1 seen twice again today, redstart 2 trapped and ringed this AM (Stanford Ringing Group), black-tailed godwit 1 (SCN), greenshank 1, osprey 1, ruff 1, marsh tit 1, snipe 1, green sandpiper 1, swift 2    


Marsh Harrier - Bob Bullock
                                                                                                                           

8th
Marsh harrier 1 seen twice this PM (CMH), whinchat 2, peregrine 1, hobby 1, black-tailed godwit 4, green sandpiper 1, greenshank 1, sparrowhawk 1, little grebe 1, barn owl 1, swift 3, shoveler 70, teal 89, red kite 3


Marsh harrier (record shot - Chris Hubbard)
                                                                                                                                  
7thMarsh Harrier 1 along the islands and Leics bank at 13.09 (CMH), redstart 2 trapped and ringed this AM (Stanford Ringing Group), whinchat 1, greenshank 1, willow tit 1, green sandpiper 1, pintail 2 (SCN)                                                                                                                              
6thWhinchat 2 (SCN), peregrine 1, hobby 1, black-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 1, green sandpiper 1, yellow wagtail 1, willow tit 1, little grebe 2, little egret 2                                                                                                                               
5thWhinchat 2 (SCN), redstart 1 (SCN), green sandpiper 1, hobby 1, black-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1


Whinchat - Steve Nichols


4thBlack-tailed Godwit 1, Greenshank 1, Green Sandpiper 1, sedge warbler 2, c 300 hirundines early AM, whinchat 2 this evening (CMH), curlew 1, willow tit 1, swift 1, sparrowhawk 1

Whinchat - Chris Hubbard
Late news from Friday 1st September - Marsh harrier 1, photographed at 15:00 when it flew towards South / North Kilworth. 2nd record for the reservoir in 2017 (Christopher Owen / David Clayton)

3rd
Black-tailed Godwit 1, greenshank 1, green Sandpiper 1, wigeon 1, swift 1 (SCN), good numbers of hirundines moving through

2ndRedstart trapped and ringed this AM (Stanford Ringing Group), osprey 1, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1, spotted flycatcher 2, willow tit 1, reed warbler c5, sedge warbler c 6, cetti's warbler 2, sparrowhawk 2

Redstart - Chris Hubbard

                                                                                                                               
1stWhinchat 1, green sandpiper 1, mute swan 57, greenshank 1, black tailed godwit 1, little egret 2 (AGH)                                           

August 2017

31stWhinchat 2 (CMH), osprey 1 fishing at 12:46, hobby 1, greenshank 1, black tailed godwit 1 (SCN)

Whinchat - Chris Hubbard

                                                                                                                     
30thBlack tailed godwit - 1, greenshank 1                                                                                                                                
29thRedstart 1 trapped and ringed this AM (MT), black tailed godwit 1, greenshank  1                                                            
28thMale redstart trapped and ringed this AM (Stanford Ringing Group), osprey 1 (caught a fish at 10.15 then ate it in a dead tree east of the reservoir - A Borley), black tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, raven 1 (AGH), willow tit 1, lesser whitethroat 1

Redstart - Chris Hubbard 
                                                
27thOsprey 1, black tailed godwit 2, greenshank 1, little grebe 1, little egret 3, lesser whitethroat 1                                                                                                                                

26th 
Juv male redstart trapped and ringed this AM (Stanford Ringing Group), black tailed godwit 2 (CMH). PM -  osprey 1, spotted flycatcher 1, wheatear 1, black tailed godwit 1 (@twoterns).

Ringing totals - 404 birds caught with 385 new and 19 re-traps. Blackcap 160, whitethroat 122 and 2 redstarts.
Juv male redstart - Chris Hubbard

25thMale redstart trapped and ringed this am on private disused railway track (MT, SRG), spotted flycatcher 1, greenshank 1, wigeon 2  
24thBlack tern 1 (CMH) 16.35 at least, black tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1


blackwit (Chris Hubbard)
                                            
23rdRedstart -1 trapped and ringed on private disused railway track (M Townsend, SRG), greenshank 1, snipe 2, black tailed godwit 1 this evening                                                                                                                       
22ndSnipe 1, green sandpiper 2, shelduck 2, little egret 4                                                                                                                            
21stGreenshank 1, osprey 1 fishing from 18.20 to 19.00 (CMH)



Osprey (Chris Hubbard)
                                           
20thWhinchat 1 (first record for 2017), willow tit 1, greenshank 2, dunlin 1      


Greenshank (Chris Hubbard)
                                              
19thGreenshank 2, kingfisher 1, little egret 3                                                                                       
18thBlack tailed godwit 2, greenshank 2, swift 5, shelduck 2



Blackwit (Chris Hubbard)
                                                                            
