2018
Thanks to all observers, especially Steve Nichols (SCN) and George Burton (GB).
December
| 31st | Great 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 |
| 30th | HEN 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
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| Hen Harrier (Dan March) |
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| 29th | HEN HARRIER 1 this PM |
| 28th | HEN HARRIER 1 this PM (D March) |
| 27th | SHORT EARED OWL 1 this pm (SCN / CMH), Red-crested Pochard 4 (3 drakes), Great White Egret 1 |
| 26th | Great White Egret 3
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| Great White Egret (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 23rd | Goosander 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 |
| 22nd | Great White Egret 2, Goosander 1, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 20th | Goosander 6 (SCN), Great White Egret 1 |
| 17th | Great White Egret 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 6, Goosander 1, Willow Tit 2, Lapwing 240 |
| 16th | HEN 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 |
| 14th | WHOOPER 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)
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| Kestrel (Stanford Ringing Group) |
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| 13th | Pintail 3 (2 male and 1 female) first of the winter (CMH), Goosander 3, Willow Tit 1, Red Kite 1, Common Buzzard 3 |
| 12th | Great White Egret 2, Goosander 1 female, Cetti's Warbler 1, Snipe 1, Chiffchaff 1 |
| 10th | Great 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 |
| 9th | Great White Egret 3, Willow Tit 1, Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Bullfinch 8, Buzzard 3, Grey Wagtail 2, Little Grebe 1 |
| 7th | Great 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, |
| 6th | Great White Egret 2, Goldeneye 21, Little Grebe 2, Fieldfare c100, Little Egret 2 |
| 5th | Great White Egret 2 in Keepers Lodge Bay this am, Willow Tit 1, Common Buzzard 1 |
| 4th | Goosander 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Great White Egret 3, Little Egret c20, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 1 |
| 3rd | Red-crested Pochard 2, Great White Egret 2, Little Egret 20, Kingfisher 1, Willow Tit 1 |
| 2nd | Great 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 |
| 1st | Great White Egret 1, Goosander 1 female, Lapwing c200 over late PM, Little Egret 11, Peregrine 1, Tawny Owl 2, Little Grebe 1 |
November
| 30th | Red-crested Pochard 2 (females), Green Sandpiper 1, Great White Egret 1, Fieldfare c150, Little Egret 44 (S Nichols), Chiffchaff 1 |
| 29th | HEN HARRIER 1 juvenile late PM, Red-crested Pochard 2 (females), Little Egret 6, Teal c40, Sparrowhawk 1, Buzzard 1 |
| 28th | HEN HARRIER 1 juvenile this AM, Willow Tit 1, Great White Egret 1 |
| 27th | Red-crested Pochard 2 (females), Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 26th | HEN 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 |
| 25th | Great 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 |
| 24th | SHORT 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 |
| 23rd | MARSH 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 |
| 22nd | MARSH HARRIER 1 this morning (Mick Townsend), Peregrine 1, Cetti's Warbler 1 ringed this am (SRG) |
| 21st | Little Egret 35, Goosander 2, Red-crested Pochard 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1, Common Buzzard 3 |
| 20th | Little Grebe 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 5 |
| 19th | COMMON 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
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| Common Scoter (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 18th | HEN 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
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| Common Buzzard (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 17th | HEN 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
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| Hen Harrier (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 15th | HEN HARRIER 1 Ringtail again this PM (SCN), Great White Egret 1, Little Egret c20, Cetti's Warbler 2, Red-crested Pochard 7 (CMH)
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| Hen Harrier (Steve Nichols) |
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| 14th | Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 26 (CMH / SCN) at roost, Water Rail 4, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 3, Kingfisher 1
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| Great White Egret coming into roost (C Hubbard) |
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| 13th | HEN 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
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| Whooper Swan (C Hubbard) |
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| 12th | Willow Tit 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 2, good number of Fieldfare and Redwing around the reservoir |
| 11th | Great White Egret 1, Red-crested Pochard 6, Willow Tit 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1 |
| 10th | HEN HARRIER 1 ringtail seen twice again this morning (D Neal), Red-crested Pochard 4 (3 drakes), Willow Tit, Peregrine 2 |
| 9th | Red-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
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| Red-crested Pochard (C Hubbard) |
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| 8th | Red-crested Pochard 1, Water Rail 2, Little Egret 10, Little Grebe 2, Red Kite 2 |
| 6th | Red-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 |
| 5th | HEN 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 |
| 4th | HEN 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 |
| 3rd | HEN 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
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| Great White Egret (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Cormorant (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 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
| 31st | Great White Egret 1 (CMH), Little Egret 6 |
| 30th | Goldeneye 16, Little Grebe 2, Red Kite 2 |
| 29th | Great 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 |
| 28th | Great 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) |
| 26th | Great White Egret 1 (Chris Begley), Little Egret 14, Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1 |
| 25th | Brambling 2 (Mick Townsend) |
| 24th | Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 8 |
| 23rd | Great 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 |
| 22nd | Great 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 |
| 21st | Great 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
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| Sparrowhawk (Phil Adams) |
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| 20th | Great White Egret 1 (Chris Begley) |
| 18th | Great 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 |
| 17th | Cetti'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 |
| 15th | Water 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 |
| 14th | Little 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 |
| 12th | Green Sandpiper 1 around the dam this am, Peregrine 1 over the dam, Little Egret 15, Kingfisher 1
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| Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 11th | STONECHAT 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
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| Stonechat (Peter Norrie) |
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| 10th | YELLOW-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
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| Yellow-browed Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 9th | Marsh Tit 1, Willow Tit 1, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 10, Skylark c7 |
| 8th | Great 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
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| Great White Egret (Steve Nichols) |
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| 7th | Redstart 1 trapped and ringed this AM (SRG), Redwing, Redpoll 15, Meadow Pipit c150, Fieldfare 11 |
