Saturday 13th September 2014

0930 - 1030 : Grey Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit 3, Willow Warbler, Swallow 5, Long-tailed Tit 4, Cormorant 4, Heron 4, Mute Swan 3, Teal 2, Mallard 50+, Tufted 7, Coot 15, Moorhen 5, Great Crested Grebe 4, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull 5, Black-headed Gull 98, Lapwing 14, Canada's 50+, Buzzard, Dunnock (photo), Robin 2, Wren, Great Tit 3, Greenfinch, Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon 10, Jackdaw 5, Carrion Crow 3, Magpie 6, Starling 4.

Speckled Wood also seen.(GWR)

Friday 12th September 2014

0915 - 1015 : Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Swallow 7, House Martin 4, Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff 2, Willow Warbler, Lapwing 35, Cormorant 5, Mute Swan 3, Heron 3, Great Crested Grebe 4, L B B Gull 4, Black-headed Gull 102, Tufted 7, Mallard 50+, Coot 13, Moorhen 6, Canada's 55, Long-tailed Tit 7, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 3 , Greenfinch 2, Starling 35, Robin 2, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 7, Magpie 10, Wood Pigeon 50.

Photo : Pied/White Wagtails 10/09/14. (GWR)

Thursday 11th September 2014

0915 - 1015 : Buzzard (juvenile bird being fed by adult at quarry), Jay, Jackdaw 4, Carrion Crow 5, Magpie 5, Greylag, Canada's 100+, Lapwing 100+, Teal 2, Tufted 14, Mallard 50+, Cormorant, Mute Swan 2 + juv, L B B Gull 3, Herring Gull, B H Gull 80+, Moorhen 3, Coot 12, Starling 7, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff 2, Meadow Pipit 2 over, Goldfinch 2, Greenfinch 2, Long-tailed Tit 8, Great Tit 5, Blue Tit 3, Wren, Dunnock 2, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon 20+.

Photo's - young Buzzard at the brickworks quarry. Also seen - Red Admiral, Speckled Wood 8, Southern Hawker, Common Darter 2. (GWR)

Wednesday 10th September 2014

0900 - 1000 light mist, becoming sunny 15c : Little Grebe (distant shots enclosed), Great Crested Grebe 2, Cormorant 5, Heron 3, Mute Swan 2 + juv., Canada Goose 2, Tufted 10, Teal, Mallard 40+, Coot 9, Moorhen 3, Lesser Black-backed Gull 4, Black-headed Gull 110, Lapwing 125, Meadow Pipit 3 over, Swallow, House Martin 8, Chiffchaff still in song, White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Starling 7, Jackdaw 2, Carrion Crow 4, Magpie 5, Long-tailed Tit 3, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Greenfinch 2, Wood Pigeon 20+

Also seen - Southern Hawker, Small White, Speckled Wood. (GWR)

Monday 8th September 2014

1530 - 1615 : Jay, Carrion Crow 3, Jackdaw 2, Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit 4, Blue Tit, Dunnock, Wren, Robin 3, Greenfinch 3, Goldfinch 2, Starling 4, Cormorant 4, Mute Swan 3, Lapwing 115, Herring Gull 4, Lesser Black-backed Gull 15, Black-headed Gull 80+, Tufted 13, Moorhen 3, Coot 15, Great Crested Grebe 2, plus usual Mallard/Canada's.

Also seen - Southern Hawker 2, Common Darter 4, Speckled Wood 7, Small White. Photo : Herring Gull and friends. (GWR)

Sunday 7th September 2014

Of note at 0800 - Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper (2 over).

Photo - Coot. (PPN)

Saturday 6th September 2014

0845 - 0915 : Grey Wagtail 2, 1 pictured, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing 133, Cormorant 8, Great Crested Grebe 6, Heron 3, Mute Swan 2 + juv, Lesser Black-backed Gull 21, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull 100+, Moorhen 4, Coot 15, Tufted 9, Mallard 50+, Canada Goose, only 1, then 32 flew in...,Teal 3, Jay in hedge then flew over Swag, Jackdaw 8, Carrion Crow 4, Magpie 3, Blackbird, Robin 2, Long-tailed Tit 7, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Wren, Wood Pigeon 10+, Starling 31, Swallow 5. Buzzard seen later on.

(GWR)

Monday 1st September 2014

1400 - 1445 : Lapwing 115, L B B Gull 39, Herring Gull 1, B H Gull 70+, Cormorant 6, Mute Swan 3, Moorhen 4, Coot 8, Pied Wagtail 2, Swallow 5, Starling 42, Carrion Crow 2, Magpie 4, Robin, Dunnock.

Saturday 30th August 2014

1845 - 2000 : Swift 8, Swallow 35, L B B Gull 16, B H Gull 100+, some feeding on berries of Elder bush!, Lapwing 110, Jackdaw 225 to north-west in loose flocks, Mute Swan 3, Great Crested Grebe 2, Moorhen 6, Coot 10, Heron 2, Tufted Duck 6, Feral White duck, Mallard 50+, Canada's 100+, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch male, Dunnock, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Starling 10, Wood Pigeon 15, Feral Pigeon 4 at Westgate, Carrion Crow 4, Magpie 3.

