Saturday 3rd October 2026

0955-1045 sunny 14c:  Skylark 2 to N (3 more over Rushall), M Pipit, Pied Wagtail 8, Kingfisher 2 at Swan Pool, Chiffchaff 3, M Swan 6, Teal 2, Tufted, Dabchick 3, etc.   (GR)

A few Moorhens 27/09 (GR)

Friday 2nd October 2026

1030-1145:  Mute Swan 7 (1 juv), Heron 2, L Egret, Cormorant 20, Dabchick 2, GBb Gull, Teal 6, Tufted 8, Shoveler m, Lapwing 21, Raven, etc.   (RP)

Juv. Swan & Raven today (RP)

Wednesday 30th September 2026

1030-1200 sunny, SW breeze, 18c:  Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit 2, Chiffchaff 3, Teal 4, Shoveler, Tufted 4, Little Egret 3, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Common Gull etc.  (RP, GR)

Vapourer, Speckled Wood 3, Small White 2, Common Darter 2, Migrant Hawker 3. Peacock at Rushall.  

GBb Gulls today (GR)

Monday 28th September 2026

1015-1100 hazy 13c:  Snipe 2, Kingfisher, Little Egret 2, Dabchick 2, Teal 3, Herring & Lesser Black-backed Gulls 411, Mute Swan 5, Starling 20, etc.   Swallow 2 & Rook 3 over Rushall earlier.   (GR)

Hornet, Migrant Hawker 2, Common Darter.

A fetching livery variant of
Herring Gull today (GR)

Sunday 27th September 2026

1045-1145 rainy 14c:  Stonechat pair, M Pipit 2, Bullfinch, Song Thrush, Pochard 2m, Teal 6, Dabchick 4, Cormorant 20, Coot 91, Moorhen 12.  (RP)

Stonechat & Pochard today (RP)

Saturday 26th September 2026

0930-1015 fairly sunny 12c:  L Egret 2, L Grebe 2, M Swan 6, Teal 2, Tufted, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Raven, Chiffchaff 3, etc.  (GR)

1030-1130 added Kingfisher, Gadwall, Cormorant 21, Heron 2.  (RP)

1215-1400 (sunny 19c) added Clouded Yellow (9th sighting here this year), Red Admiral 6, Speckled Wood 6, Common Blue, Small White 2.

Lapwing 21, Chiffchaff 5, Buzzard 2.  (PR, GR)

Cormorant wing-drying (GR)

Tuesday 22nd September 2026

1220-1400 sunny to 25c:  Clouded Yellow, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral 4, Speckled Wood 4, Migrant Hawker 8, Common Darter.   Winterley Ln site:  Common Blue m, Small Copper, Peacock, Red Admiral 5, Small White 4, Yellow Shell, Common Darter 4, Rudder Darter.

Great Crested Grebe (photo), Little Grebe 2, Little Egret 4, M Swan 6, Cormorant 15, Lapwing 15, Chiffchaff 4.  (PR, GR)

Small Copper @ Winterley

Sunday 20th September 2026

1030-1200 fairly sunny 16c:  Teal 2, Tufted 17, M Swan 6, L Grebe 3, L Egret 5, Jay 3, M Pipit 2, Chiffchaff 3.  (GR, RP)

Friday 18th September 2026

0945-1100 cloudy 12c:  Mute Swan 6, Little Egret 2, Tufted 15, Gadwall 2, Little Grebe 4, Stock Dove 2, white (escaped domestic) Geese 2, etc. (usual Buzzard, Raven, P Wagtail, Bh Gulls etc.).

Coot juvenile & goose today
(GR)

Monday 14th September 2026

1000 drizzle 18c:  Mallard 131, Tufted 8, Coot 81, Little Grebe 4, Mute Swan 5, House Martin.  Vapourer moth.   (GR)

Kingfisher on 05/09 (GR)

Sunday 13th September 2026

1030-1150 cloudy some drizzle 18c:  Redstart, Greenshank, Lapwing 20, Tufted 8, M Swan 4, Little Grebe 3, Sparrowhawk, Swallow 7, GS Woodpecker, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff 8, etc.  Red Admiral, Migrant Hawker.   (RP, GR)

 

Redstart today (RP)