| 5th | Stonechat 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 3, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 4th | Cetti's Warbler 1, Willow Tit 1, Skylark 18 |
| 3rd | Cetti'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) |
| 2nd | Great White Egret 1, Little Egret 14, Cetti's Warbler 1 |
| 1st | Stonechat 2 this evening, Great White Egret 1 this evening feeding and then went to roost at the Narrows (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 5
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| Great White Egret (Chris Hubbard) |
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September
| 30th | Stonechat 2, Little Egret 10, Red Kite 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon c20, Shoveler c45, Swallow 2
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| Stonechat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Little Egret (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 29th | Raven 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 |
| 28th | Stonechat 2 (at least one different to yesterday), Green Sandpiper 1 |
| 27th | Green 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
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| Stonechat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 26th | Stonechat 2 (M Townsend, SRG), Peregrine 1, Red Kite 1, Meadow Pipit c50, Curlew 1 calling over dam (S Nichols), Little Egret 2 |
| 25th | Shelduck 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)
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| Tawny Owl (Fritz Graves) |
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| 23rd | Willow Tit 1, Red Kite 1, Shelduck 1, Little Egret 1, Hobby 2 |
| 22nd | Great White Egret 1 over (AGH), Red Kite 1 |
| 21st | Shoveler 57, Teal 6, Sparrowhawk 1, Shelduck 1, Hobby 2 |
| 20th | Spotted Flycatcher 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 5, Red Kite 1, Willow Tit 2, Shelduck 1, Shoveler c30, Lapwing 8 |
| 18th | Red-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
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| Red-crested Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 17th | Whinchat 2 this evening (CMH), Hobby 1, Swallow 5, Sand Martin 1, Wigeon 2, Lapwing 7, Shoveler 28, Cetti's Warbler 1, Whitethroat 1
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| Whinchat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 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 |
| 15th | Whinchat 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
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| Meadow Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 14th | Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, Buzzard 11, Lapwing c40, Goldfinch c40, Ruddy Shelduck 1 |
| 13th | Redstart 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
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| Whinchat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 12th | Whinchat 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
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| Whinchat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 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
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| Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 10th | Spotted 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
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| Spotted Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Common Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 9th | Ruddy Shelduck 1 on the dam again, Spotted Flycatcher 2
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| 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
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| Sedge Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Meadow Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Ruddy Shelduck (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 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
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| 6th | Redstart 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 |
| 5th | Grasshopper 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
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| Grasshopper Warblers - Adult left and Juvenile right (Stanford Ringing Group) |
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| Grey Wagtail (Stanford Ringing Group) |
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| 4th | Willow Tit 2, Shoveler 14, Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Little Grebe 3, Teal 5, Wigeon 4 |
| 3rd | Whinchat 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)
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| Whinchat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 2nd | Whinchat 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 |
| 1st | Spotted 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
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| Spotted Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
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August
| 31st | REDSTART 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 |
| 30th | Willow 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
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| 28th | Hobby 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 |
| 27th | Stonechat 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
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| 26th | Green Sandpiper 1 on the dam this evening, Little Grebe 1 |
| 25th | Cetti's Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Grey Wagtail c9, Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, c600 hirundines, Mandarin 1, Little Grebe 3
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| Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Green Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Cetti's Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 24th | Little Egret 1, Grey Wagtail 3, Mandarin 1, good numbers of House Martin, Sand Martin and Swallow |
| 23rd | Cetti's Warbler 1, Peregrine 1, Redshank 3 on the dam late PM (CMH), Willow Tit 2, Snipe 1
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| Redshank (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 22nd | Grasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed this am (Pete Norrie, SRG), Peregrine 1, Hobby 1
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| Grasshopper Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 21st | TREE 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
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| Tree Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 20th | Grasshopper 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
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| 19th | Spotted Flycatcher 1, Kingfisher 1, Chiffchaff 1, Willow Warbler 1, Red Kite 1 |
| 18th | Sparrowhawk 2, Buzzard 2, Pochard 1, Kingfisher 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Grey Wagtail c10, Common Sandpiper 1 trapped and ringed (17th ringed at Stanford Reservoir)
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| Common Sandpiper (SRG) |
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| 17th | Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 3 including 2 juveniles, Little Grebe 1 juvenile |
| 16th | Common Sandpiper 1, Raven 1 heard |
| 13th | Mandarin 1, Little Egret 1, Common Tern 1, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, House Martin c200 |
| 12th | Hobby 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 |
| 11th | Mandarin 1, Little Egret 1, Willow Tit 1, House Martin c150, Common Tern 4, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail 5
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| House Martin (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Juv Common Tern from the tern raft in Blowers Lodge (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 10th | Whinchat 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 |
| 9th | Juvenile 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
