Thanks to all observers for their records, especially Stanford Ringing
Group (SRG), Steve Nichols (SCN), George Burton (GB), Fritz Graves
(FG), Chris Begley (CB), Peter Dillon-Hooper (PDH), Ewan Turner (ET),
Sandra and Mick Wyatt (S&MW), Ian Bartlett (IB), Chris Hubbard
(CMH)
Access
to Stanford Reservoir is by permit only
December
2021
review |
Thanks
to all members of the Stanford Ringing Group and
all visitors who have contributed bird news in 2021.
Highlights for the year include Golden Oriole, Turtle
Dove, Yellow-browed Warbler, Wryneck, Bewick's Swan, Whooper
Swan, Willow Tit, Marsh Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Pipit,
Redstart, Whimbrel, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, White-fronted Goose, Bearded
Tit, Kittiwake, Caspian Gull, Little Gull, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern,
Black Tern, Sanderling, Ring Ouzel, Black-tailed Godwit,
Pink-footed Goose and Marsh Harrier. Enjoy your birding in 2022 and
keep the sightings coming.
|
31st |
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 3
this AM in Keepers Lodge, the 2nd record of 2021 (CMH), PINK-FOOTED
GOOSE 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3
(CMH), Water Rail 1, Shelduck 2, Lapwing c50, Shoveler 4, Great
Black-backed Gull 103, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
White-fronted
Geese - adult and 2 juveniles (Chris Hubbard) |
|
30th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
(CMH), Water Rail 2, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), CASPIAN GULL 1
third-winter (CMH)
|
29th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH),
Shoveler 6, Teal 4, Lapwing 8, BRAMBLING 3 over (SCN), Raven 2
|
28th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
(CMH), DUNLIN 1 flying around Blowers Lodge Bay calling late PM (CMH),
Goosander 1, Shoveler 7
|
Pink-footed
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
27th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
1 (CMH), Water Rail 2, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Teal 5, Goosander
1, GREAT EGRET 1, Chiffchaff 1, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
26th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
1 this AM (CMH), Water Rail 2, GREAT EGRET 1, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Chiffchaff 1, Raven 2, Kingfisher 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Teal 25,
Goosander 1 female, Little Grebe 1, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2 (CMH), Little
Egret 1
|
24th |
Goosander 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 2
(PDH), Little Egret 1, Water Rail 1, Chiffchaff 2, Snipe 1, Kingfisher 1
A MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY, BIRD FILLED NEW YEAR TO ALL VISITORS.
|
'Winter
Twitter' - Digital Design by Kate Moore, Stanford Ringing Group |
|
23rd |
CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost
(ET)
|
22nd |
Kingfisher 1, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Shoveler 11, Chiffchaff 2, Cetti's Warbler
1, Water Rail 2
|
Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
21st |
WHOOPER SWAN 1
late PM in Keepers Lodge Bay and still present at 16.00 (SCN), GREAT
EGRET 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Goldeneye 10, Teal 10,
Goosander 1, Tufted Duck 214, Coot 376, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler
1, Red Kite 1, PEREGRINE 1 (CMH), Wigeon 127, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 1, Lesser Redpoll 1, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Shoveler 8
|
Whooper
Swan (Chris Hubbard) |
|
20th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter (CMH),
PINTAIL 2 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (PDH),
Goosander 3
|
19th |
Kingfisher 1, Little Grebe 2,
Chiffchaff 2, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1
|
18th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 adult (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 2 (CMH), Water Rail 2, BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1,
Shoveler 10, Teal 6, Goldeneye 8, Great Black-backed Gull c185 in the
roost (CMH), Chiffchaff 2, Little Grebe 2
|
Caspian
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
17th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 7 (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 3, Chiffchaff 4,
Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 20, Goosander 2, Little Grebe 2, Raven 5, Snipe
3
|
16th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Snipe 2,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 3, Raven 5, Gadwall c90, Shoveler 5,
Little Grebe 1, Red Kite 1, Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 1, Goosander 2
|
15th |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 3,
Shelduck 1, Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 2, Raven 4
|
14th |
Goldeneye 12, Goosander 7,
Kingfisher 1
|
13th |
Goldeneye 10, Shoveler 2, Red Kite
1, Little Egret 1
|
12th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Shoveler
13, GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Grebe 3, Treecreeper 1, Nuthatch 1,
Siskin 20, Raven 2, Chiffchaff 1
|
11th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 third-winter (CMH),
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2 (CMH), Goosander 2, Siskin c50 (CMH), Little Grebe
3, Teal 14, BRAMBLING 3 (SRG), Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 2, Chiffchaff
2, Shoveler 7, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1, Goldeneye 8, Blackcap
1 ringed (SRG)
|
10th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
over (FG), Goosander 13, Linnet c40, Shoveler 3, Chiffchaff 1,
Kingfisher 1
|
6th |
Goosander 2, Little Grebe 3,
Chiffchaff 1, Shoveler 8
|
4th |
Goosander 2, Grey Wagtail 1,
numerous Fieldfare and Redwing
|
1st |
Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Kingfisher 1
|
November
30th |
GREAT EGRET 1 (PDH), Green
Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 1, Chiffchaff 1, Meadow Pipit 7, EGYPTIAN GOOSE
1 (PDH), Shoveler 4
|
29th |
Siskin c20, GREAT EGRET 4 flew
west towards the dam, late afternoon (CMH), Water Rail 1, BRAMBLING 2
over (CMH) and 1 ringed (SRG), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Chiffchaff 1, Great
Black-backed Gull 172 in the roost (CMH), Raven 4, Kingfisher 1
|
28th |
PINTAIL 5 over (SCN), Shoveler 2,
Chiffchaff 1
|
27th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, PEREGRINE 1 (CMH), EGYPTIAN
GOOSE 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Siskin 1, Little Grebe 1
|
Pink-footed
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
26th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, CACKLING GOOSE 1
the escaped bird (CMH)
|
25th |
BRAMBLING 2 (CMH), Chiffchaff 3,
Goldcrest 3, Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 2, Shoveler 3, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Goosander 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Little Grebe 1, Treecreeper 2
|
24th |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail
2, Raven 4, Kingfisher 2, Shoveler 3
|
23rd |
Siskin c25, Water Rail 2,
Kingfisher 2
|
22nd |
CASPIAN GULL 1 3rd-winter this PM
(CMH/SCN), PINTAIL 1 female, Teal 9, Goosander 7 (4 males), Goldeneye
18, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1
|
21st |
PINTAIL 1 female (CMH), Lapwing
101, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, CURLEW 1 around Blowers Lodge Bay for c15 mins
(CMH/S&MW), Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 1, Siskin
6
|
19th |
Siskin 9 (PDH), Little Grebe 2,
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (PDH), Tufted Duck c237 (CMH), Pochard 47,
Kingfisher 2, Goldeneye 3
|
18th |
BRAMBLING 2, Water Rail 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Siskin 5, Lesser Redpoll 1, Little Egret 2, Chiffchaff 1,
Raven 5
|
17th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 (CMH), Goosander 1 drake, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1
|
16th |
RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 3 (CMH), BRAMBLING
1 ringed this AM (SRG), Goldeneye 7
|
Brambling
(SRG) |
|
15th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Little Egret 1, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Kingfisher 1, Water Rail 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Siskin 6, Lesser Redpoll
1, Nuthatch 2 ringed (SRG), BRAMBLING c5 (CMH/SRG)
|
14th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Siskin 1,