17thGreenshank 2, snipe 3                                                                              
16thGreenshank 2, green sandpiper 2                                                                                          
15thBlack tailed godwit 1, greenshank 2, green sandpiper 2, shelduck 2                                                                        
14thfemale adult redstart trapped and ringed (P Norrie, SRG), black tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 2, shoveler 15                                                                                        
13thBlack tailed godwit 1                                                                                               
11thWood sandpiper 1 (CMH / AGH), greenshank 1, black tailed godwit 1, common sandpiper 2                                              
10thblack tailed godwit 1, wood sandpiper 1 (Dave Cox)                                                                                 
9thblack tailed godwit 4, dunlin 1, wood sandpiper (SCN)                                                                                     
7thGreenshank 1, black tailed godwit 16, green sandpiper 6, dunlin 6                                                                                             
6thblack tailed godwit 1, dunlin 6, green sandpiper 2, common sandpiper 1, greenshank 1
5thblack tailed godwit 3, dunlin 5, greenshank 2, common sandpiper 2, little egret 4                                                                                                  
4thblack tailed godwit 11, common sandpiper 3, dunlin 4, shelduck 5, greenshank, teal 7         
3rdblack tailed godwit 3, little ringed plover 6, dunlin 6, shelduck 6, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 3                                                                                                                                         
2ndblack tailed godwit 10 (1 colour ringed), dunlin 5, turnstone 1, greenshank 5, little ringed plover 4                                                                                                        
1stBAIRD'S SANDPIPER (1st for Stanford and 3rd for Leicestershire and Northants - CMH) on islands for c8 minutes at 18.33 before flying towards Blowers Lodge Bay


Baird's sandpiper (Chris Hubbard)


           

July 2017
31stblack tailed godwit 6, dunlin 1, greenshank 2, green sandpiper 1                                                                           
30thTurnstone 1, ruff 1, redshank 1, little ringed plover 1, common sandpiper 10, greenshank 2, dunlin 3, green sandpiper 2                                                                                                                              
29thTurnstone 1, greenshank 2, ruff 1, dunlin 1 common sandpiper 8                                                                                       
28thTurnstone 1, ruff 1, common sandpiper 10, greenshank 2                                                                                             
27thTurnstone 1(CMH), greenshank 2, ruff 1, common sandpiper 10                

                                                                 
26thGreenshank 2, green sandpiper 3, snipe 1, ruff 1, common sandpiper 12, little ringed plover 2            
25thSanderling 1(18th of 2017), dunlin 6, greenshank 3, golden plover 1 (MLP)                                                                                                                               
24thcommon sandpiper 12, green sandpiper 1, greenshank 3, dunlin 2, shelduck 3                                                                                                                         
23rdGreenshank 5, common sandpiper 10, little ringed plover 5, black tailed godwit 2                                                                                                         
22ndOystercatcher 2, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 10, red kite 1                                                                                                                                         
20thGreenshank 1, common sandpiper 9, little ringed plover 6, shelduck 8                                                                                                                             
19thGreen sandpiper 2                                                                                                                              
18thBlack tailed godwit 2                                                                                          
17thCommon sandpiper 2, dunlin 2, shelduck 8, little ringed plover 2, oystercatcher 2                                                                    
16th2 redshank, 1 greenshank, 1 dunlin, 3 common sandpipers, green sandpiper, 5 little ringed plover 
15thDunlin 1, greenshank 1, shelduck 8, common sandpiper 5, little ringed plover 5                                                                                                             

14th

Greenshank 1, Common Tern 8, Common Sandpiper 1
13thBlack-tailed Godwit 1, Osprey 2, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Ruff 3
12thBlack-tailed Godwit 1, Greenshank 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 5, Dunlin, Barn Owl
11thBlack-tailed Godwit 1, Greenshank 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Ringed Plover 1, Teal 4, Swift, Sand Martin
10thBlack-tailed Godwit 20, Osprey, Garganey juvenile
9thBlack-tailed Godwit 2, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler
8thGreenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper 2, Tufted Duck with 4 young, Shelduck with 3 young, Common Redstart - juvenile ringed
6thBlack-tailed Godwit 3, Dunlin 2, Greenshank 2, Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Common Tern 4, Grasshopper Warbler, Barn Owl
2ndBlack-tailed Godwit 1, Green Sandpiper 3, Greenshank, Grasshopper Warbler
1stBlack-tailed Godwit 1

June 2017

30thBlack-tailed Godwit 9, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler
29thOsprey, Greenshank,
28thLittle Tern 2, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Shelduck with 3 young, Yellow Wagtail
27thHobby 2, Green Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler
26thOsprey, Avocet, Green Sandpiper
25thAvocet, Black-tailed Godwit 27, Redshank, Osprey, Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge with 11 young
Avocet by C Hubbard