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| Marsh Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 8th | Green Sandpiper 1, Mandarin 1, Common Tern 5, Teal 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Yellow Wagtail 5, Hobby 1, Pochard 1
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| Green Sandpiper (Steve Nichols) |
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| 7th | Mandarin 1 still late evening |
| 6th | Whinchat 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
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| Whinchat (M Townsend, SRG) |
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| 5th | MANDARIN 1 female (SCN) only the 4th record for Stanford Reservoir, Nuthatch 1, Spotted Flycatcher 2
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| Mandarin (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 4th | Greenshank 1, Snipe 1, Grasshopper Warbler 1 trapped and ringed (SRG), Black-tailed Godwit 1 on dam (Dave Neal), Common Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 8
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| Black-tailed Godwit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 3rd | Spotted Flycatcher 2 (pools at top of road to dam) |
| 2nd | Yellow Wagtail 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Pochard 3, Swift 7, Common Tern 4 |
July
| 31st | Osprey 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 11 on the dam this evening (Chris Begley) |
| 30th | Common 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 |
| 27th | Common 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 |
| 26th | Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 5, Common Tern 5 |
| 24th | Green Sandpiper (GB), Little Grebe 1, Grey Heron 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Sand Martin 11, Common Tern 4 |
| 23rd | Hobby 1, Common Sandpiper 1 |
| 22nd | Little Grebe 1, Lesser black-backed Gull 3, Mute Swan with 4 cygnets, Cormorant 3 |
| 21st | Cetti's Warbler 1J trapped and ringed this AM (SRG), |
| 19th | Little Ringed Plover 1 on dam (SCN), Grey Wagtail 14 |
| 17th | Common Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Green Woodpecker (feeding juvenile) |
| 15th | Little 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 |
| 14th | Little 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) |
| 13th | Hobby 1, Common Tern 4, Swallow 18, Grey Heron, Redd Warbler 1 |
| 10th | Little Grebe 1 (12 Black-tailed Skimmers) |
| 8th | Common 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 |
| 7th | Common Sandpiper 2, Oystercatcher 2, Nuthatch 1, Little Grebe 1 |
| 6th | Oystercatcher 1, Common Sandpiper 1 |
| 3rd | Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 4, Swift 2, Red Kite 1, Jay 1 |
| 2nd | Red Kite 1, Little Egret 1, Little Grebe 1, Tawny Owl 1 |
| 1st | Little Grebe 2, Gadwall 6, Mute Swan with 4 cygnets, Common Tern 2, Grey Wagtail
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June
| 25th | Hobby 1, Common Tern 4, Little Grebe 1, Willow Tit 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1 |
| 23rd | Common Tern 3, Little Egret 1, Lapwing 1 |
| 20th | Curlew 1, Oystercatcher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Egret 1 |
| 19th | Common Tern 2, Oystercatcher 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Little Egret 1 |
| 16th | Oystercatcher 2, Little Egret 1, Starling c40 |
| 15th | Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 2, Pochard, Little Egret 1, Curlew 1 |
| 13th | Little Egret 1, Oystercatcher 2, Swift 6, Common Tern 3, Pochard 1, Starling c 30 (also Grass Snake and 4 Hare)
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| Little Egret (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 12th | Common Tern 3, Swift 9, Garden Warbler, Grey Heron 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1
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| 11th | Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 3
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| 10th |
Common Tern 2, Pochard 2, Grey Wagtail 3, Kingfisher 1
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| 8th |
Common Tern 2, Cuckoo 1, Swift c90, Reed Warbler
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| Reed Warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 7th |
Red Kite 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 2, Pochard 1, Oystercatcher 2
Butterflies - Small Copper
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| Pochard (Matt Jackson) |
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| Common Tern (Matt Jackson) |
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| 6th | Buzzard 2, Grey Heron 1, Gadwall 3, Common Tern 6, Sand Martin 5, Common Sandpiper 1, Cuckoo 1, Yellow Wagtail 1
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May
| 30th | Common Tern 2, Hobby 1, Cuckoo 1
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| 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
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| 25th | Common Tern 25 this AM
Butterflies - Small Copper
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| Small Copper (Steve Nichols) |
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| 24th | Black Tern 7 (Pete Norrie), Greenshank 1 on dam, Cuckoo 1, Red Kite 1, Swift c30
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| Black Terns (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Greenshank (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 23rd | Common Tern 6, Hobby 2 Cuckoo 1, Barn Owl 1
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| 20th | Grey 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)
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| 17th | Reed Warbler (Spanish ringed) caught this morning (P Norrie, SRG). Common Tern 5, Red Kite 1, Wigeon 1, Cuckoo 1, Swift, Hobby 4
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| 16th | Hobby 2, Common Tern 13, Wigeon 1
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| 15th | Common Tern 17, Hobby 2, Cuckoo 2, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1, Cormorant 2, Black Headed Gull 3, Gadwall 2, Buzzard, Lapwing, Red-Legged Partridge |
| 14th | Peregrine 1, Hobby 4 (CMH / Chris Begley), Common Tern 19, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1, Oystercatcher 1
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| Common Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 13th | Black 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 |
| 12th | WHOOPER SWAN 1 juvenile (Richard Durrant), Oystercatcher 2, Lesser Black Backed Gull 7, Common Tern 7, Swift 3, Peregrine 1, Hobby 1, Tawny Owl 1
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| Whooper Swan (Richard Durrant) |
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| 11th | Gadwall with 3 duckling, Swift c10, good numbers of hirundines |
| 9th | Common 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 |
| 8th | Common Tern 2, Wigeon 1
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| Common Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 7th | Wigeon 1, Common Tern 2, Common Sandpiper 4 |
| 6th | Common Tern 6, Oystercatcher 2, Swallow, Shelduck 2, Wigeon 1, Pochard 1, Tufted Duck 58 |
| 3rd | Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, House Martin very good numbers over the past few days |
| 2nd | Common 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) |
| 1st | Hobby 1, first for 2018 (CMH), Common Tern 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1, Garden Warbler 1, C500 hirundines |
April
| 29th | ARCTIC TERN 11 (SCN), still present early PM, Cuckoo 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Common Tern 3 |
| 28th | Common 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 |
| 27th | Great 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 |
| 25th | Barn Owl 1, Swift 1, Common Sandpiper 1 |
| 24th | Whitethroat 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Goldeneye 1 female, Gadwall 2 |
| 23rd | Little 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) |
| 22nd | Grasshopper 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 |
| 21st | Reed 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.