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, Kingfisher 1, CACKLING GOOSE 1 (CMH), Chiffchaff
1
|
13th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3
(CMH), PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 (CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1,
Lesser Redpoll 6, Siskin 12, Raven 5, Kingfisher 2, Water Rail
2, Cetti's Warbler 4, PINTAIL 1 (CMH)
|
12th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 (CMH), Little Grebe 1, Red Kite 1, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
(SCN), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (SCN) BRAMBLING 1 (SCN) |
11th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 this
AM (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3 (CMH), PINTAIL 2
females (CMH), REDSHANK 1 early AM, the
4th of 2021 (CMH), Water Rail 3, Cetti's Warbler
2, Kingfisher 2, EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1, CACKLING GOOSE 1, Golden
Plover 31
|
Redshank
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
10th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1 (CMH),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3 (CMH), BRAMBLING 1
(CMH/M Townsend), Siskin c30, CACKLING GOOSE 1with
goose flock this PM, likely an escapee and also seen recently at DIRFT
(CMH), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1
|
9th |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE 1
this evening (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 3 (CMH),
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 (CMH), Water Rail 2, Chiffchaff 2, Siskin 5,
Goldeneye 12
|
Pink-footed
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
8th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 near the Point (CMH), BRAMBLING 1 over the dam (CMH), Water Rail
2, Chiffchaff 4, Woodpigeon c1000 over during the first 2
hours of daylight, GREAT EGRET 1 west over the dam (CMH), Siskin 15,
Goldeneye 9
|
7th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 this AM (SCN), Goldeneye 8, Teal 2, Little Grebe 2, Nuthatch 1, Tawny
Owl 2, Barn Owl 2 (GB), Siskin 1
Red-crested Pochard (Chris Hubbard)
|
6th |
WOODCOCK 1 (D Neal), Golden Plover
c70, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH), Little Egret 2,
Water Rail 2, Green Sandpiper
1, Goldeneye 4, Teal 5, Shoveler 9, Raven 10, Cetti's Warbler
2
|
5th |
DUNLIN 1 this
PM, the 8th of 2021 (CMH), Fieldfare c2000 through the site
today (M Townsend / CMH), BRAMBLING c20 through (M Townsend), Water
Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Sparrowhawk 1
|
Dunlin
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
4th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
late PM intially in Keepers Lodge and then towards the reedbed / point
(CMH), Egyptian Goose 3 (CMH), Goosander 1 drake (CMH), BRAMBLING 1
over calling (CMH), Lesser Redpoll 6, Siskin 3, Water Rail 2,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler 13, Goldeneye 2 drakes (CMH), Raven 8,
Kingfisher 2, Fieldfare c150 over west, Redwing c400 over west
|
3rd |
Coot 356 counted just before dusk
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 4
|
2nd |
Cetti's Warbler 2, PEREGRINE 1
(S&MW), Lesser Redpoll 14 (S&MW), Water Rail 3, Green
Sandpiper 1, STONECHAT 1 (FG), Coot 238 (FG), Common Buzzard 7, Redwing
c50, Grey Heron 2, Red Kite 2, Goldcrest 7, Raven 7 Long-tailed Tit c30
|
Cetti's
Warbler (SRG) |
|
1st |
Goosander 1 female (CMH), Water
Rail 3, BRAMBLING 1 flew west (CMH), Little Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll 3,
Siskin 2, Kingfisher 2
|
October
31st |
Shoveler 9, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Kingfisher 2, Moorhen 14, Raven 4, Chiffchaff 2
|
30th |
Lesser Redpoll 19, Cetti's Warbler
1, Kingfisher 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Raven 7, Green Sandpiper 2, Tawny Owl 2
|
29th |
WOODCOCK 1 flew from the edge of
the path in Keepers Lodge Bay (CMH), STONECHAT 1 where the rail track
meets the road (CB), Wigeon 112, Pochard c30, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Kingfisher 1, Sparrowhawk 2, Green Woodpecker 1, Little Egret 1
|
Stonechat
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
28th |
Little Egret 2, Pochard c30
|
27th |
PEREGRINE 1, Shoveler 19
|
26th |
Water Rail 2, Siskin 2, Kingfisher
2, CASPIAN GULL 1 adult in the roost before flying off west (CMH),
BRAMBLING 3 this morning including 1 ringed, the 59th species to be
ringed at the site in 2021 (SRG), Little Egret 3
|
Brambling
(SRG) |
|
25th |
BRAMBLING 1 over
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, PEREGRINE 1, Meadow Pipit
5, Siskin 3, PINTAIL 1 female (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 1,
Water Rail 2, Blackcap 1 female, Pochard 17
|
Pintail
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
24th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (D March),
Starling c8000-10000 into roost
|
Egyptian
Geese (Dan March) |
|
23rd |
Buzzard 1 ringed this AM, only the
2nd ever (SRG), Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Siskin 7, Tawny Owl 2,
Blackcap 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Shoveler 1, PEREGRINE 1,
Lesser Redpoll c15, BRAMBLING 1, Siskin c5
|
22nd |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Water Rail 1,
Little Grebe 4, Little Egret 1
|
21st |
WHOOPER SWAN 1
present early morning (CMH) and 3 present
early evening (CMH/K Hill), Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Lesser
Redpoll 2, Siskin 2, Raven 8, Goldeneye 2, Snipe 1, Little Egret 3,
Goldfinch 13, Long-tailed Tit c13, Jay 4, Common Buzzard 2
|
Whooper
Swan (Chris Hubbard) |
|
20th |
Swallow 1 this evening
(CMH), Little Grebe 1, Pochard 13. Goldfinch c15, Shoveler 3, Little
Egret 1, starling c5000 in the roost this evening (CMH), Cetti's
Warbler 1, Water Rail 1, Tawny Owl 2
|
19th |
Goldeneye 2, the first of the
autumn (CMH), Teal 35, Little Grebe 2
|
18th |
Starling several thousand left
their roost this AM, Water Rail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 5 |
17th |
Raven 6, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Shoveler 3, BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 1, Siskin 1
|
16th |
Raven 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, WILLOW
TIT 1
|
15th |
BRAMBLING 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler
1, Little Egret 2, Redwing c50, Siskin 4, Lesser Redpoll 2
|
14th |
BRAMBLING 6 (M Townsend), Little
Egret 3, Redwing 31 ringed this AM (SRG)
|
13th |
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
1, a first-winter this evening (CMH), Redwing c350 over in small
groups, Starling c1000 (CMH), Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Shoveler
7, Teal 5, Kingfisher 1, Siskin 1, Jay 7 high west, Sparrowhawk 1
|
12th |
*YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER* 1
ringed this AM, the 6th to be ringed at the site and the 7th overall
(SRG), Swallow 1 flew south, Water Rail 2, Lesser Redpoll 3, Siskin 1,
Shoveler 3, Pochard 17, Little Grebe 4, Kestrel 1, Buzzard 4,
Long-tailed Tits several small flocks around the site, Kingfisher 1
|
Yellow-browed
Warbler ringed by SRG this AM (Chris Hubbard) |
|
11th |
MEDITERRANEAN GULL
2 in the gull roost - a 1st winter and 2nd winter (CMH), CASPIAN
GULL 1 in the roost (CMH), WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), Cetti's
Warbler 2, Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 2, Raven 4, Lesser Redpoll 2,
Siskin 2, Starling c500, Water Rail 1, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 1,
Shoveler 8
|
1st
winter Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
2nd
winter Mediterranean Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
10th |
Raven 6, Sparrowhawk 1, Coal Tit
1, Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 4, Lapwing 1
|
9th |
Lesser Redpoll 1, Siskin 1,
Redwing 3, Skylark c100, Water Rail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Egret
2
|
8th |
CASPIAN GULL 1 adult (SCN),
Cetti's Warbler 1, Lapwing c150, Raven 1, Meadow Pipit 1, Siskin 1,
Shoveler 13
|
7th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Siskin 1,
Little Grebe 1, Shoveler 2, Pochard 7, Cetti's Warbler 1, Swallow 5,
Raven 2
|
6th |
WHEATEAR 1 the first of the autumn
(CMH), Hobby 1, Swallow 4, House Martin 3, Little Egret 2
|
Wheatear
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
5th |
Swallow 7, Raven 2, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Little Egret 3
|
4th |
Raven 1, Siskin 1, Swallow c20,
House Martin c30, Kingfisher 1, Common Gull 6, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Little Grebe 2
