Saturday 13th March 2021

Early afternoon, hail showers with strong westerlies, 9 - 5c: Oystercatcher 2, Shoveler 6, Teal 14, Wigeon pair, Pochard 2, Common Gull 2, Bh Gull c200, Mistle Thrush.   (RP)

Yl Gull (RP)

Thursday 11th March 2021

1000 - 1145 fairly sunny/strong westerlies, 9c: Shoveler 4, Wigeon pair, Pochard 5, Common Gull 4, Yl Gull 2, Bh Gull c300, Lapwing, Siskin 30+, Redpoll 2.   (RP /GR)

Siskin & Redpoll today (RP)

Tuesday 9th March 2021

1015 - 1215 sunny breaks, 8 - 10c: Mute Swan 6 (incl.pair nesting), Great Egret, Cormorant 3, Heron 2, Shoveler 4, Teal 12, Pochard 6, Wigeon pair, GC Grebe 2, Little Grebe, Snipe 6, Bh Gull 300+, Buzzard 4, Sparrowhawk f, Skylark, Meadow Pipit 3, Siskin 6.   (RP / GR)

Egret, Swans & Siskins (GR)

Monday 8th March 2021

1000-1115, cloudy 5c: Chiffchaff, GC Grebe, Cormorant 3, Shoveler 6, Teal 12, Pochard 6, Wigeon 2, Tufted 39.   (RP)   Common Gull 2 & Lapwing later.  (GR)

Reed Bunting 28th Feb (RP)

Sunday 7th March 2021

Becoming sunny, 2 - 6c: Mute Swan pair, Greylag, Cormorant 3, Heron 2, Wigeon pair, Teal 18, Pochard 6, Shoveler 6, Lapwing, Yellow-legged Gull ad., Common Gull 4, Bh Gull 341, LBb Gull 4, Pied Wagtail 4, Buzzard 3. Buff-tailed Bumblebee 2.   (GR)

Thursday 4th March 2021

1000 - 1130 overcast, 5c: Greylag, Cormorant, Heron 3, Goosander 2, Shoveler 4, Pochard 6, Teal pair, Dabchick, Common Gull 3, Bh Gull c250, Collared Dove, Redwing 3, Siskin over, fox.   (RP/GR)

Fox today.

Little Grebe on 2nd March (GR)

Tuesday 2nd March 2021

1200 - 1415 hazy sun breaking through, 4 - 8c: Goosander 6, Pochard 6, Shoveler 4, Teal 7, Wigeon pair, Tufted 30, Heron, Cormorant 4, Little Grebe 2, GC Grebe, Snipe 4, Lapwing 2, Bh Gull c250, Buzzard 5 soaring, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Stock Dove 3, Jay 3, Bullfinch 2.  Coot, Magpie & Long-tailed Tits with nesting material.   (GR)

Snipe & Teal on 28/02 (RP)

Sunday 28th February 2021

1000 onwards, sunny after frost, 6 - 10c: Jack Snipe, Common Snipe 19, Lapwing, Goosander pair, Wigeon pair, Pochard 3, Teal 30, Shoveler 8, Buzzard 4 circling, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush 3 in song, Chaffinch 2 in song, Reed Bunting 2 pairs, Red Deer 4 stags.   Also Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock & 2 bumblebees.  (GR / RP)

Red Deer & Reed Bunting

Saturday 27th February 2021

1040 - 1130 sunny after frost, 8c: Oystercatcher, Lapwing 15, Wigeon pair, Goosander 9, Teal 4, Pochard 6, Shoveler 4, Cormorant 10, fox, Small Tortoiseshell (at nettlebeds 14:00), etc.  (GR)

            Small Tortoiseshell & Oystercatcher today (GR)

Tuesday 23rd February 2021

1015 - 1200 becoming cloudy, strong SW wind, 10c:  GW Egret, Cormorant 10, Greylag, Wigeon pair, Shoveler 8, Teal 5, Goosander 4, Snipe 5, Lapwing c30, Little Grebe, Meadow Pipit 8, Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush 2, Redwing 5, Siskin 2, Chaffinch 4.   (RP / GR)

Great Egret again today (GR)

Monday 22nd February 2021

1130 onwards, light cloud, 8c: Great White Egret (photo), Cormorant 8, Snipe 2, Lapwing 50, Wigeon pair, Goosander 5, Shoveler 4, Teal 33, Pochard 4, Dabchick, Common Gull 3, Skylark 2, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, Rook, Redwing 14, Bullfinch 5, Chaffinch 4 (some in song), Lesser Redpoll 7, etc.   (GR)

Sunday 21st February 2021

1000 - 1200 overcast, 10c: Raven 2, Mistle Thrush 2, Song Thrush 4 in song, Redwing, Common Gull 6, Lapwing c50, Cormorant 12, Shoveler 8, Teal 8, Wigeon m, Pochard 6, Goosander 3.    (GR / RP)

Mistle Thrush today (GR)