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| Green Veined White (Steve Nichols) |
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| 20th | Great 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 |
| 19th | Common Tern 5, Peregrine 1 |
| 18th | Willow 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
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| Common Sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 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.
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| 16th | Raven 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, the first of 2018 (Adam Homer)
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| 15th | Common 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)
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| Siskin (Stanford Ringing Group) |
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| 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
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| 12th | Little Egret 1, Barn Owl 1, Goldeneye 15, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 2, Kingfisher 2, Great Black Backed Gull 22, Swallow 3
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| 9th | Red 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
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| Red Crested Pochard (record shot - Chris Hubbard) |
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| 8th | SANDWICH 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. |
| 7th | Cormorant, 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 |
| 4th | Blackcap 1 the first for 2018 (SCN), Oystercatcher 3, Goldeneye c20, Fieldfare c60 over, Sand Martin 15
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| Oystercatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 3rd | Greenshank 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
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| Greenshank (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Greenshank (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 2nd | Cormorant 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 |
| 1st | Oystercatcher 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
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| Little Egret (Steve Nichols) |
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March
| 31st | Meadow Pipit c200, Little Egret 2, Chiffchaff several around the reservoir |
| 26th | Sand Martin 3 first at the reservoir in 2018 (SCN), Shelduck 2, Oystercatcher 2, Red Kite 1, Grey Wagtail 2, Goldeneye 21
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| Oystercatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 25th | COMMON 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
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| Common Scoter (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 2 of the 6 Common Scoter present today (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Redshank (Chris Hubbard) |
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| Comma (Steve Nichols) |
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| 14th | Curlew 1, little grebe 1, shoveler 1 |
| 11th | Red kite 2, oystercatcher 1 (first of 2018), goosander 3, grey wagtail 2, jay 1, redpoll c20, wigeon c300, pochard c60, goldeneye 4
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| Oystercatcher (Steve Nichols) |
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| 10th | Stonechat 1 (F Graves), red kite 1, siskin 1, yellowhammer, bullfinch
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| Stonechat (Fritz Graves) |
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| 4th | Little grebe 4, barn owl 1 |
| 3rd | Snipe 1, little grebe 4, goldeneye 12 |
| 2nd | Goosander 2, snipe 1, shoveler 2, teal 15, buzzard 1, cormorant 10, goldeneye, little grebe 2, meadow pipit 2
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| Cormorant (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 1st | Whooper swan 3 (CMH), goosander 3, snipe 1, shoveler 1, teal 7
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| Whooper Swan (Chris Hubbard) |
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February
| 28th | Shelduck 2, goosander 1, snipe 1, pochard c80, wigeon c150, lapwing 31 over, meadow pipit 2, little grebe 1, kestrel 1, buzzard 1, jay 4 |
| 27th | Great white egret (F Graves) |
| 26th | Shelduck 2, red kite 1, goosander 2, teal 12, shoveler 1, goldeneye 6, kestrel 1, fieldfare c50, redwing c15 |
| 25th | Goosander, little grebe, lapwing 40 |
| 24th | Little grebe 2, treecreeper 2, red kite 1, pochard c60 |
| 19th | Great 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 |
| 18th | Great 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
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| 11th | Shelduck 1, red kite 1, chaffinch c30, goosander 4 |
| 3rd | Goosander 2, water rail 1, Cetti's warbler 2, snipe 15, goldeneye 10, little grebe 3, redpoll 6, barn owl 1, little egret 1 |
January
| 27th | Goosander 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) |
| 25th | Lapwing c 500, coal tit 1, little egret 1 |
| 24th | lapwing c 500, little grebe 2 |
| 23rd | Great white egret 1 (D Williams via G Burton), lapwing c200, snipe 4 |
| 22nd | Shelduck 2, lapwing c400, raven 1, goosander 2 |
| 20th | Barn 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 |
| 18th | Red 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
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| Barn owl ( Steve Nichols) |
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| 15th | Pintail 3, teal 38, little grebe 1
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| Pintail (Steve Nichols) |
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| 14th | Goosander 4, pochard c100 |
| 13th | Cetti's warbler 1, chiffchaff 1, goosander 2, snipe 1 over |
| 11th | Pochard c90, little grebe 2 |
| 10th | Goosander 1, shoveler 6, barn owl 1, teal 15 |
| 8th | Pintail 2 (male and female), yellow legged gull 2 in roost |
| 5th | Goosander 1, barn owl 1, teal 7 |
| 4th | Cormorant 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 |
| 2nd | Yellow-legged gull 2, goosander 2, mistle thrush 2 |
| 1st | Egyptian goose 4 (S Nichols), Cetti's warbler 1, snipe 9, redpoll 6, pochard c100, coot 185
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2017
Thanks to all observers, especially Mark Piper (MLP), Steve Nichols (SCN) and George Burton (GB) for additional records
December 2017
| 31st | Jack snipe 1 (CMH / N Oldham), snipe 17, goosander 1, redpoll 6, pochard 140, sparrowhawk 1 goldcrest 2 |
| 30th | Snipe 1, redpoll 2, little grebe 1, shoveler 12, goosander 4 |
| 29th | Goosander 3, pochard c100, little grebe 3, shoveler 12, water rail 1, Cetti's warbler 1, goldcrest 4 redpoll 1, sparrowhawk 2 |
| 28th | Snipe 19, redpoll 3, fieldfare c50, redwing c20, sparrowhawk 1, goldcrest 1, goosander 1 female, common buzzard 4, little grebe 1 |
| 27th | Peregrine 1 hunting over the inflow end and wood, cormorant 16 |
| 23rd | Yellow-legged gull 2, Redpoll c20, little egret 2, sparrowhawk 1, cetti's warbler 1, little grebe 1, goosander 2 |
| 22nd | Yellow-legged gull 1, willow tit 1, goosander 2, redpoll 2, little egret 2, coal tit 1 |
| 21st | Snipe 20, cetti's warbler 1, little egret 2, treecreeper 1, willow tit 1, grey wagtail 1 |
| 20th | Brambling 1 male, snipe 7, yellowhammer c20, goosander 8, kingfisher 1, lapwing 23, little grebe 2, meadow pipit 10, redpoll 3, little egret 1
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| Yellowhammer - Pete Norrie (SRG) (photo Chris Hubbard) |
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| 19th | Snipe 2, goosander 3, little egret 1, little grebe 1 |
| 17th | Goosander 5, little grebe 3 |
| 16th | GOSHAWK 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 |
| 12th | Woodcock 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 |
| 10th | Curlew 1 over, kingfisher 1 |
| 8th | Water rail 1, little egret 1, redpoll 3 |
| 7th | Jack snipe 1 (Dave Scott), snipe 1 |
| 2nd | Cetti's warbler 1, fieldfare c150, goosander 5, redwing c100, goldcrest 5, snipe 1, little egret 1 |
November 2017
| 30th | Fieldfare c200, chiffchaff 1 (with long tailed tit flock) |
| 26th | Goldcrest c10, sparrowhawk 1, little egret 4, kingfisher 1, goosander 1, Cetti's warbler 1 |
| 25th | Great 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
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| Great Northern Diver (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 24th | GREAT 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
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| Great Northern Diver (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 21st | Red-crested pochard 2, goosander 9, chiffchaff 1, little egret 7
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| 20th | Red-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.