|
3rd |
Wigeon 100, Cetti's Warbler 2,
House Martin c20, Sparrowhawk 1, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (IB), Raven 1
|
2nd |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this
AM (SRG), Reed Warbler 1 ringed this AM. (SRG), Swallow 3, House Martin
11, Shoveler 13, Teal 4
|
1st |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Egret 1,
Siskin 1, Little Grebe 4
|
September
30th |
Little Egret 1, House Martin 20,
Swallow 6, Sand Martin 4
|
29th |
Yellow Wagtail 1, Kingfisher 2,
Shoveler 6, Teal 13, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 4, Swallow 10,
Kestrel 4, Chiffchaff 5, Raven 4, Buzzard 4, House Martin
4, Reed Kite 2, Long-tailed Tit 13, Moorhen 8
|
28th |
Cetti's Warbler 3, Raven
4, Sparrowhawk 1, Meadow Pipit 10
|
27th |
Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 4,
Meadow Pipit 20, Swallow 5
|
26th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 ringed this
AM (SRG), Lesser Whitethroat 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Wigeon
125, Little Grebe 2, Teal 4, Shoveler 17, Meadow Pipit 34,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven 3, Sparrowhawk 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Little Egret 3, Swallow 25, Jay 3
|
25th |
WILLOW EMERALD
DAMSELFLY 1 this PM, the first ever at the site (Ian Merrill)
|
24th |
WILLOW TIT 1 (SRG), Little Grebe
2, Shoveler 3, Cetti's Warbler, Meadow Pipit 10, GREAT EGRET 1 (CMH),
Starling c250
|
Willow
Tit (SRG) |
|
23rd |
Little Grebe 1, Teal 1, WILLOW TIT
1 (CMH), Wigeon 106, Swallow 10, Meadow Pipit 6
|
22nd |
Teal 2, Little Grebe 1, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Buzzard 3, Kingfisher 2
|
21st |
MARSH HARRIER 1
briefly this AM being mobbed by corvids (CMH), PINTAIL 3 (CMH), Cetti's
Warbler 2, Wigeon c60, Teal 5, Kingfisher 5
|
20th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
this evening seen several times, the 12th sighting of 2021(CMH), PINTAIL
5 females this evening (CMH), Snipe 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow
Wagtail 2, Siskin 1, Shoveler 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, Goldcrest 5,
Nuthatch 5, Little Egret 1, Pochard 4, Little Grebe 1, Kingfisher 2
|
Marsh
Harrier (Chris Hubbard) |
|
19th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 (D March),
WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH/ET), PINTAIL 1 female (CMH/ET),
Shoveler 7, Teal 18, Pochard 3, Green Sandpiper 2, Nuthatch 1
|
Willow
Tit (Ewan Turner) |
|
Pintail
(Ewan Turner) |
|
18th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler
4, Red Kite 1, Shoveler 1, Teal 2
|
17th |
Little Egret 2, Kingfisher 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Sandpiper 1
|
16th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
3 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2 (escaped Cape Shelduck 1 this AM
CMH)
290 new birds ringed this AM (SRG)
|
15th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH),
Little Grebe 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 2, Snipe 1
|
14th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Wigeon 25, Cetti's Warbler 3, Raven 4, Shoveler 4, Pochard 6,
Red Kite 1, Little Grebe 1, Common Tern 2
|
13th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Raven 12 (CMH)
|
12th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 (IB), WILLOW TIT 1 (IB), Kestrel 2, Raven 7, Pied Wagtail 6, Grey
Wagtail 5
|
11th |
OSPREY 1 over
this AM (CMH), REDSTART
2 ringed this AM (SRG), WILLOW TIT 1 (CB), Cetti's
Warbler 4, Little Egret 3, Shoveler 4, Pochard 7
|
Redstart
(SRG) |
|
9th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still (CMH), WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler
1, Kingfisher 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Little Grebe 4, Pochard
7, Teal 9, Shoveler 4, Lesser Black-backed Gull 87
|
8th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 5, WILLOW TIT 1 (CB), Wigeon 17, Shoveler 5,
Kingfisher 2, Lapwing 5, Little Grebe 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Hobby
1
|
7th |
WHINCHAT 1
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER at least 5 around the site this AM (CMH),
WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), Wigeon 24, Cetti's Warbler 4, Lesser Whitethroat 3,
Yellow Wagtail 2, Little Grebe 1, Shoveler 17
|
6th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
still (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1
|
5th |
BLACK TERN 1
this AM, the 2nd record of 2021 (IB), REDSTART 1
male along the poplars (S&MW), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH/ET),
Cetti's Warbler 3, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH/ET),
Little Grebe 2
|
Spotted
Flycatcher (Ewan Turner) |
|
Spotted
Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
|
4th |
TREE PIPIT 1
this AM, the 3rd of 2021 (CMH), WHINCHAT 1 (ET), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH/ET), MARSH HARRIER 1
(CMH), Raven 6
|
Tree
Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Tree
Pipit (Chris Hubbard) |
|
3rd |
REDSTART 1 this
evening on the Leicestershire side (CMH), WHINCHAT
1 this evening on the Leicestershire side (CMH), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH), Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Shoveler 6, Teal
4, Pochard 3, Coot c175, Cetti's Warbler 1, Sparrowhawk 1
|
Redstart
this evening (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Whinchat
this evening (Chris Hubbard) |
|
2nd |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 juvenile, Buzzard 2, Cetti's Warbler 1,
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (CMH)
|
1st |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Sparrowhawk 1, Raven 2
|
August
31st |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still (CMH), Kingfisher 2, Cetti's Warbler 2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1,
Teal 4
|
30th |
WHINCHAT 3
(CMH), WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 still CMH), BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
2 flew east (PDH), Hobby 1, Shoveler 1, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Wigeon 14, Little Grebe 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Sandpiper 1
|
Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
29th |
WHINCHAT 5
including 1 ringed (SRG/CMH), REDSTART
7, including 6 ringed (SRG), WILLOW TIT 2 (CMH),
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3, including 2 ringed (SRG/CMH), MARSH
HARRIER 1 flew east around 14.30 (S&M Wyatt), Yellow
Wagtail 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Hobby 1, Snipe 2 flew west, Swift 1,
Wigeon 7, Teal 4, Cetti's Warbler 1, Raven 6, Red Kite 3, Common Tern
3, Buzzard 8, Snipe 2
|
Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG) |
|
Swallow
- caught at dusk yesterday evening (SRG) |
|
Whinchat
(SRG) |
|
Whinchat
1 of 5 present this AM (SRG) |
|
Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG) |
|
Spotted
Flycatcher (SRG) |
|
28th |
**WRYNECK** 1
ringed this AM, the 4th to be ringed at the site and the 3rd in 2 years
(SRG), WHINCHAT 4 this AM (CMH), REDSTART
4 including another 3 ringed (SRG/CMH), SPOTTED
FLYCATCHER 1, RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), Common
Sandpiper 1, Hobby 2, Red Kite 2, Raven 8, Kingfisher 2
|
Redstart
(SRG) |
|
Wryneck
(SRG) |
|
Wryneck
(SRG) |
|
Wryneck
(SRG) |
|
27th |
REDSTART 9
(nine) ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed this AM,
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 7, Little
Grebe 1, Raven 6, Hobby 1
|
3
of the 9 Redstarts ringed this morning (SRG) |
|
26th |
REDSTART 1
juvenile ringed this AM (SRG), MARSH HARRIER 1
briefly again being mobbed by corvids (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
ringed this AM (SRG), Red Kite 3, Wigeon 5, the first of the autumn
(CMH), Teal 1, Shoveler 1, Pochard 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Kingfisher 1,
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven 6, Hobby 1, Little Grebe
4
|
25th |
WHINCHAT 1
ringed this AM, the 2nd record of 2021 (SRG), MARSH HARRIER
1 over being mobbed by corvids at 07.35, the 7th record of 2021 (CMH), GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 6 ringed this AM (SRG), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 at the
dam and then 1 ringed this PM (SRG), Pochard 3, PEREGRINE 1
(D Sheffield), Common Sandpiper 1, Little Grebe 1, Sparrowhawk
1 juvenile male ringed this PM (SRG).