Black-tailed Godwits by C Hubbard

24thOsprey, Hobby 2, Buzzard, Shelduck with 4 young, Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull
22ndOsprey
20thOsprey, Green Sandpiper 3, Lapwing 80+, Cuckoo
18thOsprey, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover 2, Cuckoo, Red Kite 2, Curlew 2, Hobby
Osprey by C Hubbard

Osprey by C Hubbard
17thOsprey, Yellow-legged Gull, Curlew 2
16thOsprey
Drinker Moth caterpillar by S Nichols
15thSpotted Flycatcher
14thCurlew
13thCurlew
Curlew by C Hubbard
12thBuzzard, Ringed Plover, Swift c50
Ringed Plover by C Hubbard
11thBlack-tailed Godwit (possible nominate Limosa), Cuckoo, Hobby, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Shelduck 3, Gadwall c20, Mallard, Tufted Duck c15, Muscovy Duck 1, Teal 1, Pochard 1, Great Crested Grebe 9, Coot, Lapwing c15 plus pair 4 chicks inlet still and another pair with chicks by field track, Oystercatcher 4, Common Tern 4, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Swift, Magpie, Rook, Blue Tit, Skylark, Swallow 1, Long-tailed Tit family, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler 4+, Sedge Warbler, Robin, Yellow Wagtail 1, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Little Egret 2, Buzzard 2, Cuckoo 1, Hobby 1, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Sand Martin c100, House Martin, Wren, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet. Also Speckled Wood 10+, Large Skipper 4+, Peacock 1, Red Admiral 1, unidentified 'Whites', Broad-bodied Chaser, imm male

Black-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard
9th
Great Pied Hoverfly by S Nichols
Large Skipper by S Nichols
8thHobby, Osprey
7thTeal 2, Shoveler 4, Yellow Wagtail
5thOsprey
3rdGrey Plover, Osprey
2ndGrey Plover, Ringed Plover, Hobby 2, Kingfisher 2, Osprey
1stJack Snipe am, Grey Plover,

May 2017

31st
Jack Snipe am, Grey Plover
30th
Jack Snipe am, Swift 40+
29th
Osprey, Muscovy Duck,
28th
Jack Snipe again on both county banks, White-fronted Goose
27th
Jack Snipe, Spotted Flycatcher ringed
24th
Little Egret 9, Shoveler 2, Oystercatcher 5, Lapwing + 4 chicks, Hobby 2
23rd
White-fronted Goose, Ringed Plover, Lapwing + 4 chicks
22nd
White-fronted Goose, Hobby
21st
White-fronted Goose, Swift 35+
20th
White-fronted Goose 1, Common Tern 3+
White-fronted Goose by C Hubbard
19th
White-fronted Goose 1, Ringed Plover
18th
White-fronted Goose 1, Avocet mobbed by corvids in Blowers Bay am, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Shelduck 6, Common Tern c30, Cuckoo
17th
Jack Snipe 1, Oystercatcher 6, Ringed Plover 25, Sanderling 13, Dunlin 12, Cuckoo, Swift 20+, House Martin c500
16th
Jack Snipe 1, Oystercatcher 6, Turnstone 1, Shelduck 3, Cuckoo, Sparrowhawk 1f, Hobby 1
Jack Snipe by C Hubbard
Turnstone by C Hubbard

15th
Jack Snipe 1, Oystercatcher 6, Ringed Plover 11, Shelduck 6, Swift 40+


13th
Ringed Plover 11, Oystercatcher 3, Shelduck 2, Common Tern 25+, Peregrine 1
12th
Little Egret, Shelduck 4, Gadwall 11, Teal male, Pochard male, Common Scoter female, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 15, Ringed Plover 10, Sanderling 2, Little Gull first summer, Common Tern c20, Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail 2, Lesser Whitethroat 2. Also Fox (took a Mallard duckling), Muntjac, Brown Hare 2
11th
Little Gull 7 (1st summers), Ringed Plover 7, Dunlin
10th
Shelduck 4, Common Tern 6, Greenshank 1, Common Sandpiper 1
9th
Little Egret 1, Greenshank 5, Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Shelduck 2
8th
Whooper Swan, Black Tern 1, Ringed Plover 4, Greenshank 5, Dunlin 3, Cuckoo 2
Cuckoo by S Nichols
7th
Whooper Swan, Black Tern 3, Whimbrel, Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit 2, Greenshank 9. Also Red Admiral
Grey Plover by C Hubbard
Whooper Swan by C Hubbard