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| Dusky warbler (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 19th | Red crested pochard 2, peregrine 1, goosander 11, barn owl 1, snipe 6, little grebe 1, red kite 1, water rail 1, tawny owl 1 |
| 18th | Woodcock 1 (Stanford Ringing Group), brambling 1, goosander 11, red crested pochard 2 |
| 15th | Fieldfare c400, little egret 2, goldcrest 8 trapped and ringed, redpoll 2, brambling 1, redwing c150, linnet c10, goldfinch 20, chiffchaff 1, goosander 3 |
| 12th | red-crested pochard 2, coot c65, redpoll c10, fieldfare c200 |
| 11th | Merlin 1 (AGH), grey plover 1 (KW), red-crested pochard 2, brambling 1, fieldfare c500 |
| 10th | Woodcock 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 |
| 9th | Red-crested pochard 2, fieldfare c200, redwing c100, cetti's warbler 1, redpoll 8, barn owl 1, willow tit 1, snipe 1
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| Red-crested pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 7th | Red-crested pochard 2 (male and female) |
| 6th | Stonechat 2 (CMH), fieldfare c100, redwing c75, chiffchaff 1, yellow legged gull 1 in roost |
| 5th | Hen 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 |
| 4th | Little 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 |
| 3rd | Hawfinch 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
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| Green woodpecker and redpoll (Stanford Ringing Group) |
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| 2nd | Black tailed godwit 1, goldeneye 6, meadow pipit 6, fieldfare c50, snipe 3, cetti's warbler 2, pochard 3 |
| 1st | Black tailed godwit 1, goldeneye 7, pochard 5, fieldfare c100, redwing c50, cetti's warbler 1, jay 1, meadow pipit 6, snipe 2 |
October 2017
| 31st | Little 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
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| Little gull (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 30th | Vismig early AM - wood pigeon 913, fieldfare 35, skylark 15, redwing c100, redpoll c15, peregrine1, black-tailed godwit 1, snipe 3, goldcrest c10 |
| 29th | Great 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 |
| 28th | Vismig 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 |
| 27th | Woodcock 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 |
| 25th | Fieldfare 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 |
| 24th | Pintail 4, cetti's warbler 1, redwing c90, little grebe 1, goldcrest 8, chiffchaff 1 |
| 23rd | Ring 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 |
| 22nd | Pintail 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 |
| 21st | Pintail 4, redpoll 2, redwing c50, goldeneye 1 female, sparrowhawk 2, goosander 2, willow tit 1
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| Pintail (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 20th | Black-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, redpoll 4, redwing c90, siskin 4, cetti's warbler 1, jay 2, chiffchaff 1, goldcrest 5, red kite 1 |
| 19th | DUSKY 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
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| Dusky Warbler (Stanford Ringing Group) |
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| 18th | Black-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, cetti's warbler 2, redpoll 1, pintail 1, green sandpiper 1, little egret 1, barn owl 1 |
| 17th | Great 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
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| 1 of 2 great white egrets (Steve Nichols) |
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| 16th | Stonechat 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 |
| 15th | Stonechat 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
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| redwing (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 14th | Stonechat 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) |
| 12th | Black-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 |
| 10th | Black-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, snipe 1, skylark c40 over early, goldcrest 7 |
| 9th | Little 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 |
| 8th | Red-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
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| Redpoll (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 7th | Red-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
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| Red-crested pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 6th | Egyptian 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
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| Egyptian goose (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 5th | Green sandpiper 1, red-crested pochard 1 (MLP) |
| 4th | Greenshank 1, little grebe 1, water rail 2 calling (SCN), jay 1, green sandpiper 1 |
| 1st | Red-crested pochard 1, ruff 1, coal tit 1, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1, sand martin 2, house martin 1, wigeon c100 |
September 2017
| 30th | Red-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
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| Ruff (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 29th | Red-crested pochard 1 (first of 2017, CMH), black-tailed godwit 5, ruff 3, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1
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| Red-crested pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 28th | Black-tailed godwit 5, ruff 2, snipe 3, greenshank 1, green sandpiper 1, willow tit 1, shelduck 2 |
| 26th | Wigeon c50, black-tailed godwit 4, ruff 1, snipe 2, greenshank 1, lesser redpoll 6, raven 1 over, swallow 3 south, chiffchaff 2 |
| 25th | Wigeon 47, teal c200, black-tailed godwit 5, ruff 1 |
| 24th | Black-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
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| Stonechat (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 23rd | Grasshopper warbler 1 trapped and ringed, sparrowhawk |
| 22nd | Black-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 |
| 21st | Ruff 3, swallow c100, little egret 2, wigeon 15, pochard 7, snipe 2 |
| 20th | Stonechat 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
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| Ruff (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 19th | Pintail 1 (GB), Shelduck 1, snipe 1, sparrowhawk 1, tawny owl 1, spotted flycatcher 1 trapped and ringed (Stanford Ringing Group) |
| 18th | Stonechat 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
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| Hen harrier (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 16th | Arctic tern 1 this morning at least (CMH), green sandpiper 2 |
| 15th | Arctic tern 1 around the inflow end and islands (CMH), greenshank 1, little egret 1, wigeon 1, kingfisher 1
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| Arctic tern (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 14th | Arctic 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) |
| 13th | Green sandpiper 1, little egret 2, arctic tern 1 this evening at the inflow (CMH)
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| Arctic tern (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 12th | Swift 1, green sandpiper 1, greenshank 1, hobby 1, little grebe 1, snipe 1, red kite 2, tawny owl 1, jay 1
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| 11th | Green sandpiper 1, greenshank 1, several hundred hirundines |