Friday 29th August 2014

1420 - 1520 strong SW winds - L B B Gull 111, B H Gull 150+, Herring Gull 8, Cormorant 7, Greylag 2, Heron, Mute Swan 3, Tufted 4, Coot 20+, Moorhen, Swift 3, Sand Martin 2, Swallow 10, Pied Wagtail 2, Jay, Starling 70+ feeding at elderberries, Lapwing 95, Canada's 150+, Mallard 50+, White Duck, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 3, Magpie 2, Wood Pigeon 8. Also two Sparrowhawks were seen circling over at 1620 on 28th June.

Photo's show one of two Yellow-legged Gulls this afternoon. The mantle was certainly a paler shade of grey than the surrounding Lesser Black-backed's, but there was no red orbital ring. (GWR)

Tuesday 26th August 2014

Of note at 1120 - Swift 8, Lapwing 50+, Mute Swan 3, L B B Gull 2, Great Crested Grebe.

Friday 22nd August 2014.

1030 - Cormorant 6, Lapwing 7, L B B Gull 7, B H Gull 61, Pied Wagtail, Tufted 2, Moorhen 3, Coot 12+, Mute Swan 3, Heron 4, Greylag, Starling 6, Willow Warbler, Wren, Robin, Greenfinch, Swallow 8, House Martin 2, plus usual numbers of Carrion Crow, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Mallard & Canada's.

Photo's - Lapwing flocks on 16th August. (GWR)

Tuesday 19th August 2014

0930 - 1000 cold north-westerly : Swift 2, House Martin 8, Swallow 5, Cormorant 10, Heron, Mute Swan 3, Lapwing 131, Teal, Moorhen 3, Coot 20+, Jackdaw 27 over, Carrion Crow 4, Magpie 2, Starling 20, Buzzard, L B B Gull 17, B H Gull 40+, Wren, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail 3 at Westgate.

Photo - Swift in silhouette 17th August. (GWR)

Saturday 16th August 2014

Of note 1100 - Buzzard, Lapwing 54, Lesser Black-backed Gull 25, Cormorant 4, Heron, Greylag, Moorhen 4, Tufted 4, Mute Swan 3, Pied Wagtail, Swallow 3, Wren, Collared Dove. 8 Swifts seen flying around at 2030.

(GWR)

Friday 15th August 2014

0930 - 1000 (12c) : Kingfisher, Cormorant 7, Heron 2,, Greylag, Lapwing 38, L B B Gull 22, B H Gull 60, Mute Swan 3, Moorhen 4, Coot 15, Pied Wagtail 2, Chiffchaff, Sand Martin 2, Swift 2, Starling 10, Goldfinch 3, Magpie 6, Carrion Crow 3, Wood Pigeon 10+, Mallard 50+, Canada's 100+.

(GWR)

Monday 11th August 2014

1200 - 1220 (v.windy) - L B B Gull 20, Herring Gull 2, B H Gull 16, Heron, Mute Swan 3, Cormorant 4, Greylag, Moorhen 6, Lapwing 77, Pied Wagtail 3, Greenfinch, Jackdaw 2, Sand Martin etc.

Photo - juvenile Cormorant. (GWR)

Saturday 9th August 2014

Of note 0915 - Great Black-backed Gull 4, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull 3, Cormorant 8, Mute Swan 2 + juv., Heron 3, Greylag, Lapwing 100+, Canada's 100+, G C Grebe, Swallow 5, Sand Martin 3, Willow Warbler.

Photo - Swallow (probably a young bird) on lamp post today. (GWR)

Friday 8th August 2014

0945 - 1015 : Cormorant 2 juv, Heron 4, Mute Swan pair + cyg., Canada's 100+, Greylag, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 133, G C Grebe 2, Coot 12, Moorhen 5, White Duck, Mallard 50+, B H Gull 5, L B B Gull 4, Swift 6, Swallow 5, House Martin 5, Starling 8 juv,. Robin, Wren, Greenfich, Linnet, Pied Wagtail, House Sparrow, Jackdaw 6, Carrion Crow 7, Magpie 2, Wood Pigeon 12+, Buzzard 2 soaring over later.

Also seen - Vapourer, Comma (missing hindwing, see photo), Peacock 3, Small White, Meadow Brown.

Sunday 3rd August 2014

Fairly quiet again, all 3 hirundines seen + swifts.

Photo : Sand Martin. (PPN)

Friday 1st August 2014

Attention ! - visits to the site to be reduced to two or three per week from August, with perhaps a once-weekly bird count.. Little of interest today at 1430 - L B B Gull 18, Herring Gull 2, Heron 4, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing 100+.