Red Admiral by S Nichols
6th
Little Egret 9, Whooper Swan, Shelduck 5, Gadwall 12, Teal 2, Shoveler 2, Pochard 2, Jack Snipe, Oystercatcher 3, Grey Plover 2, Sanderling 2, Dunlin, Bar-tailed Godwit 2, Greenshank 9, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper 2, Common Tern 17, Caspian Gull, Stock Dove 21 (flock), Cuckoo, Swift c35, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail singing, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Garden Warbler 3, Goldcrest, Yellowhammer. Also Brown Hare 4


Dunlin & Sanderling by C Hubbard

5th
Little Egret 10, Pochard 2, Grey Plover 2, Dunlin 2, Bar-tailed Godwit 2, Spotted Redshank 2, Common Redshank, Greenshank 8+, Common Sandpiper, Turnstone 3, Common Tern 17, Cuckoo, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat 3 singing, Goldcrest 2 singing.
Also Canada Goose with 5 young and two pairs Greylags 14 young

Spotted Redshanks by C Hubbard

Turnstone by C Hubbard

4th
Whimbrel, Greenshank 6, Dunlin, Shelduck 2, Swift 4
3rd
Ruff 4, Whimbrel 1, Greenshank 6, Mediterranean Gull 2 over, Little Tern 1, Arctic Tern 2, Channel Wagtail with 9 Yellow Wagtails in field west of Blowers Bay before being flushed by Kestrel
Ruff by C Hubbard

Ruffs and Whimbrel by C Hubbard

Ruff and Greenshank by C Hubbard
2nd
Wood Sandpiper in Blowers Bay 18:00, Common Redshank, Dunlin 2, Ringed Plover 2, Greenshank 6, Shelduck 5, Little Egret 6, Hobby, Arctic Tern 3
1st
Black Tern 3, Little Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Greenshank 5, Bar-tailed Godwit 14 over
Wood Sandpiper by C Hubbard

Grey Plover by C Hubbard
Black Terns by C Hubbard
Little Tern by C Hubbard


April 2017

29thNo sign of Long-tailed Duck, Black Tern, Little Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit 8, Greenshank 5, Dunlin 11, Ringed Plover 10, Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, Mediterranean Gull 2 over
Black Tern by C Hubbard

Little Tern by C Hubbard
Bar-tailed Godwits by C Hubbard

29thLong-tailed Duck, Little Egret 8, Oystercatcher 3, Greenshank, Dunlin 3, Ringed Plover 3, Shelduck 7, Pochard 2, Shoveler, Teal 2, Common Tern 15, Kingfisher 1, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail 2, White Wagtail c8 & mixed hirundines c1000

28thLong-tailed Duck, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Cuckoo (1st for year), Swift (1st for year)
Whimbrel by C Hubbard

27thLong-tailed Duck, Arctic Tern 110+, Dunlin 2, Hobby, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail 5
Arctic Terns by C Hubbard

26thLong-tailed Duck, Little Egret 2, Oystercatcher 2, Greenshank, Dunlin 5, Ringed Plover 6, Shelduck 3, Pochard 2, Teal 2, Common Tern 6, Kingfisher 1, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail 2, White Wagtail c8 & mixed hirundines c1000

Wheatear by C Hubbard
Wheatear & Coot by G Burton

25thLong-tailed Duck, Greenshank, Ringed Plover 7, Dunlin 5, Common Snipe, Red Kite, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail 12
Greenshank by C Hubbard

Greenshank by C Hubbard

24thLong-tailed Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit through, Common Tern 3, Dunlin 8, Ringed Plover 4, Common Redshank, Oystercatcher 3, Yellow Wagtail 4, White Wagtail 4
23rdBlack-winged Stilt 2, Long-tailed Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel


Black-winged Stilts by C Hubbard

22ndLong-tailed Duck, Little Egret 5, Shelduck 5, Gadwall 26, Shoveler 5, Pochard male, Goldeneye 2, Oystercatcher 3, Ringed Plover 3, Dunlin 3, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Redshank, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail 2, White Wagtail 14, House Martin c10, Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler c8 singing, Whitethroat 2, Garden Warbler, Goldcrest singing, Treecreeper, Linnet c.30.
Also Muntjac, Brimstone 3, Green-veined White 8, Orange Tip c.50, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock 2, Speckled Wood 3
21stLong-tailed Duck, Little Egret 5, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Redshank, Dunlin 2, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck 8, Pochard 2, Goldeneye 4, Ringed Plover 3, White Wagtail 20+, Yellow Wagtail 5
20thBlack-winged Stilt 3 at inlet end 07:00, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 5, Northern/Scandinavian Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail 10, numerous White Wagtail & Pied Wagtail
Black-winged Stilts by I Wilson
Black-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard
Bar & Black-tailed Godwits by S Nichols