| 10th | Redstart 2 trapped and ringed this morning (Stanford Ringing Group), black-tailed godwit 1, swift 1, greenshank 1 |
| 9th | Marsh 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
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| Marsh Harrier - Bob Bullock |
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| 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
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| Marsh harrier (record shot - Chris Hubbard) |
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| 7th | Marsh 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) |
| 6th | Whinchat 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 |
| 5th | Whinchat 2 (SCN), redstart 1 (SCN), green sandpiper 1, hobby 1, black-tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1
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| Whinchat - Steve Nichols |
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| 4th | Black-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
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| 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
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| 2nd | Redstart 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
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| Redstart - Chris Hubbard |
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| 1st | Whinchat 1, green sandpiper 1, mute swan 57, greenshank 1, black tailed godwit 1, little egret 2 (AGH) |
August 2017
| 31st | Whinchat 2 (CMH), osprey 1 fishing at 12:46, hobby 1, greenshank 1, black tailed godwit 1 (SCN)
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| Whinchat - Chris Hubbard |
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| 30th | Black tailed godwit - 1, greenshank 1 |
| 29th | Redstart 1 trapped and ringed this AM (MT), black tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1 |
| 28th | Male 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
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| Redstart - Chris Hubbard |
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| 27th | Osprey 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.
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| Juv male redstart - Chris Hubbard |
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| 25th | Male redstart trapped and ringed this am on private disused railway track (MT, SRG), spotted flycatcher 1, greenshank 1, wigeon 2 |
| 24th | Black tern 1 (CMH) 16.35 at least, black tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1
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| blackwit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 23rd | Redstart -1 trapped and ringed on private disused railway track (M Townsend, SRG), greenshank 1, snipe 2, black tailed godwit 1 this evening |
| 22nd | Snipe 1, green sandpiper 2, shelduck 2, little egret 4 |
| 21st | Greenshank 1, osprey 1 fishing from 18.20 to 19.00 (CMH)
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| Osprey (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 20th | Whinchat 1 (first record for 2017), willow tit 1, greenshank 2, dunlin 1
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| Greenshank (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 19th | Greenshank 2, kingfisher 1, little egret 3 |
| 18th | Black tailed godwit 2, greenshank 2, swift 5, shelduck 2
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| Blackwit (Chris Hubbard) |
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| 17th | Greenshank 2, snipe 3 |
| 16th | Greenshank 2, green sandpiper 2 |
| 15th | Black tailed godwit 1, greenshank 2, green sandpiper 2, shelduck 2 |
| 14th | female adult redstart trapped and ringed (P Norrie, SRG), black tailed godwit 1, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 2, shoveler 15 |
| 13th | Black tailed godwit 1 |
| 11th | Wood sandpiper 1 (CMH / AGH), greenshank 1, black tailed godwit 1, common sandpiper 2 |
| 10th | black tailed godwit 1, wood sandpiper 1 (Dave Cox) |
| 9th | black tailed godwit 4, dunlin 1, wood sandpiper (SCN) |
| 7th | Greenshank 1, black tailed godwit 16, green sandpiper 6, dunlin 6 |
| 6th | black tailed godwit 1, dunlin 6, green sandpiper 2, common sandpiper 1, greenshank 1 |
| 5th | black tailed godwit 3, dunlin 5, greenshank 2, common sandpiper 2, little egret 4 |
| 4th | black tailed godwit 11, common sandpiper 3, dunlin 4, shelduck 5, greenshank, teal 7 |
| 3rd | black tailed godwit 3, little ringed plover 6, dunlin 6, shelduck 6, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 3 |
| 2nd | black tailed godwit 10 (1 colour ringed), dunlin 5, turnstone 1, greenshank 5, little ringed plover 4 |
| 1st | BAIRD'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
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| Baird's sandpiper (Chris Hubbard) |
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July 2017
| 31st | black tailed godwit 6, dunlin 1, greenshank 2, green sandpiper 1 |
| 30th | Turnstone 1, ruff 1, redshank 1, little ringed plover 1, common sandpiper 10, greenshank 2, dunlin 3, green sandpiper 2 |
| 29th | Turnstone 1, greenshank 2, ruff 1, dunlin 1 common sandpiper 8 |
| 28th | Turnstone 1, ruff 1, common sandpiper 10, greenshank 2 |
| 27th | Turnstone 1(CMH), greenshank 2, ruff 1, common sandpiper 10
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| 26th | Greenshank 2, green sandpiper 3, snipe 1, ruff 1, common sandpiper 12, little ringed plover 2 |
| 25th | Sanderling 1(18th of 2017), dunlin 6, greenshank 3, golden plover 1 (MLP) |
| 24th | common sandpiper 12, green sandpiper 1, greenshank 3, dunlin 2, shelduck 3 |
| 23rd | Greenshank 5, common sandpiper 10, little ringed plover 5, black tailed godwit 2 |
| 22nd | Oystercatcher 2, greenshank 1, common sandpiper 10, red kite 1 |
| 20th | Greenshank 1, common sandpiper 9, little ringed plover 6, shelduck 8 |
| 18th | Black tailed godwit 2 |
| 17th | Common sandpiper 2, dunlin 2, shelduck 8, little ringed plover 2, oystercatcher 2 |
| 16th | 2 redshank, 1 greenshank, 1 dunlin, 3 common sandpipers, green sandpiper, 5 little ringed plover |
| 15th | Dunlin 1, greenshank 1, shelduck 8, common sandpiper 5, little ringed plover 5 |
14th |
Greenshank 1, Common Tern 8, Common Sandpiper 1 |
| 13th | Black-tailed Godwit 1, Osprey 2, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Ruff 3 |
| 12th | Black-tailed Godwit 1, Greenshank 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 5, Dunlin, Barn Owl |
| 11th | Black-tailed Godwit 1, Greenshank 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Ringed Plover 1, Teal 4, Swift, Sand Martin |
| 10th | Black-tailed Godwit 20, Osprey, Garganey juvenile |
| 9th | Black-tailed Godwit 2, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler |
| 8th | Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper 2, Tufted Duck with 4 young, Shelduck with 3 young, Common Redstart - juvenile ringed |
| 6th | Black-tailed Godwit 3, Dunlin 2, Greenshank 2, Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Common Tern 4, Grasshopper Warbler,
Barn Owl |
| 2nd | Black-tailed Godwit 1, Green Sandpiper 3, Greenshank, Grasshopper Warbler |
| 1st | Black-tailed Godwit 1 |
June 2017
| 30th | Black-tailed Godwit 9, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler |
| 29th | Osprey, Greenshank, |
| 28th | Little Tern 2, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Shelduck with 3 young, Yellow Wagtail |
| 27th | Hobby 2, Green Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler |
| 26th | Osprey, Avocet, Green Sandpiper |