Saturday 12th September 2026

1030 cloudy 14c:  Little of interest - Cormorant 19, M Swan 4, L Egret 4, Tufted 8, Grey Wagtail, etc.  (GR)

Male Great Spotted Woodpkr
13/09 (RP)

Tuesday 8th September 2026

1200 cloudy, 14c:  Lesser Black-backed & Herring Gulls 580, Black-headed Gull 120, Teal, Tufted 4, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 4, House & Sand Martins 25, etc.  (GR)

Grey Herons on 30/08 (GR)

Saturday 5th September 2026

0700-0900 sunny, breezy 14c:  M Swan 2, Canada Geese, Mallard, GC Grebe 2, L Grebe 4, Cormorant 21, Coot, Moorhen, Heron 2, Bh Gull 51, LBb Gull 31, Lapwing 7, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay 2, Raven 2, C Crow, Pied Wagtail 3, Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove 3, Collared Dove 2, Rn Parakeet, GS Woodpecker, Starling 32, Blackbird 6, Robin 7, Dunnock 2, Wren 3, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit 8, Blackcap 5, Chiffchaff 9, Goldcrest 2, Goldfinch 3, House Sparrow 2.  (GR)

1100-1230 added Tufted Duck 2, Little Egret, Herring Gull 12 and Buzzard 2.   Canada Geese now 153, Coot 71 & Mute Swan 4.

1630-1730 added Shoveler 2, Kingfisher 2 at Swan Pool, Sand Martin.  (total for day 43)

Also Clouded Yellow 2 (1 along front verge, 1 at quarry), Red Admiral, Speckled Wood 6.

Barns Ln pool

Wednesday 2nd September 2026

1000 cloudy 16c:  Lesser Bb & Herring Gulls 374, Bh Gull 72, L Egret, Jay, Jackdaw 27, Parakeet, Pied Wagtail 6, House Martin 5, Swift.   (GR)

Swift and Small Copper 01/09
(GR)

Tuesday 1st September 2026

0900 on, becoming sunny 16c:  L Grebe 6, Cormorant 19, Lapwing 5, Collared Dove, Stock Dove, Swallow, Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 5, Bullfinch 2, etc.

Red Kite landed on lamp post 31/08.  (Chris)

Clouded Yellow, Common Blue, Small Copper 3, Gv White, Speckled Wood 4, Meadow Brown 2, Painted Lady.   (RP, GR)

Sunday 30th August 2026

1000-1130 sunny start 17c:  Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail 12, Grey Heron 8, Little Egret 2, Mute Swan pair, Cormorant 12, Little Grebe 4, Teal 2, Lapwing 3, Stock Dove, Jay, Jackdaw 20, Green & GS Woodpecker, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff 3, a few juv LBb Gulls.  (GR, RP)

16:30 update (rainy):  Coot 83, M Swan 3, Swift 5, House Martin 8, Sand Martin 5.  (GR)

Red-marked Common Frog
on 29/08 (GR)

Tuesday 25th August 2026

Becoming sunny 18c:  Teal 5, Gadwall pair, L Egret 3, L Grebe 8, Lapwing c20, Buzzard 3, Raven 2, Sand Martin 7, House Martin 7, Chiffchaff 3, Bullfinch m.   (RP, GR)

Grey Wagtail with Common 
Blue Damselfly 16/08 (RP)

Monday 24th August 2026

1015 sunny 19c:  Little Grebe 10, L Egret 2, Heron 4, Coot 66, Lapwing 20, H Martin, Pied Wagtail, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff 3, Bullfinch, Goldfinch 3, etc.   (GR)

Migrant Hawker 22/08 (RP)

Sunday 23rd August 2026

1100 sunny, 18c:  Sightings include Clouded Yellow m, Small Copper 2, Common Blue m, Orange Swift (moth).   (RP)

First instar larva of Hummingbird
Hawkmoth found on Valerian (GR)

Saturday 22nd August 2026

Sunny 18c:  Gadwall 4, L Grebe 5, Heron 5, L Egret, Lapwing 30, Herring & LBb Gulls c250, Kingfisher, Swallow 5, H Martin 2, GS Woodpecker, Stock Dove 2, Blackcap 5, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff 3, Chaffinch, etc.