|
Whinchat
(Ewan Turner, SRG) |
|
Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
Juvenile
male Sparrowhawk (SRG) |
|
Spotted
Flycatcher, the first to be ringed in 2021 (SRG) |
|
24th |
TREE PIPIT 1
flew SE at 06.25, the 2nd record of 2021 (CMH), REDSTART
2 ringed this AM (SRG), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2
ringed this AM (SRG), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still
(CMH), Coal Tit 1 ringed this morning (SRG), Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow
Wagtail 1, CURLEW 1 (CMH), PEREGRINE 1 (ET), Shelduck 3 (ET), Teal 4,
Shoveler 1, Hobby 1, Whitethroat 100 ringed this AM (SRG)
|
Images
of the two Redstarts ringed this AM (Ewan Turner, SRG) |
|
23rd |
RINGED PLOVER 1 briefly
early AM, the first of 2021 (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), REDWING 1 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 3 (CMH) and another 2 (D
Peacock / D Goldsmith), Green Sandpiper 1 (I Bartlett), Grey Wagtail 8,
Common Tern 5, Common Sandpiper 1, Red Kite 3, Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven
8, Teal 16, Cetti's Warbler 3, Linnet 17, Kingfisher 1, Lesser
Whitethroat 2, Little Egret 2
Short-tailed Vole (D Peacock / D Goldsmith)
|
22nd |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (I Bartlett),
Red Kite 5, Greylag Goose c160, Common Tern 3, Canada goose
21, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Buzzard 6, Grey Wagtail 2,
Green Woodpecker 1, Raven 4
|
21st |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 ringed this
AM (SRG), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still (CMH),
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Sandpiper 3,
Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 3, Kingfisher 1 ringed this AM (SRG),
Shoveler 1, Teal 2, Pochard 1, Raven c25
|
20th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
flew low SW at 06.30 (CMH), REDSTART 1
female this AM (PDH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 this AM
(PDH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail
7, Common Tern 7
|
19th |
Common Sandpiper 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Lapwing 152, CURLEW 1 over (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 5,
Kingfisher 1
|
18th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Tufted
Duck 115
|
17th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 3, Yellow Wagtail 5, Common Sandpiper 1, WILLOW
TIT 1 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 heard (SCN)
|
16th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 12, Little
Egret 1, Kingfisher 1, Red Kite 1, Great Crested Grebe 68, REDWING
1 (PDH), the earliest ever autumn record in Northamptonshire beating
the previous best date by a month, Raven 5
|
Redwing
the earliest ever autumn record in Northants (Steven Wright) |
|
15th |
WILLOW TIT 1 (CMH),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 (CMH), PEREGRINE 1
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult (SCN), Common
Sandpiper 2, Shoveler 1, Yellow Wagtail 8, Buzzard 4, Sparrowhawk 1,
Kingfisher 2, Pochard 1
|
Yellow
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Spotted
Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard) |
|
14th |
REDSTART
1 juv female ringed this AM (SRG), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH), Green Sandpiper 2, Common
Sandpiper 2, SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 this evening (CMH), Yellow Wagtail
c10, Little Grebe 2
|
Redstart (Ewan Turner, SRG) |
|
Spotted
Flycatcher (Chris Hubbard)
|
215 birds ringed today including 74
Sedge Warblers (SRG) |
13th |
WILLOW TIT 1 this
AM (CMH), RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still this AM
(CMH), Barn Owl 1 (CB), Red Kite 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler
2, Lesser Whitethroat 4, Raven 2, Kingfisher 2, Sparrowhawk 1
|
Willow
Tit (Chris Hubbard) |
|
12th |
REDSTART 1 female early
AM, the 3rd record of 2021 (CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), RED-CRESTED
POCHARD 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail c15, Common Sandpiper 1,
Cetti's Warbler 3, Hobby 1, Pochard 1, Kingfisher 1
|
11th |
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
1 along the edge of Blowers Lodge Bay / Railtrack
this AM, the first of 2021 (M Townsend), WILLOW TIT 1
ringed this AM, the first of 2021 (D Sheffield, SRG),
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 still (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Common
Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 22 (CMH), Kingfisher 1, Shoveler 4, Pochard
1, Sparrowhawk 1, Peregrine 1
329 new birds ringed this AM including 67
Willow Warblers (SRG).
|
Willow
Tit (D Sheffield) |
|
10th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1
still this AM (CMH), OSPREY 1 juvenile flew west over the dam this AM
(PDH), GREAT EGRET 1 west towards the dam (CB/CMH), Little Egret 1,
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 18, Pochard 2, Shoveler 4, Lesser
Whitethroat 3, Garden Warbler 2, Black-headed Gull c150
|
9th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still (CMH), Common Sandpiper 5, Yellow Wagtail 9 this evening (CMH),
Shoveler 3, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Black-headed Gull c220 (CMH), Hobby 2
this evening
|
Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
8th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD
1 still this AM (CMH), Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail 3, Raven 8,
Red Kite 2, Shoveler 4
|
7th |
RED-CRESTED POCHARD 1 female,
the first of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 5,
Hobby 1, Barn Owl 1 (SRG), Linnet c40
|
Red-crested
Pochard (Ewan Turner) |
|
Red-crested
Pochard (Chris Hubbard) |
|
6th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
5, Common Tern 5 juveniles plus adults, Teal 3, Shoveler 3, Tufted Duck
1 with 5 young, Little Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 63 (CMH), Hobby 1
(CMH / S Wright)
|
5th |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Common
Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 5, Shoveler 4, Teal 2, Tufted Duck 1 adult
with 5 advance young, the first breeding record of 2021 (CMH),
Kingfisher 1, Little Egret 1, Raven 9 (CB), Sparrowhawk 1, Common Tern
24, Little Grebe 1
|
4th |
GREENSHANK 1
briefly on the dam before flying south, the 2nd record of 2021
(CMH), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Kingfisher 2
|
3rd |
Common Sandpiper 4, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Kingfisher 1, Little
Egret 1, Common Tern 22 this evening (CMH)
Last year there were two records of
the nationally rare CASPIAN TERN on 31st
May and 26th July. The British Birds Rarities Committee
(BBRC) have now accepted both of these records, the
2nd and 3rd for the site following one in 1968.
|
2nd |
OSPREY 1 early
AM, perched on the Leicestershire side before flying east (CMH), MARSH
HARRIER 1 at 15.00 near the Point (P Norrie), Hobby 1 (CMH),
PEREGRINE 2 (D Goldsmith / D Peacock), Common Sandpiper 1,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Little Grebe 2, CUCKOO
1 juvenile, Kingfisher 2, Common Tern c20 including 5
juveniles, Little Egret 2, Red Kite 1
|
1st |
Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 4,
Raven 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Red Kite 1
|
July
31st |
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 6
flew east at 12.10, the first of 2021 (ET), Common Sandpiper 3
(A Herbert), Cetti's Warbler 1, CUCKOO 1 juvenile (CMH), Little Grebe
3, Canada Goose 77, Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, 212 new
birds ringed today
|
30th |
SHELDUCK 4 Juveniles flew west
(CMH), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (CMH), Little Grebe 4, Common Sandpiper 3,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 20, Greylag Goose c200
|
29th |
Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail
1, Pochard 1
|
28th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Teal
2, Tufted Duck c65, Little Grebe 2, Common Tern 14 (inc juveniles now
flying), Cetti's Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Jay 1
|
27th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