| 25th | Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit 27, Redshank, Osprey, Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge with 11 young
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| Avocet by C Hubbard |
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| Black-tailed Godwits by C Hubbard |
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| 24th | Osprey, Hobby 2, Buzzard, Shelduck with 4 young, Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| 22nd | Osprey |
| 20th | Osprey, Green Sandpiper 3, Lapwing 80+, Cuckoo |
| 18th | Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover 2, Cuckoo, Red Kite 2, Curlew 2, Hobby
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| Osprey by C Hubbard |
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| Osprey by C Hubbard |
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| 17th | Osprey, Yellow-legged Gull, Curlew 2 |
| 16th | Osprey
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| Drinker Moth caterpillar by S Nichols |
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| 15th | Spotted Flycatcher |
| 14th | Curlew |
| 13th | Curlew
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| Curlew by C Hubbard |
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| 12th | Buzzard, Ringed Plover, Swift c50
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| Ringed Plover by C Hubbard |
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| 11th | Black-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
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| Black-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard |
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| 9th |
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| Great Pied Hoverfly by S Nichols |
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| Large Skipper by S Nichols |
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| 8th | Hobby, Osprey |
| 7th | Teal 2, Shoveler 4, Yellow Wagtail |
| 5th | Osprey |
| 3rd | Grey Plover, Osprey |
| 2nd | Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, Hobby 2, Kingfisher 2, Osprey |
| 1st | Jack 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+
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| 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
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| Jack Snipe by C Hubbard |
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Turnstone by C Hubbard
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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
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| Cuckoo by S Nichols |
7th
Whooper Swan, Black Tern 3, Whimbrel, Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit 2, Greenshank 9. Also Red Admiral
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| Grey Plover by C Hubbard |
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| Whooper Swan by C Hubbard |
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| 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
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| 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
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| Spotted Redshanks by C Hubbard |
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| 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
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| Ruff by C Hubbard |
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| Ruffs and Whimbrel by C Hubbard |
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| 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
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Wood Sandpiper by C Hubbard
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| Grey Plover by C Hubbard |
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| Black Terns by C Hubbard |
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| Little Tern by C Hubbard |
April 2017
| 29th | No 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
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| Black Tern by C Hubbard |
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| Little Tern by C Hubbard |
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| Bar-tailed Godwits by C Hubbard |
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| 29th | Long-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
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| 28th | Long-tailed Duck, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Cuckoo (1st for year), Swift (1st for year)
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| Whimbrel by C Hubbard |
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| 27th | Long-tailed Duck, Arctic Tern 110+, Dunlin 2, Hobby, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail 5
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| Arctic Terns by C Hubbard |
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| 26th | Long-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
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| Wheatear by C Hubbard |
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| Wheatear & Coot by G Burton |
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| 25th | Long-tailed Duck, Greenshank, Ringed Plover 7, Dunlin 5, Common Snipe, Red Kite, Hobby, Yellow Wagtail 12
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| Greenshank by C Hubbard |
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| Greenshank by C Hubbard |
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| 24th | Long-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 |
| 23rd | Black-winged Stilt 2, Long-tailed Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel
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| Black-winged Stilts by C Hubbard |
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| 22nd | Long-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 |
| 21st | Long-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 |
| 20th | Black-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
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| Black-winged Stilts by I Wilson |
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| Black-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard |
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| Bar & Black-tailed Godwits by S Nichols |
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| 19th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Black-tailed Godwit 5, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, White Wagtail 13, Yellow Wagtail 7
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| Bar-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard |
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| 18th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Goldeneye 3, Whimbrel, Common Redshank, Little Egret 8, White Wagtail 4, Yellow Wagtail 4, Lesser Whitethroat |
| 17th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail 2 |
| 16th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Ringed Plover 4, Curlew 1, White Wagtail 10, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler
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| Long-tailed Duck by C Hubbard |
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| 15th | Long-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 |
| 14th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Common Sandpiper 3, Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Yellow Wagtail, House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin.