19thLong-tailed Duck 1, Black-tailed Godwit 5, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, White Wagtail 13, Yellow Wagtail 7
Bar-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard

18thLong-tailed Duck 1, Goldeneye 3, Whimbrel, Common Redshank, Little Egret 8, White Wagtail 4, Yellow Wagtail 4, Lesser Whitethroat
17thLong-tailed Duck 1, Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail 2
16thLong-tailed Duck 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Ringed Plover 4, Curlew 1, White Wagtail 10, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler
Long-tailed Duck by C Hubbard

15thLong-tailed Duck 1, Shelduck 1, Goldeneye 7, Teal 3, Little Egret 5, Common Sandpiper 2, Ringed Plover 5, Green Sandpiper, Kestrel, Pied Wagtail c25, White Wagtail 17, Yellow Wagtail 3 
14thLong-tailed Duck 1, Common Sandpiper 3, Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Yellow Wagtail, House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin.
Also Muntjac
Common Sandpiper by C Hubbard

Muntac by C Hubbard

13thLong-tailed Duck 1, Ringed Plover 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 4, White Wagtail 3, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler

Ringed Plover by C Hubbard

12thLittle Egret 7, Shelduck, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 2, Oystercatcher 2, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper 2, Green Sandpiper, Sand Martin 300+, White Wagtail 6, Yellow Wagtail 3
11thCommon Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover 2, Dunlin 1
10thCommon Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 2, Shelduck 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, White Wagtail 1
9thCommon Crane 2 (over dam headed s.w.), Mute Swan (max in view 20), Grey Heron 6, Little Egret 3, Shoveler 23, Goldeneye 5 (2m, 3f), Pochard 1 male, Gadwall, Shelduck 1, Oystercatcher 2 (main reedbed), Lapwing 1, Black-headed Gull 4, Herring Gull 2, Lesser black-backed Gull 1, Common Tern 1, Pied Wagtail 1, White Wagtail 2, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch, Linnet, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer. Also Common Toad, Roach, Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell

Common Cranes by R Mays
Common Cranes by R Mays


8thLittle Egret 7, Grey Heron 11, Shelduck, Wigeon 2, Gadwall 40, Teal 4, Shoveler 24, Pochard male, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 7, Kestrel, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 8, Dunlin 3, Snipe, Green Sandpiper 2, Green Woodpecker, White Wagtail 3, Blackcap 5 +, Willow Warbler 5, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Jay, Linnet c.30, Bullfinch 4, Yellowhammer. Also Muntjac, Tench, Roach Pike, Brimstone 7, Orange Tip 12, Peacock 7, Small Tortoiseshell
7thRed-necked Grebe in full summer plumage (mouth Blowers Lodge), Little Egret 5, Shelduck, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 8, Oystercatcher 2, Dunlin 3, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail 2. Also Noctule & Nathusius Pipistrelle, confirmed Leisler's Pipistrelle - 1st site and 9th Northants record, Brimstone, Orange Tip, Peacock, Speckled Wood

Red-necked Grebe by G Burton

6thCommon Snipe 1, Lapwing 6, Oystercatcher 6, Shelduck 1, Goldeneye 10, Wigeon 3, White Wagtail 1-2, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper
5thLong-tailed Duck, Shelduck 3,Shoveler, Goldeneye,  Little Egret 6, Lapwing 2, Green Sandpiper, Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon over at 6:30 pm, Stock Dove 2, Swallow 1, Sand Martin, Willow Warbler 3-4 singing.
Also Peacock 2, Roach & Perch
4thLong-tailed Duck, Shelduck 3, Sand Martin c100, Swallow 1
3rdLong-tailed Duck, Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 5, Little Egret 4, Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Jackdaw c110, Pied Wagtail 11, Song Thrush 3. Also Common Pipistrelle, Roach & Perch
2ndLong-tailed Duck 1, Little Egret 3, Gadwall, 45, Shelduck 2, Pochard 1, Goldeneye 10, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 1, Buzzard 5, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 2, Swallow 1, Blackcap 3, Jay.
Bat species include Noctule 5, Common Pipistrelle and confirmed Nathusius Pipistrelle - 1st site and 3rd record for Northants
1stLong-tailed Duck 1, Little Egret 10, Shelduck 2, Wigeon 16, Gadwall 68, Teal 31, Oystercatcher 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Lapwing 16, Common Snipe 9, Red Kite 2, Kestrel, Pintail 1 male, Shoveler 7, Pochard 1 male, Goldeneye 6, Goosander 1 female, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Sand Martin c50, Swallow 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Blackcap male, Chiffchaff 9, Willow Warbler 2, Linnet c400, Bullfinch 6, Yellowhammer.
Also Stoat, Brown Hare 2, Peacock