Thursday 18th February 2021

1030 - 1200 becoming sunny, strong westerlies, 8c: Cormorant 10, Little Egret, Dabchick 2, Goosander 8, Pochard 4, Teal 8, Shoveler 2, Lapwing 75, Common Gull 7, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk, Redwing, etc.   (GR)

Wednesday 17th February 2021

0945 - 1120 light cloud, 9c: Greylag, Cormorant 9, Goosander 11, Pochard 4, Teal 36, Wigeon 2m, Shoveler 4, Tufted 44, Dabchick 2, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull 3, Lapwing 60, Sparrowhawk 3, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Stock Dove 2, etc.    (PN/RP/GR)

Grey Wagtail today (GR)

Tuesday 16th February 2021

0945 - 1130 sunny breaks, 9c: Pochard 6, Wigeon pair, Teal 2, Shoveler 2, Goosander pair, Tufted 48, Greylag, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe 2, Little Egret (photo's), Cormorant 9, Bh Gull c300, large gulls c250, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, GS Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Chaffinch 2, etc    (RP / GR)

Monday 15th February 2021

1110 - 1310 fairly sunny, 9c: Oystercatcher, Lapwing 73, Peregrine, Goosander 8, Teal 4, Shoveler pair, Tufted 16, Little Grebe 5, Cormorant, Common Gull 4, Bh Gull c350, Yellow-legged Gull ad., other large gulls c150, Jay, Skylark, Meadow Pipit 2, Pied Wagtail 3, Song Thrush 2 in song, Goldcrest, etc.   (GR)

Oyc & Yl Gull today

 

Sunday 14th February 2021

1000 - 1115 overcast, cold breeze, pools half-frozen, 1c: Wigeon pair, Tufted 7, Teal 36, Dabchick 4, Cormorant 2, Coot 54, no Lapwing, Snipe or Common Gulls.  2 Red Deer stags at the floods.    (RP)

Great & Lesser black Gulls (GR)

 

Thursday 11th February 2021

1345 - 1415 sunny, pools mainly frozen, 0c:  Greylag, Cormorant, Teal 32, Lapwing 70, Bh Gull c300, Common Gull 3, large gulls 270, no sign of 5 Goosander & 4 Shoveler seen yesterday.   (GR)

Buzzard 1st Jan.

Teal & Shoveler 9th Feb.

Tuesday 9th February 2021

1330 - 1430 snow flurries, 0c:  Mute Swan 6 (photo's), Greylag, Cormorant 2, Teal 32, Shoveler 4, Goosander pair, Lapwing 67, Common Gull 3, Stock Dove 2, Mistle Thrush, Redwing 2.   (GR)

Monday 8th February 2021

1400 - 1430 sleet showers, NE wind, 0c: Mute Swan pair, Greylag, Cormorant 3, Shoveler 4, Teal 4, Tufted 42, Goosander f, Pochard f, Little Grebe, Lapwing 48, Common Gull 2, Bh Gull 140, a few large gulls.   (GR)

             Hazel catkins & Wood Pigeon on 1st February

Saturday 6th February 2021

1200 - 1230 fog clearing, 3c: Cormorant 10, Heron, Goosander 2 (7 on 4th Feb), Tufted 30, Pochard 2f, Shoveler m, Teal m, Dabchick 2, Common Gull 2, Lapwing 56.   (RP)

Poss. sinensis Cormorant (RP)

Wednesday 3rd February 2021

1100 - 1230 generally cloudy, 8c: Snipe 16, Lapwing c100, Teal 30, Shoveler 4, Goosander 2, Cormorant 8, Buzzard 2, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Jay 2, Raven 2, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Pied Wag 3, Song Thrush in song.   (GR)

Jays & Ravens today

Tuesday 2nd February 2021

1030 onwards, misty, cloudy, sunny breaks, 3 - 5c: Pochard 3f, Teal 2, Goosander 7, Shoveler 4, Tufted 32, Dabchick 4, Cormorant 7, Lapwing 106, Common Gull 2, usual other gulls, Sparrowhawk, GS Woodpecker f, Skylark 3 over, Song Thrush in song, etc.   (GR)

Red-dyed Herring Gull

GBb Gull poss. JA159

Monday 1st February 2021

1045 onwards, clear & sunny, 2 - 4c: Greylag, Cormorant 3, Shoveler 6, Pochard pair, Goosander 4, Wigeon pair, Teal 20, Tufted 41, Little Grebe 6, Lapwing 112, Sparrowhawk f (photo), Common Gull 4, Herring Gull c100, Lesser & Great Black-backed Gulls c200, Bh Gull c250, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest 2, foxes 2, etc.   (GR)

Sunday 31st January 2021

1030 - 1200 cloudy, frosty, 0c: Goosander 9, Shoveler 9, Teal 25, Pochard 2, Little Grebe 2, Cormorant 3, Lapwing 112, Common Gull 2, Green Woodpecker, Raven, Jay 2, Mistle Thrush, Pied Wag 3, etc.  Jackdaw 130 to NW at 1620.  (GR)