Also Muntjac
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| Common Sandpiper by C Hubbard |
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| Muntac by C Hubbard |
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| 13th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Ringed Plover 2, Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 4, White Wagtail 3, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler
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| Ringed Plover by C Hubbard |
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| 12th | Little 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 |
| 11th | Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover 2, Dunlin 1 |
| 10th | Common Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 2, Shelduck 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, White Wagtail 1 |
| 9th | Common 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
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| Common Cranes by R Mays |
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| Common Cranes by R Mays |
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| 8th | Little 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 |
| 7th | Red-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
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| Red-necked Grebe by G Burton |
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| 6th | Common Snipe 1, Lapwing 6, Oystercatcher 6, Shelduck 1, Goldeneye 10, Wigeon 3, White Wagtail 1-2, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper |
| 5th | Long-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 |
| 4th | Long-tailed Duck, Shelduck 3, Sand Martin c100, Swallow 1 |
| 3rd | Long-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 |
| 2nd | Long-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 |
| 1st | Long-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
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| Pintail by C Hubbard |
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| Shelduck by C Hubbard |
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| Oystercatchers by C Hubbard |
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March 2017
| 31st | Long-tailed Duck 1, Shelduck 2, Green Sandpiper 2, Red Kite 1, Sand Martin 50+, Blackcap |
| 30th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Shelduck 2, Goosander 4, Curlew 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Fieldfare c20, Redwing 1, Willow Tit 1 singing |
| 29th | Long-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)
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| Long-tailed Duck by G Burton |
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| 28th | Long-tailed Duck 1, Sand Martin 10 |
| 27th | Long-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 |
| 26th | Dunlin 3, Common Redshank 2, Green Sandpiper 1.
Also Otter at inflow |
| 25th | Little 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 |
| 24th | Common Redshank 2, Dunlin 1 |
| 23rd | Long-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 |
| 22nd | Little 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 |
| 20th | Long-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover 6, Common Redshank |
| 19th | Long-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper 2, Little Ringed Plover 6 |
| 18th | Little 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
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| Black-tailed Godwit by C Hubbard |
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| Little Ringed Plover by C Hubbard |
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| Long-tailed Duck by C Hubbard |
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| 17th | Little Ringed Plover 6, Dunlin and Common Redshank this pm between inflow carpark and hide
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| Common Redshank by C Hubbard |
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| LRP's & Dunlin by C Hubbard |
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| 16th | Long-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover 2, Sand Martin |
| 15th | Green Sandpiper 2, Jack Snipe and Common Snipe flushed from Leicestershire bank |
| 14th | Long-tailed Duck, Dunlin 3, Red Kite, Chiffchaff 6+ |
| 13th | Green Sandpiper 1, Barn Owl 1. Also Otter by the bridge at 16:30 |
| 12th | Little 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 |
| 11th | Great 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 |
| 10th | Long-tailed Duck, Smew female, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank 1 |
| 9th | Smew female, Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper 2, Little Egret 18. Also Otter
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| Goldeneye by C Hubbard |
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| 8th | Long-tailed Duck, Smew female, Little Egret 18, Green Sandpiper 2, Red Kite 1
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| Smew by C Hubbard |
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| Smew by C Hubbard |
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| Smew by C Hubbard |
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| 7th | Mute 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 |
| 6th | Peregrine, Red Kite, Buzzard 3. Also Muntjac |
| 4th | Little 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) |
| 3rd | Long-tailed Duck, Little Egret 16 |
| 1st | Little 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
| 28th | Caspian Gull 1st winter, Long-tailed Duck |
| 26th | Mute 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 |
| 25th | Iceland Gull 1st winter in the roost, Long-tailed Duck
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| Iceland Gull by C Hubbard |
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| 24th | Little 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 |
| 21st | Long-tailed Duck |
| 19th | Mute 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 |
| 18th | Little 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 |
| 17th | Long-tailed Duck, Green Sandpiper, Goosander 45+ |
| 12th | Mute 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 |
| 11th | Little Egret 16, Long-tailed Duck, Shoveler 40, Chaffinch 60+ in stubble field on drive to house at the dam |
| 10th | Little 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 |
| 5th | Little Egret 16, Long-tailed Duck immature, Pintail 2 females, Goosander 61, Smew female, Golden Plover over
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| Little Egrets by C Hubbard |
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| 4th | Little 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 |
| 3rd | Long-tailed Duck 1, Iceland Gull adult from the hide, Shoveler 30+, Lesser Redpoll 6 |
January 2017
| 29th | Mute 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 |
| 28th | Cormorant, 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 |
| 27th | Little 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 |
| 22nd | Blackbird, 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 |
| 21st | Little 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 |
| 18th | Mute 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 |
| 14th | Little 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 |
| 7th | Little 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+ |
| 2nd | Mute 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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