Pintail by C Hubbard

Shelduck by C Hubbard

Oystercatchers by C Hubbard


March 2017
31stLong-tailed Duck 1, Shelduck 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Red Kite 1, Sand Martin 50+, Blackcap
30thLong-tailed Duck 1, Shelduck 2, Goosander 4, Curlew 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Fieldfare c20, Redwing 1, Willow Tit 1 singing
29thLong-tailed Duck 1, Shelduck 2, Oystercatcher 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 14, Red Kite 1, Sand Martin c50, Swallow 2 (1st record this year)

Long-tailed Duck by G Burton

28thLong-tailed Duck 1, Sand Martin 10
27thLong-tailed Duck 1, Little Egret 19, Oystercatcher 2, Dunlin 2, Sand Martin c50, Siskin over.
Also two Soprano Pipistrelle Bats at dam end, Common Pipistrelle and possible Nathusius Pipistrelle - tbc
26thDunlin 3, Common Redshank 2, Green Sandpiper 1.
Also Otter at inflow
25thLittle Egret 19, Wigeon c65, Gadwall 64, Teal 23, Shoveler 13, Pochard 2, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 6, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Lapwing 4, Snipe 16, Redshank 2, Green Sandpiper, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail 2, White Wagtail, Chiffchaff 6, Linnet 200 +, Bullfinch 6, Yellowhammer.
Also Brown Hare, Brimstone 2, Peacock
24thCommon Redshank 2, Dunlin 1
23rdLong-tailed Duck, Goosander 9, Little Egret 21, Lapwing 1, Common Redshank 1, Dunlin 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Ringed Plover 10, Sand Martin 2, Chiffchaff 4-5 singing, Tree Sparrow c20
22ndLittle Egret 19, Grey Heron 2, Long-tailed Duck, Wigeon c150, Shoveler 8, Goosander 6, Lapwing 2, Dunlin 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Ringed Plover 7, Oystercatcher 1, Pied Wagtail 6+, Sand Martin 2, Fieldfare c60, Redwing 1, Tree Sparrow 20
20thLong-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover 6, Common Redshank
19thLong-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper 2, Little Ringed Plover 6
18thLittle Egret 16, Wigeon 62, Gadwall 32, Teal 24, Shoveler 9, Pochard 2, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 11, Goosander 11, Red Kite, Kestrel, Little Ringed Plover 5, Snipe 12, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker 4, Meadow Pipit 4, Fieldfare c90 NE, Redwing 2, Cetti's Warbler singing, Chiffchaff 4, Jay, Linnet c20, Bullfinch 7, Yellowhammer 2. Also Brown Hare

Black-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard

Little Ringed Plover by C Hubbard

Long-tailed Duck by C Hubbard

17thLittle Ringed Plover 6, Dunlin and Common Redshank this pm between inflow carpark and hide
Common Redshank by C Hubbard

LRP's & Dunlin by C Hubbard
16thLong-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover 2, Sand Martin
15thGreen Sandpiper 2, Jack Snipe and Common Snipe flushed from Leicestershire bank
14thLong-tailed Duck, Dunlin 3, Red Kite, Chiffchaff 6+
13thGreen Sandpiper 1, Barn Owl 1. Also Otter by the bridge at 16:30
12thLittle Egret 11, Mute Swan 32, Black-headed Gull c450, Grey Heron 2, Coot 120, Wigeon 156, Green Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Kingfisher 1, Long-tailed Duck 1, Goosander 35, Pochard 25, Great Crested Grebe 75, Common Gull 5, Greylag Goose 6, Shoveler 20, Smew female, Canada Goose 1, Gadwall 35, Goldeneye 25, Lesser Black-backed Gull 4, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Teal 60, Moorhen 3, Mallard 10, Chiffchaff 2
11thGreat Crested Grebe 65, Little Egret 18, Wigeon 87, Gadwall 40, Teal 67, Pintail 2 (pair), Shoveler 3, Pochard 35, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 22, Smew redhead, Goosander 41, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Golden Plover 8, Curlew 1, Jack Snipe, Snipe 9, Common Redshank, Green Sandpiper 2, Stock Dove c50, Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit 3, Grey Wagtail, Cettis Warbler singing, Chiffchaff 6+, Bullfinch 2. Also Brown Hare 2, Muntjac
10thLong-tailed Duck, Smew female, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank 1
9thSmew female, Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper 2, Little Egret 18. Also Otter

Goldeneye by C Hubbard

8thLong-tailed Duck, Smew female, Little Egret 18, Green Sandpiper 2, Red Kite 1
Smew by C Hubbard