2, Little Grebe 3, Shoveler 3, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
26th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Cetti's
Warbler 1, Kingfisher 1, Raven 10 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 2, Jay
2, Bullfinch 2, Common Gull 1, Treecreeper 1
|
25th |
Raven 27 over
this morning (CB), Kingfisher 1, Common Sandpiper 3, Little
Grebe 5, Pochard 2, Cetti's Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 2,
Common Tern 5 juveniles occupying the 3 rafts currently
Great Crested Grebe 6 juveniles, Lesser Whitethroat 1
|
24th |
Common Sandpiper 4, Yellow Wagtail
2
|
23rd |
Common Sandpiper 5,
Yellow Wagtail 3, Pied Wagtail c30, Little Grebe 3, Little Egret 1,
Green Woodpecker 3, Common Tern 17, Greenfinch 1
|
22nd |
REDSHANK 1 early AM, the 3rd
record of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Kingfisher 1,
Lapwing 13, Oystercatcher 1, Pochard 1, Little Grebe 2, Little
Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 2
|
Redshank
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
20th |
Common Sandpiper 4,
Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
19th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
reeling this AM on the Leicestershire side (CMH), Common Tern
10, Common Sandpiper 2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Lesser Whitethroat 1
|
18th |
Common Sandpiper 4, Yellow Wagtail
2, Common Tern 12, Lapwing 1
|
17th |
OSPREY 1 (CMH
/ M Townsend), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 ringed this AM (SRG), Common
Sandpiper 3, Lapwing 1 on the dam, Yellow Wagtail 3, Gadwall 1 female
with 6 young, Wigeon 1 on the dam (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Little Egret
1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little Grebe 1, Pochard 1
|
16th |
Kingfisher 1, Green Woodpecker 1,
Kestrel 2
|
11th |
Little Grebe 1, Little Egret 2,
Teal 1
|
10th |
Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common
Tern 4 out 6 chicks ringed today (SRG)
|
9th |
Grey Wagtail 17 (SCN), Yellow
Wagtail 1, Little Grebe 2, Pochard 2, Shoveler 2, Common Tern 3 pair
with at least 7 chicks (CMH)
|
8th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
1, Shoveler 2, Little Egret 1, Kingfisher 2
|
7th |
Common Sandpiper 3, Yellow Wagtail
1
|
6th |
Common Sandpiper 3,
Yellow Wagtail 1, Jay 6 all together
on Leicestershire side (CMH), Pochard 1, Pintail x Mallard
hybrid type 1 (CMH)
|
5th |
COMMON REDSTART 1
(M&S Wyatt / CMH), Common Sandpiper 6 this AM (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1, Kingfisher 2, Grey Wagtail 6, Red Kite 1, Linnet 6, Green
Woodpecker, Oystercatcher 2, Little Grebe 1
|
4th |
COMMON REDSTART 1
still (P Adams), OSPREY 1 (M Townsend), GREAT
EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
Common
Redstart (Mr and Mrs P Adams) |
|
3rd |
GREAT EGRET 1
(CMH), REDSHANK 1, the 2nd record of 2021 (CMH),
Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Teal 5, Gadwall 1 with 8 young,
Kingfisher 1, Common Tern 10
|
2nd |
COMMON REDSTART
1 male at lunchtime around the river bridge / gate to the dam, the 2nd
record of 2021 (CMH), Teal 3, Pochard 1, Tufted Duck c35, Common Tern
6, Kingfisher 1, Raven 4, Yellow Wagtail 1, Gadwall 1 with 8 young,
Grey Wagtail 10, Green Woodpecker 1, Oystercatcher 2
|
Common
Redstart, record shot (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Common
Tern (Ewan Turner) |
|
1st |
Common Tern 16, Hobby 1,
Kingfisher 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Raven 2, Sparrowhawk 1
Butterflies - Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Small
Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood. Moths
- Cinnabar, Blood Vein (M&S Wyatt)
|
June
29th |
Common Tern 14,
Cetti's Warbler 2
|
28th |
Hobby 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common
Tern 14, Mute Swan 98, Kingfisher 1, Pochard 1 drake, Little Egret 2
|
27th |
Oystercatcher 1, Red Kite 1,
Common Tern 10, Hobby 1, Lapwing 62 over (ET), Tufted Duck 25
|
26th |
Kingfisher 1 juvenile ringed this
AM (SRG), Cetti's Warbler 1, Red Kite 3, Mute Swan 84, Common Tern 12,
Yellow Wagtail 1
|
Kingfisher
(SRG) |
|
25th |
Little Egret 1, Hobby 1, Great
Crsted Grebe 2 pairs with 3 chicks in total
|
24th |
OSPREY 1 (PDH),
Gadwall 1 with 9 young, Common Tern 6, Raven 4, Yellow Wagtail 2
|
gadwall
with 9 young (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Osprey
(Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
|
23rd |
OSPREY 1
fishing this AM (record from local fisherman), Cuckoo 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Common Tern 8, Yellow Wagtail 2, Gadwall with 9 young,
Red-legged Partridge 1
|
22nd |
Cuckoo 2, Oystercatcher 4 flew
east (CMH), Gadwall 1 with 9 young (CMH), Common Tern 4, Lapwing 1,
Shoveler 2
|
21st |
Hobby 2, Cuckoo 2, Tufted Duck 14,
Little Egret 1, Swift 35, Garden Warbler 5, Common Tern 6, Great
Black-backed Gull 3, Black-headed Gull 2, Lapwing 1, Grey Heron 3,
Buzzard 1, Red Kite 2, Shoveler 2
|
20th |
Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 4,
Oystercatcher 1
|
19th |
Willow Warbler
1 of the northern race, acredula
ringed this morning, Greylag
Goose c80, Oystercatcher 4 (GB), Lesser Black-backed Gull 9,
Black-headed Gull 1 juvenile, Cuckoo 1, Swift 5, Yellow
Wagtail 1, Common Tern 3, Red Kite 1
|
Northern
Willow Warbler, acredula (Ewan Turner and Adam Homer) |
|
17th |
Common Tern 5, Mute Swan 77 (GB),
Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cuckoo 2, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 (GB), Kingfisher
1, Starling 14
|
16th |
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 2
(GB), CURLEW 1, Little Egret 4, Cetti's Warbler 1,
Black-headed Gull 1 juvenile
|
Black-headed
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Black-headed
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
15th |
CURLEW 1, Cuckoo 3 (GB), Yellow
Wagtail 4, Little Egret 2, Grey Heron 3, Kingfisher 1, Starling 35,
Black-headed Gull 1 juvenile
|
14th |
Cuckoo 1, Oystercatcher 1, Common
Tern 4, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 7, Grey Heron 3, Tufted Duck 7
|
13th |
Shelduck 1, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Lesser Whitethroat 2, Nuthatch 3, Raven 4, Cuckoo 2,
Oystercatcher 1
Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Southern
Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer, Speckled Wood (GB)
|
12th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, CUCKOO 1, Hobby 2, Yellow Wagtail 2,
Lesser Whitethroat 1, Grey Heron 2, Greylag Goose c50, Tufted
Duck 5, Oystercatcher 1, Common Tern 4, Cetti's Warbler 2
LATE NEWS FOR TUESDAY - 'CHANNEL' WAGTAIL on
the spillway but only heard about it today. Still present late PM today
(CMH)
|
Channel
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
11th |
GREAT EGRET 1 over the dam (CMH),
Yellow Wagtail 2, Mistle Thrush 2, Garden Warbler at least 5 on the
Leicestershire side this AM
|
10th |
Hobby 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, Common
Tern 4, Cetti's Warbler 1
|
9th |
Little Egret 2, Yellow Wagtail 2,
Grey Wagtail 2, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Common Tern 4, Kingfisher 1
|
8th |
Cuckoo 1, Garden Warbler 5, Yellow
Wagtail 4
|
7th |
CURLEW 1 flew west (CMH), Cuckoo
1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Hobby 2, Buzzard 3, Little
Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 4, Common Tern 6
|
6th |
MANDARIN 1
female in flight only, the first of 2021 (GB), GREAT EGRET 1 (GB),
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Hobby 1, Little Egret 1, Raven 2, Yellow
Wagtail 3, Cetti's Warbler 1, Greylag Goose 28, Cuckoo 2, Common Tern 4
Red-eyed Damselfly (GB)
|
5th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 2 (M
Townsend/PDH), Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 6, Cetti's Warbler
1, Common Tern 6, Red Kite 3, Kingfisher 1
Common blue Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Red-eyed
Damselfly (GB)
|
4th |
Yellow Wagtail 3, Common Tern 6,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Cuckoo 1, Red Kite 1
|
3rd |
Cuckoo 2, Common Tern 4
|
2nd |
Cuckoo 3, Cetti's Warbler 3,
Yellow Wagtail 3, Little Egret 1, Oystercatcher 1, Hobby 1,
Kingfisher 1, Starling 35, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Long