Large White 2, Red Admiral 2, Comma, Common Blue, Speckled Wood 3, Migrant Hawker 2, Southern Hawker, Brown Hawker, Black-tailed Skimmer 3, Ruddy Darter.   (RP, GR)

Brown Hawker (with
ladybird in mandibles) (GR)

Wednesday 19th August 2026

1000-1130 sunny 18c:  Hobby, L Grebe 6, L Egret, Gadwall 2, Teal f, Lapwing 6, Cormorant 14, GS Woodpecker, Stock Dove, Whitethroat 2, Swallow, etc.  

Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker, S Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood 2, Gv White 2.  (RP)

Grey Heron (RP)

Sunday 16th August 2026

1000-1145 fairly sunny 18c:  Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, L Egret, Gadwall 4, M Swan 3, L Grebe 4, Bh Gull 123, Lapwing 6, Swallow 2, Buzzard 2, Whitethroat 2, Chiffchaff, etc.

Migrant Hawker 2, Brown Hawker, Common Darter m, Common Damsel 3, Speckled Wood 2.  Another Hummingbird Hawk at Rushall.   (RP, GR, DA)

Grey Wag & Migrant Hawker
today (GR)

Wednesday 12th August 2026

0730-0900 sunny 18c:  Greylag, M Swan 3, Lapwing 5, Heron 5, L Egret, L Grebe 2 juv, Rn Parakeet 2, Swift 13, H Martin 2, Swallow 3, Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 3, Whitethroat 4, Willow Warbler in song, Gs Woodpecker,  etc.   (GR)

Monday 10th August 2026

Sunny 20c:  Kingfisher, L Egret 3, Lapwing 4, Coot 55, Cormorant 9, Swallow 2, Herring & LBb Gulls c500, Chiffchaff 2.

Clouded Yellow, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Meadow Browns, Common Blue, etc. Hummingbird Hawkmoth virtually daily in garden, also seen laying on Valerian.   (GR, RP)

Hornet Hoverfly & Hummingbird
Hawkmoth 10/08 (GR)

Saturday 1st August 2026

1030-1215 sunny 20c:  Gadwall pair, Tufted 3 + 1 juv, L Egret 5, L Grebe 2 juvs, Lapwing 6, Kingfisher, P Wagtail 2, S Martin 2, Swallow, Swift 6, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, GS Woodpecker, etc.     (RP)

Ruddy Darter 28/07 (RP)

Wednesday 29th July 2026

11-12 sunny 25c:  Little Egret 4, Little Grebe, Mute Swan 2, Bh Gull 4 juvs & 100+ adults, Buzzard 3, Raven, Swift 2, Bullfinch m.   (GR)

Emperor dragonfly
28/07 (RP)

Tuesday 28th July 2026

Sunny 25c:  Gadwall pair, L Egret, Lapwing 4, Kestrel, Stock Dove, S Martin 6, Swift 3.

Red Admiral, Comma, P Lady, Common Blue, Holly Blue etc.

Emperor Dragonfly, Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker, Ruddy Darter, Com Darter, Bt Skimmer, Small Red-eyed Damsel, Com & Bt Damsels.   (RP)

Com Blue f & Kestrel today
(RP)

Saturday 25th July 2026

1130:  Clouded Yellow, Vapourer and Box-tree moth seen.   (GR)

Box-tree moth underside (this one
at Rushall).

Friday 24th July 2026

1030-1220 sunny 22c:  Clouded Yellow (site record), Gv White 4, Small Copper, Common Blue 6, Holly Blue, Peacock 2, Red Admiral 5, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Speckled Wood 4, Hedge & Meadow Browns etc.  Red-veined Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer 4, Brown Hawker 2.  Another Hummingbird Hawkmoth at Rushall (7th sighting since April).

Hobby dropped behind middle wood on southern side, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk f, L Egret 4, Heron 4, Cormo 5, L Grebe 2, M Swan 3, Lapwing 3, Bh Gull 30+ incl 1 juv, Wood Pigeon 1000+ streaming north in small groups, Swift 4, Sand Martin, Swallow 2, P Wagtail, Reed Warbler pair, Linnet.   (GR, RP)

Clouded Yellow today (RP)