Smew by C Hubbard

Smew by C Hubbard

7thMute Swan, Greylag Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Long-tailed Duck 1, Goosander c50, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler 15, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Cormorant 20+, Little Grebe 1, Pheasant, Little Egret 10, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Lapwing 6, Woodcock 1, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Buzzard, Coot, Woodpigeon, Rook, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Dunnock, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Fieldfare c20, Robin, Chaffinch, Bullfinch 2+, Reed Bunting
6thPeregrine, Red Kite, Buzzard 3. Also Muntjac
4thLittle Grebe 2, Little Egret 15, Shelduck 2, Wigeon c25, Gadwall 38, Teal 146, Shoveler 14, Pochard 187, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 22, Smew redhead, Goosander 75+, Kestrel, Lapwing 8, Snipe 19, Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull 1st winter, Stock Dove c50, Barn Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare c20, Redwing c40, Bullfinch 9, Yellowhammer 3, Reed Bunting c15. Also Brown Hare 6, Muntjac 2, Red-tailed Bumblebee (1st record for this year)
3rdLong-tailed Duck, Little Egret 16
1stLittle Grebe 2, Little Egret 14, Wigeon c25, Gadwall 38, Teal 146, Shoveler 14, Pochard 187, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye 22, Smew redhead, Goosander 73, Kestrel, Lapwing 8, Snipe 19, Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull 1st w, Stock Dove c50, Barn Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare c20, Redwing c40, Bullfinch 9, Yellowhammer 3, Reed Bunting c15. Also Brown Hare 6, Muntjac


February 2017
28thCaspian Gull 1st winter, Long-tailed Duck
26thMute Swan, Canada Goose 1, Greylag Goose 106, Wigeon c50, Teal c80, Shoveler 6, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Long-tailed Duck 1, Goosander c50, Cormorant, Little Grebe 4, Moorhen, Little Egret 20, Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow, Cetti's Warbler 1 singing on Leics side, Wren, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Fieldfare 20, Redwing 2, Grey Wagtail 1
25thIceland Gull 1st winter in the roost, Long-tailed Duck
Iceland Gull by C Hubbard
24thLittle Grebe 2, Little Egret 17, Grey Heron 11, Wigeon 53, Gadwall 28, Teal c135, Shoveler 17, Pochard 139, Long-tailed Duck immature, Goldeneye 22, Goosander 59, Snipe 28, Green Sandpiper, Stock Dove c20, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit 2, Grey Wagtail, Redwing c80, Goldcrest, Jay 2, Raven 2, Tree Sparrow c80, Bullfinch 10. Also Brown Hare 5, Muntjac 2
21stLong-tailed Duck
19thMute Swan, Canada Goose 3, Greylag Goose, Wigeon, Teal 17, Shoveler 1, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye 25+, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Long-tailed Duck 1, Goosander 64, Grey Heron 2, Great Crested Grebe c30, Moorhen, Lapwing 3, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Stock Dove 2, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird, Redwing c15, Dunnock, Pheasant, Little Egret 14, Little Grebe 2, Buzzard 2, Coot, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Skylark, Wren, Fieldfare c30, Robin, Tree Sparrow c40, Bullfinch 1, Chaffinch, Goldfinch 1, Red Kite 1
18thLittle Grebe 4, Little Egret 13, Wigeon 75, Gadwall 30, Teal c30, Shoveler 16, Pochard 216, Long-tailed Duck immature, Goldeneye 34, Goosander 31, Kestrel, Golden Plover 7, Lapwing c40, Snipe 35, Green Sandpiper, Woodcock, Stock Dove 52 (single flock), Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cettis Warbler, Goldcrest, Bullfinch 2. Also 2 Brown Hare
17thLong-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, Goosander 45+
12thMute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler 40+, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye c20, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Long-tailed Duck, Goosander 67, Grey Heron 2, Buzzard 1, Moorhen, Pheasant, Little Egret 8, Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail 2, Coot, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Kingfisher 2, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jay 1, Rook, Goldcrest 2, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit c12, Blackbird, Song Thrush 3, Mistle Thrush 1, Wren, Fieldfare 3, Redwing 10, Robin, Dunnock, Goldfinch 6, Chaffinch 10, Reed Bunting 1
11thLittle Egret 16, Long-tailed Duck, Shoveler 40, Chaffinch 60+ in stubble field on drive to house at the dam
10thLittle Grebe 4, Little Egret 16, Wigeon 122, Gadwall 85, Teal 47, Shoveler 48, Pochard 227, Long-tailed Duck immature, Goldeneye 35, Smew redhead, Goosander 60, Water Rail, Jack Snipe, Snipe 24, Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull adult, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Linnet c20, Bullfinch 7
5thLittle Egret 16, Long-tailed Duck immature, Pintail 2 females, Goosander 61, Smew female, Golden Plover over
Little Egrets by C Hubbard