tailed Tit 10 (family party)
|
1st |
Cuckoo 2, Cetti's Warbler 3,
Common Tern 8, Little Egret 1
|
Broad-bodied
Chaser (David Richardson) |
|
May
31st |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Cuckoo 2,
Common Tern 4, Red Kite 2, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Mistle Thrush 4,
Yellow Wagtail 1
|
30th |
*TURTLE DOVE* 1
very briefly this AM but no sign since (M Durkin/CMH), the
first at the site since 2007, Cetti's Warbler 2, Common Tern 6 (no sign
of the Golden Oriole today despite being looked for)
|
Turtle
Dove (Chris Hubbard) |
|
29th |
**GOLDEN ORIOLE** 1 singing
in wood opposite the reedbed on Leicestershire side throughout
the day (CMH), the first record since 2002 and the 5th ever for the
site. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RECORDING OF THIS BIRD CHECK OUT
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Common Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher 2, Hobby 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Cuckoo 1
|
28th |
Oystercatcher 2, Common Tern 4
|
27th |
Yellow Wagtail 2, Cetti's Warbler
2, MARSH HARRIER 1 over SW (PDH), Common Tern 4,
Yellowhammer 2 GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Hobby 1
|
26th |
Cetti's Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail
1, Common Tern 6, Little Egret 1 (CMH)
|
25th |
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (CMH), Hobby
2, Oystercatcher 2, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 8
|
24th |
SPOTTED
FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH/PDH), Yellow Wagtail 3, Common Tern 8, Hobby
2, Oystercatcher 2
|
23rd |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
(CMH), Cetti's Warbler 2, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Hobby 1, Swift
c200, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 8, Greylag Goose 5 pair with 23
young in total
|
22nd |
Common Tern 8, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Lesser Whitethroat 2
|
21st |
DUNLIN 1 on
the dam, the 7th of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 2, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Common Tern 12, Swift c130
|
20th |
Common Tern 10, Cetti's Warbler 2,
Red Kite 2
|
19th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Cetti's
Warbler 2, Cuckoo 1, Hobby 2, Common Tern 10, Oystercatcher 2, Tree
Sparrow 3, Red Kite 1
|
18th |
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 2 (CMH), Common
Tern 8, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
17th |
OSPREY 1 this
AM (PDH), Cuckoo 1, Hobby 1, Little Egret 1, Oystercatcher 2,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Pochard 3, Common Tern 8, Common Sandpiper 1
|
16th |
*SANDERLING* 1
this AM, the first since 2019 (CB/CMH), Cuckoo 2, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 2
|
Sanderling
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
15th |
Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern
17, Yellow Wagtail 2
|
14th |
OSPREY 1 over
at 12.40 (S&M Wyatt), Hobby 3, Oystercatcher 2, Cetti's Warbler
1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Common Tern 17, Shelduck 2
|
13th |
Common Tern 16,
Common Sandpiper 1, Cuckoo 1, Kingfisher 1, Yellow
Wagtail 2
|
12th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CB), Cuckoo
2 (CMH), Shelduck 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 6, LITTLE
GULL 1 late evening (R Cross), SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 (CMH)
|
11th |
Cuckoo 1, Common Tern 10, Hobby 1,
Kestrel 2, Sparrowhawk 1, Red Kite 1, Common Buzzard 3, Cetti's Warbler
1, Shelduck 2
|
10th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Swift
c100 (CMH), Shelduck 2, Common Sandpiper 2, Egyptian Goose 1, Cuckoo 1,
Common Tern 8
|
9th |
Common Tern 10, Red Kite 4, Lesser
Black-backed Gull 9, Black-headed Gull 12, Common Gull 2, Common
Sandpiper 1, Swift c20
|
8th |
*ARCTIC TERN* 2
this AM (CMH), Common Tern 15, Common Sandpiper 1
|
7th |
*BLACK TERN* 1
present all day, the first of 2021 (PDH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1, Common
Tern 9, Hobby 1
|
Black
Tern, record shot (Chris Hubbard) |
|
6th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH),
Swallow 184 on wires this AM (CMH), Shelduck 2, Lesser Whitethroat 4,
Hobby 1, Common Tern 2, Common Sandpiper 2
|
Swallow
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
5th |
*WHIMBREL* 1 on
the dam from 06.30 to at least 09.00, the 5th record of 2021 (CMH),
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Hobby 3, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Garden
Warbler 4, Yellow Wagtail 2
|
Whimbrel
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
Whimbrel
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
4th |
MARSH HARRIER 1
this AM, the 4th record of 2021 (CMH), DUNLIN 5
early AM (CMH), ARCTIC TERN 2 early AM (CMH) and 1
this evening (SCN), EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3 (CMH), Common Sandpiper 1, Common
Tern 3, Shelduck 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 4, Swift 2
|
4
of the 5 Dunlin present early AM (Chris Hubbard) |
|
3rd |
Common Sandpiper 2,
Common Tern 3, Lesser Whitethroat 2, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH),
Oystercatcher 1, Red Kite 1, Yellow Wagtail 12, several hundred
hirundines including Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin, Swift 5,
CUCKOO 1
|
Common
Tern (Chris Hubbard) |
|
2nd |
Lesser Whitethroat 3, GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER 1 (CMH), Lapwing 1, CUCKOO 1, Canada Goose 2 with 7 young
|
1st |
Common Sandpiper
1, Garden Warbler 1, GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 SRG), SPOTTED
FLYCATCHER 1 the first of 2021 (M Townsend), CUCKOO,
Goldeneye 4, Snipe 1, Hobby 1
|
April
30th |
WHINCHAT 1
this AM (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1 (GB), Common Sandpiper 1, Cuckoo 1 (GB),
Oystercatcher 2, Swallow 7
|
Whinchat
(Chris Hubbard) |
|
29th |
WHINCHAT 1
briefly this AM, the first of 2021, but not seen late PM (D Hicklin),
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 15 (S&M Wyatt),
Cetti's Warbler 3, Common Sandpiper 1, Shoveler 2, Goldeneye 4, Snipe
3, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Hobby 1, Swift 2, Cuckoo 1 (CMH)
|
28th |
*GREY PLOVER* 1
flew east this AM, the first at the site since 2017 (CMH), *ARCTIC
TERN* 7 this AM, the first at the site in 2021 (CMH) and part
of a major movement of this species across the Midlands today, *WHIMBREL*
3 flew east this AM (CMH), GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1
(CMH), Cuckoo 1, Shoveler 1, Common Sandpiper 1
|
1
of 7 Arctic Terns this AM (Chris Hubbard) |
|
27th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
2, 1 ringed (CMH/SRG), Lesser Whitethroat 1 ringed this AM (SRG),
Garden Warbler 1, Swift 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1,
Redwing 1, Yellow Wagtail 15, *BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL*
1 female on the dam this evening, the first of this sub-species since
1994 (CMH)
|
Female
Blue-headed Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
26th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling
(CMH), REDSTART 2 male and female
(PDH / S&M Wyatt), GARDEN WARBLER 1, for the first of
2021 (PDH), Swift 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Yellow
Wagtail 25, Goldeneye 4, Pochard 5, Cetti's Warbler 3, Hobby 2, Kestrel
1, Red Kite 1, Kingfisher 1
|
Garden
Warbler (Peter Dillon-Hooper) |
|
25th |
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 1 reeling
this AM, the first of 2021 (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 4, Oystercatcher 1,
HOBBY 2 (R Cross), SWIFT 2, the first of 2021 (GB), House Martin 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Goldeneye 2, Shelduck 1 (GB)
|
24th |
*WHIMBREL* 1
over this AM, the first of 2021 (CMH/SRG), MARSH HARRIER
1 flew through, the 3rd record of 2021 (SRG), Snipe 2, Common Tern 1,
Yellow Wagtail 19 this evening (A Homer), Sedge Warbler 8 ringed this
AM (SRG), Blackcap 7 ringed (SRG), Whitethroat 7 ringed (SRG), Green
Sandpiper 1, Black-headed Gull 6
|
Yellow
Wagtail, 2nd year male ringed this evening (Adam Homer) |
|
23rd |
*RING OUZEL* 2
very briefly near Leicester feeders, the first since 2019 (Ian