4thLittle Egret 14, Wigeon 156, Gadwall 75, Teal c50, Pintail 1 male, Shoveler 48, Pochard 182, Long-tailed Duck immature, Goldeneye 51, Goosander 42, Water Rail, Lapwing 22 east, Snipe 24, Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull 2 adults, Kingfisher 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 (drumming), Grey Wagtail, Linnet c160, Bullfinch 2. Also Muntjac 3, Brown Hare 5, Grey Squirrel 3
3rdLong-tailed Duck 1, Iceland Gull adult from the hide, Shoveler 30+, Lesser Redpoll 6


January 2017
29thMute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Wigeon, Teal, Pintail 3, Pochard 100+, Long-tailed Duck 1, Goosander 57, Cormorant, Gadwall, Mallard, Shoveler 32+, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye 15+, Pheasant, Grey Heron 4+, Little Egret 15, Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk 1, Water Rail, Coot, Black-headed Gull 50+, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Buzzard 2, Moorhen, Lapwing c40, Common Gull, Herring Gull 1, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Kestrel 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Blackbird, Redwing 3, Dunnock, Fieldfare 1, Robin, Tree Sparrow, Bullfinch 3, Chaffinch, Lesser Redpoll 2
28thCormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret 4, Little Grebe 3, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose , Goosander 3, Mallard 10, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Shoveler 20+, Goldeneye 10+, Moorhen, Coot, Water Rail , Lapwing c150, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull 20, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Gull, Carrion Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Kingfisher, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing 30, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling c400
27thLittle Grebe 2, Cormorant 40, Little Egret 11+, Wigeon 185, Gadwall 116, Teal 57, Shoveler 60, Pochard 241, Long-tailed Duck immature, Goldeneye 32, Goosander 64, Lapwing 35+, Jack Snipe, Snipe 18, Caspian Gull adult, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit 2, Goldcrest 2, Bullfinch 7. Also Brown Hare, Grey Squirrel 8
22ndBlackbird, Wren, Kingfisher 1, Goosander 3 male, 2 female, Mallard 20, Tufted Duck c40, Black Headed Gull c150, Grey Heron 3, Little Egret 8, Lapwing c50, Magpie, Cormorant, Wigeon c20
21stLittle Egret 11, Wigeon 126, Gadwall 91, Teal 10, Shoveler 50, Pochard 241, Long-tailed Duck immature, Goldeneye c27, Goosander 57 (24 males), Red Kite, Water Rail, Lapwing 83+, Jack Snipe, Snipe 23, Caspian Gull adult, Kingfisher 2, Skylark 12, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Linnet c30, Bullfinch 6, Yellowhammer
18thMute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Wigeon, Teal 10+, Shoveler 36, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Long-tailed Duck 1, Goosander c25, Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Cormorant, Grey Heron 2, Little Egret 11, Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail, Coot, Common Gull, Stock Dove, Magpie, Rook, Blue Tit, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush 1, Robin, Fieldfare 5, Redwing 15, Dunnock, Buzzard 1, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Tree Sparrow 25+, Bullfinch 4, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting
14thLittle Grebe 2, Little Egret 11, Mute Swan 32, Canada Goose 16, Greylag Goose 155, Wigeon 107, Gadwall 73, Teal c35, Shoveler 30, Pochard 125+, Tufted Duck 112, Long-tailed Duck immature (off Leics reedbed), Goldeneye c25, Smew redhead (off dam), Goosander 19, Water Rail 2, Coot 103, Moorhen 14, Lapwing 120, Snipe 46, Green Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull 100, Lesser Black-backed Gull 30, Great Black-backed Gull 10, Common Gull 10, Herring Gull 20, Kingfisher 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit 19, Grey Wagtail, Treecreeper 2, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Jay 2, Linnet c50, Bullfinch 6, Yellowhammer
7thLittle Egret 10 (together by inlet), Wigeon 142, Gadwall 62, Teal 34, Shoveler 31, Red-crested Pochard male, Pochard 153, Goldeneye 14, Goosander 32, Water Rail, Snipe 28, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher 3, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 (drumming), Meadow Pipit 12, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Tree Sparrow c40, Linnet 4, Bullfinch 6, Reed Bunting 20+
2ndMute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Wigeon, Teal 6, Shoveler c30, Tufted Duck, Smew 1 'redhead', Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Goldeneye c15, Goosander 37, Grey Heron 2, Little Egret 9, Little Grebe 4, Buzzard 2, Great Crested Grebe, Water Rail 1, Coot, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Kestrel 1, Jay 1, Rook, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Wren, Fieldfare c10, Robin, Tree Sparrow 25+, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Pheasant, Moorhen, Kingfisher 2, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird, Redwing c30, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail 1, Bullfinch 2, Reed Bunting

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