Bartlett), *LITTLE GULL* 5 (SCN / J Raven), WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE 1 this AM with 3 Greylags (CB/CMH), Egyptian Goose 3
(PDH), LESSER WHITETHROAT 1 this AM, the first of 2021 (CB/CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Goldeneye 3,
Yellow Wagtail 22 (CMH), Common Tern 1, Wigeon 2, Collared Dove
1
|
Little
Gulls (Chris Hubbard) |
|
White-fronted
Goose (Chris Hubbard)
|
|
White-fronted
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
22nd |
GREENSHANK
1 briefly this AM, the first of 2021 (CMH), Common Sandpiper
2, CUCKOO 1 (CMH), BRAMBLING 1 female (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 20
this evening (CMH), CURLEW 1 heard (D Hicklin), Common Tern 1,
Oystercatcher 2, Goldeneye 2
|
21st |
COMMON TERN 6 (CMH), Yellow
Wagtail 13, CURLEW 1 (GB), CUCKOO 1 (CMH), Reed Warbler 2, Common
Sandpiper 4, Swallow 15, Sand Martin c30, Oystercatcher 1
|
20th |
OSPREY 1 this
AM, high NE at 08.30 (CMH), Common Tern 1 (CMH), Reed Warbler 2, Sedge
Warbler c10, Oystercatcher 2, Common Sandpiper 1, Wigeon 3, Shoveler 1,
Whitethroat 1, Cetti's Warbler 2, Redwing 1, Greylag Goose 2 adults
with 3 young
|
19th |
Yellow Wagtail 18 (CMH),
Common Sandpiper 1, Common Tern 1 flew through (CMH),
Reed Warbler 1, the first of 2021 (PDH), Golden Plover c50
flew west (CMH), Goldeneye 10 (SCN), Mistle Thrush 1, Gadwall 1 female
with 6 young (CMH)
|
18th |
Little Egret 6, GREAT
EGRET 1, Raven 2, Tree Sparrow 2 on the Leicestershire side (CMH),
Yellow Wagtail 16 (D Hicklin), Snipe 1
|
17th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Common Whitethroat
1, Sedge Warbler 1, Yellow Wagtail 2, BARN OWL 2 ringed this AM (SRG),
MARSH TIT 1 this PM, the first for 2021 (Alan Herbert), Red Kite 2
|
Marsh
Tit, the first of 2021 (Alan Herbert) |
|
Barn
Owls (SRG) |
|
16th |
CUCKOO 1, the first of 2021 (PDH),
Green Sandpiper 1, Common Whitethroat 1, GREAT EGRET 1, YELLOW WAGTAIL
12 (CMH), CURLEW 2 (PDH & Dave Williams / GB), Oystercatcher 1,
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 3, Cetti's Warbler 3, Snipe 1, Lesser Redpoll 1
|
15th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1,
Common Whitethroat 2, Sedge Warbler 2, Green Sandpiper 1,
Yellow Wagtail 2, Oystercatcher 1, Snipe 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Wigeon
2, Goldeneye 8, 2 pair of Mallard with 8 young and 17-18 young, Sand
Martin 10
|
Yellow
Wagtail (Chris Hubbard) |
|
14th |
COMMON TERN 12 flew through
mid-afternoon, the first of 2021 (John Andrews), PINTAIL 4 early AM
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1, Yellow Wagtail 6, Common
Whitethroat 1, Shoveler 3, Goldeneye 7, Snipe 3, Cetti's
Warbler 3
|
13th |
GREAT EGRET 1, WHEATEAR 1 this PM
(R Cross), Goosander 2, Yellow Wagtail 5, Oystercatcher 2, Green
Sandpiper 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Common Whitethroat 2, Shoveler 2, Snipe
1, Kingfisher 1, Treecreeper 1, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
12th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler
2, Yellow Wagtail 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2, Meadow Pipit 6,
Goldeneye 11, Common Sandpiper 1 this evening (SCN)
|
11th |
REDSHANK 1 briefly this PM, the
first of 2021 (CB/CMH), WHEATEAR 1 this AM (CMH), Yellow Wagtail 2,
Sedge Warbler 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Little
Egret 1, Willow Warbler 6, Goldeneye 5, Meadow Pipit 10, Buzzard 10 (F
Graves), Grey Wagtail 4, Goosander 2, Oystercatcher 2
|
Redshank,
the first of 2021 (Chris Hubbard) |
|
10th |
REDSTART 1
ringed this AM, the first of 2021 (SRG), TREE PIPIT
1 over this AM, the first of 2021 (M Townsend),
Common Whitethroat 1, the first of 2021 (CB), Common Sandpiper
2, Yellow Wagtail 3, Cetti's Warbler 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 4,
Oystercatcher 2, Willow Warbler 6
|
Redstart
(SRG / Images - Chris Hubbard) |
|
9th |
COMMON SANDPIPER 1, the
first of 2021 (CMH/PDH), HOBBY 1, the first of 2021 (PDH),
WHEATEAR 1 this AM (CMH), DUNLIN 1, the first of 2021 (CMH), Yellow
Wagtail 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Green Sandpiper 1,
Willow Warbler 6, Goosander 1, Cetti's Warbler
2, Goldeneye 7, Snipe 3, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 1
|
Wheatear
(Chris Hubbard)
|
|
Dunlin,
the first of 2021 (Chris Hubbard) |
|
8th |
SEDGE WARBLER 2 this AM, the first
of 2021 (CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Oystercatcher
2, Yellow Wagtail 2 (D Hicklin), Goldeneye 9, Snipe 3, Willow
Warbler 3, Golden Plover 13 flew west (CMH), Cetti's Warbler
2, Goosander 1, Kingfisher 1
|
7th |
Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail
1, Little Egret 2, Goosander 2, Willow Warbler 1, Teal 3, Snipe 1,
Goldeneye 10
|
6th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Yellow Wagtail 1, Swallow 15, House
Martin 1, Goosander 2
|
5th |
Yellow Wagtail 1
(PDH), Goldeneye 8, Goosander 1, House Martin 2, Swallow c20,
Sand Martin 2, Oystercatcher 1, Willow Warbler 1, Little Egret
1, Sparrowhawk 2
|
4th |
YELLOW WAGTAIL 1 heard and then
seen briefly on the dam, the first of 2021 (Richard Cross/CMH), WILLOW
WARBLER 1 singing, the first of 2021 (S&M Wyatt), Blackcap 5,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Goosander 2, Red Kite 2, Kestrel 3, Pochard 3, Teal
7, Raven 2, Common Gull 53 (CMH), Goldeneye 13, Snipe 1, Fieldfare 1,
Green Sandpiper 1, Swallow 3, Sand Martin 2
|
Yellow
Wagtail (Richard Cross) |
|
3rd |
OSPREY 1 over
this PM, the first of 2021 (CMH), Oystercatcher 1, Little Egret 2,
Swallow 5, Blackcap 1, Goosander 1, CURLEW 1 flew west (SCN)
|
2nd |
Common Gull c150, Swallow c12,
Sand Martin 6, House Martin 1, Goosander 3, Teal 1 female, Blackcap 1,
Cetti's Warbler 1, Wigeon 4, Kingfisher 1
|
1st |
CURLEW 1 this AM (CMH),
Oystercatcher 2, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 3, House Martin 1, the
first of 2021 (CMH), Swallow 4, Sand Martin c20
OTTER 1 this AM (CMH)
|
March
31st |
*SANDWICH TERN*
2 flew east at 08.00, the first since 2018 (M Townsend), Blackcap 8,
Shelduck 1, Pochard 3, Cetti's Warbler 4, Little Egret 1, Goosander 1,
Wigeon c20 (SCN), Goldeneye 12
|
30th |
Blackcap 1, Swallow 1, Sand Martin
1, Raven 1, Cetti's Warbler 4 (ET), Goosander 3
|
29th |
Oystercatcher 1, Grey
Wagtail 2, Little Egret 2, Goosander 3, Goldeneye 17, Sand Martin 12, WHEATEAR
1, the first of 2021 (K Reeves/GB), CURLEW 1 (CMH)
|
28th |
Oystercatcher 2, Goosander 5,
Raven 2, Goldfinch 7, Kingfisher 2, Cetti's Warbler 2
|
27th |
CURLEW 1 (ET), Sand Martin 7,
Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 1, Goosander 3, Cetti's Warbler
2
|
26th |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 still present at 14.30 but no details on how long
it was present for (not there at 17.00), OSPREY 1 possible being mobbed
by 2 Buzzard - n.b. several birds reported in Leicestershire and
Northamptonshire in the last 48 hours (Dave Williams), Sand Martin at
least 5 (ET/CMH), Swallow 1, the first of the year this evening (CMH),
Pochard 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 3 (2F, 1M), Cetti's Warbler 2,
Little Grebe 1, Little Egret 1
|
Sand
Martin (Ewan Turner) |
|
25th |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 early morning only (CMH), CURLEW 2 flew west (CMH),
Green Sandpiper 1, Sand Martin 2, the first of 2021 (K Reeves),
Goosander 3, Meadow Pipit 4, Lesser Redpoll 4, GREAT EGRET 1 (ET),
Blackcap 1, Shoveler 1, Pochard 3, Siskin 1, Goldeneye 17, Grey Wagtail
2, Kingfisher 2
|
24th |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 first-winter, Goldeneye 15, Blackcap 1, the first
of 2021 (CB), Cetti's Warbler 1
|
White-fronted
Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
23rd |
*RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE* 1 first-winter with Greylags at dusk. the first at the
site since 2019 (CMH), Cetti's Warbler 1, GREAT EGRET 1, Little Egret
2, Oystercatcher 2, Water Rail 1
|
First-winter
Russian White-fronted Goose (Chris Hubbard) |
|
22nd |
GREAT EGRET 1,
Cetti's Warbler 2, Snipe 1, Pochard 1, Oystercatcher 2, Siskin
1, Lesser Redpoll 6
|
21st |
Oystercatcher 4 this AM (CMH),
Snipe 3, Lesser Redpoll 8, Goosander 4, Goldeneye 16, Chiffchaff 6
(FG), Buzzard 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, the first of
2021 (SCN) |
20th |
Oystercatcher 2, GREAT EGRET 1,
Water Rail 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Goosander 4, WOODCOCK
1 (ET)
|
19th |
Goosander 2, Teal 2, Oystercatcher
2
|
Oystercatchers
(Ewan Turner) |
|
18th |
GREAT EGRET 2 (CMH), Goosander 2,
Water Rail 1,
|
17th |
Goosander 5, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 2, Water Rail 2, Wigeon 148, MEDITERRANEAN GULL
1 adult (a different bird to the 2 visiting recently) very briefly in
the roost (CMH)
|
16th |
GREAT EGRET 1, Meadow Pipit 13
|
15th |
*KITTIWAKE* 1
first-winter in the roost (CMH)
|
Kittiwake,
first-winter (Chris Hubbard) |
|
14th
|
MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 second-winter
briefly (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1, Water Rail 1 GREAT EGRET 1, CURLEW 1
flew east (CMH), Tufted Duck 187, Goldeneye 28, Little Grebe 1,
Goosander 1
|
7th-
13th |
MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 3 on 7th (2 adults and a 2nd-winter), 2 on 8th,
1 on 9th, 1 on 10th, 2 on 11th, 1 on 12th, 1 on 13th (CMH), MARSH
HARRIER 1 on 7th (R Cross), WHITE WAGTAIL 2 on 7th (R Cross),
Black-headed Gull 1 colour-ringed bird yellow 2H18 on 7th
(ET), CURLEW 1 on 8th (CMH), Goosander 2 all week, GREAT
EGRET reported several times during the week, WATER RAIL at least 2 all
week, Goldeneye 28 on 11th
|
Mediterranean
Gulls - 2 adults and a 2nd-winter (Chris Hubbard) |
|
1st-6th |
MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 on 1st (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL
2 on 2nd (CMH), GREAT EGRET reported several times during the
week, CURLEW 1 on 4th and 6th (CMH), Wigeon 174 on 4th (CMH),
Oystercatcher 2 on 5th, Green Sandpiper 1 on 5th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 on 5th (CMH), PEREGRINE 1 seen on 5th and
6th (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN GULL 1 on 6th (CMH),
Water Rail at least 2 reported during the week (CMH/ET)
|
Water
Rail (Ewan Turner) |
|
February
|
As at the end of February
the species list for the site for 2021 is 98 species
|
|
21st - 28th - *BEARDED
TIT* until Friday but presumed gone after this date (CMH),
Water Rail 5, CURLEW 1, the first of 2021 on 21st (CMH), Snipe 22 on
21st (CMH), Oystercatcher 1 on several days, PINTAIL 2 on 24th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 2 on 24th (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 on 25th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 2 on 26th, both different birds to the 24th (CMH),
STONECHAT 1, BRAMBLING 1 over on 27th (CMH), MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 on 27th (CMH), Barn Owl 2 on 27th
|
Bearded
Tit (Chris Hubbard) |
|
3
of the 4 different Mediterranean Gulls - all adults (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Feb |
14th - 20th -
*BEARDED TIT* 2 still present until Friday (CMH), GREAT
EGRET 1 on several days, Water Rail 3-5 on several days, Meadow Pipit
18 on 19th, STONECHAT 2 all week, Goosander 5 on 19th, OYSTERCATCHER
1 on 20th, the first of 2021 (ET), MARSH HARRIER 1
on 20th, the first of 2021 (CMH), PEREGRINE 1 on 20th (CMH), Green
Sandpiper 1 on 20th (CMH, ET)
Oystercatcher, the
first of 2021 (Ewan Turner)
Water Rail (Chris
Hubbard)
|
Feb |
7th - 13th -
*BEARDED TIT* 2 until at least Thursday (CMH),
Golden Plover 1 over on 7th, Snipe a group of 22 flying around the
reservoir on 7th (CMH), JACK SNIPE 1 on 7th (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 on
7th, Egyptian Goose 1 on 7th, Peregrine, the first of 2021 on 9th
(CMH), GREAT EGRET on several dates (CMH, CB, ET), Goosander 2 on 10th,
Canada Goose 230 on 12th, Wigeon c340 on 12th, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 2 on 12th (ET, CMH), CASPIAN
GULL 1 first-winter on 13th, on the ice in Keepers Lodge Bay.
A colour-ringed individual - metal on left leg, yellow ring P:PW6 on
right leg ringed as a pullus in Poland in May 2020
and also seen in Holland, Peterborough and locally at Shawell (ET,
CMH). This is the first time ever that we have been able to read a ring
of Caspian Gull at the site.
|
Mediterranean
Gull (Ewan Turner)
|
|
Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Ewan Turner) |
|
Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Caspian
Gull - Polish ringed (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Feb |
1st - 6th - *BEARDED
TIT* both still present, STONECHAT 3 all week, MEDITERRANEAN
GULL 1 adult in the roost on 4th, the first of 2021 (CMH), *BEWICK'S
SWAN* 18 very briefly before flying NW on 6th, the first
since 2019 and the largest group for some time (CMH)
|
Bewick's
Swans (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Bearded
Tit (Ewan Turner) |
|
January
23rd |
24th - 31st - *BEARDED
TIT* both still present, GREAT EGRET 1 on several dates,
STONECHAT 3 all week, BARNACLE GOOSE 1 on 24th (CMH), Golden Plover 2,
over on 24th, Snipe 5 on 25th, Barn Owl 1 on 25th (CMH), Common Gull
c610 on 25th, Goosander 5 on 26th, Shelduck 10 briefly on 28th (CMH),
Water Rail 5 on 29th, WOODCOCK 1 on 30th (CMH), Siskin 1 on 30th,
PINTAIL 1 on 30th (CMH), Egyptian Goose 2 on 31st (CMH), Common Gull
c1300 (CMH) on 31st, Red Kite 4 on 31st, Little Egret 4 on 31st
|
17th |
17th to 23rd - *BEARDED
TIT* - still present all week but elusive (CMH), BARNACLE
GOOSE 1 on 17th (CMH), PINTAIL 1 on 17th (CMH), GREAT EGRET 2 on 17th
(CB), Pochard 39, Tufted Duck 136, Wigeon 91, Gadwall 63, Coot 353,
Water Rail 5 all on 17th (CMH), Great Black-backed Gull 112 on 18th
(CMH), Chiffchaff at least 4 during the week (CMH, CB), CASPIAN GULL 1,
a 2nd-winter in the roost on 22nd (CMH), PINTAIL 1 on 22nd (FG)
|
Caspian
Gull (Chris Hubbard) |
|
Stonechat
(Ewan Turner) |
|
Female
Bearded Tit (Ewan Turner)
|
|
8th |
8th to 16th - *BEARDED
TIT* - still present all week but elusive at times (CMH),
Water Rail 6 on 14th (CMH), PINTAIL 2 on 8th (CMH), Little
Grebe 4 on 9th (CMH), PINTAIL 4 on 10th (CMH), STONECHAT 3 present all
week (CMH/CB), JACK SNIPE 1 on 10th (CMH), Green Sandpiper 1 on 14th
(CB), YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 1 adult in the roost on the 15th (CMH) |
7th |
**IMPORTANT NOTE TO READERS: DUE TO THE LATEST
GOVERNMENT LOCKDOWN RULES THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED WEEKLY FROM NOW
UNTIL THE END OF LOCKDOWN. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO VISIT, WHILST COMPLYING
WITH THE RULES ON TRAVEL (STAY LOCAL MEANS STAY IN THE VILLAGE, TOWN OR
PART OF THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE), PLEASE CONTINUE
TO SEND YOUR SIGHTINGS AS NORMAL. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND
STAY SAFE**.
*BEARDED TIT* 2
still (CMH), BARNACLE GOOSE 1, the first of 2021 (CMH), PINTAIL 2, the
first of 2021 (CMH)
|
6th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), BRAMBLING 1 over calling (CMH), Water Rail 2, Lapwing c50,
Kingfisher 1, Lesser Redpoll 3, Bullfinch 7
|
5th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
this AM (CMH), WHOOPER SWAN 5 early AM, 2 adults
& 3 juveniles, the first of 2021
(CMH), STONECHAT 1, Common Snipe 1, Water Rail 2, GREAT EGRET 1, Little
Egret 1, Lesser Redpoll c14, Green Sandpiper 1, Kingfisher 2
|
Whooper
Swan - presumed family party (Chris Hubbard) |
|
4th |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), GREAT EGRET 1, STONECHAT 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Lapwing c200,
Sparrowhawk 1, Lesser Redpoll 3, Red Kite 1, Goosander 2 (PDH), Tawny
Owl 1 calling near the settling pond
|
3rd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(J Raven), STONECHAT 1, Chiffchaff 2, Red Kite 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Tree
Sparrow 7, Little Grebe 2
|
2nd |
*BEARDED TIT* 2
(CMH), JACK SNIPE 1 (CMH/CB), Shelduck 1, Snipe 1, Little Egret 2,
Kingfisher 2, Brambling 1 (CMH), Red Kite 1, Chiffchaff 2, Water Rail
2, STONECHAT 3, Goosander 1
|
1st |
*BEARDED TIT* still
2 this AM (CMH), Water Rail 1, STONECHAT 3, GREAT EGRET 2, Little Egret
3, Goldeneye 7, Chiffchaff 3, Lesser Redpoll 1, Lapwing c70, Snipe 2,
Nuthatch 1 Coal Tit 1, Shoveler 6, Coot 452, Teal c30, Goosander 6,
Green Sandpiper 1, Buzzard 1, Grey Wagtail 1
|
Great
Egret (Chris Begley) |
|
Kestrel
(Steve Nichols) |
|
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