Wednesday 1st October 2014

Of note 1400 - 1430 : Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe 2, L B B Gull 55, Herring Gull 6, Teal 14 + 50 at Brickworks field, Shoveler 8, Tufted 14, Lapwing 40+, Cormorant, Mute Swan 3, Heron 2, Pied Wagtail 2, Starling 30, Jackdaw 20.

Photo's show unusual large goose seen on Tuesday 30/09/14, possibly Canada x Greylag hybrid. (GWR)

Tuesday 30th September 2014

1330 - 1430 : Kingfisher (photo), Pied Wagtail, Large goose like a Canada x Greylag hybrid, Shoveler 6, Tufted 12, Teal 80+ at Brickworks field, Cormorant 7, Mute Swan juv (both adults flew out yesterday evening), L B B Gull 59, Herring Gull 6, B H Gull 100+, Heron 2, G C Grebe, Moorhen 4, Coot 10+, Mallard 50+, Lapwing 50+, Long-tailed Tit 4, Bullfinch 2, Buzzard 2, Blackbird, Robin 3, Meadow Pipit 2.

Also seen - Comma 4, Green-veined White 2, Speckled Wood, Common Darter 3, Southern Hawker. (GWR)

Monday 29th September 2014

1400 - 1530 : Green Sandpiper (photo's), Lapwing 52, Kingfisher, Cormorant 4, Shoveler pair, Teal 4, Tufted 14, Mallard 56, Moorhen 7, G C Grebe 2, Coot 12, Feral White Duck, Canada's 80+, L B B Gull 32, Herring Gull 2, B H Gull 80+, Heron 3, Mute Swan 3, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker heard yaffling, Great Spotted Woodpecker over Swag, Buzzard, Kestrel, Jackdaw 4, Carrion Crow 6, Magpie 5, Starling 20, Dunnock, Wren 2, Robin 3, Long-tailed Tit 6, Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Wood Pigeon 10+, Feral Pigeon (at Veolia).

Also seen - Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Brown Hawker, Common Darter. . At Brickworks Field 1700 - Teal 88, Wigeon 2, Lapwing 50, Swallow 9 over, Heron. (GWR / PPN)

Sunday 28th September 2014

1030 - 1200 : Buzzard 2, 1 mobbed by crows, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit 3, Linnet 2, Greenfinch 4, Goldfinch 2, Pied Wagtail 2, Lapwing 61, Lesser Black-backed Gull 31, Yellow-legged Gull, Herring Gull 10, Black-headed Gull 80+, Cormorant, Heron 3, Canada's 80+, Greylag, Great Crested Grebe 2, Mute Swan juv, Moorhen 7, Coot 10+, Tufted 14, Mallard 50+, Carrion Crow 6, Jackdaw 10, Magpie 8, Wren 2, Robin 4, Dunnock, Blackbird, Stock Dove 2, Wood Pigeon, Starling 3, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit 3.

Also seen - Speckled Wood 3, Small White, Comma, Vapourer, Common Darter 2, Southern Hawker. Photo's show a Buzzard being mobbed by crows, jackdaws and magpie, and a Kestrel being mobbed by a magpie, over the quarry. (GWR)

Wednesday 24th September 2014

1500 - 1600 : Pied Wagtail 2 + 3 at Westgate, Grey Wagtail, Lapwing 99, B H Gull 80+, L B B Gull 29, Herring Gull 2, Yellow-legged Gull, Greylag, Cormorant 4, Tufted 8, Heron 4, Mute Swan juv only, Chiffchaff, Swallow 2, Greenfinch 2, Starling 80+, plus usual waterfowl. Also, a distant flock of 30+ finches seen, maybe Linnets.

Photo - Jay in flight over the Swag, 11th September 2014. (GWR)

Tuesday 23rd September 2014

1500 - 1600 : Kingfisher, Greylag, Cormorant 6, Heron 3, Mute Swan 3, G C Grebe 2, Lapwing 53, Canada's 60+, Coot 12, Moorhen 9, Teal 3, Tufted 8, Mallard 50+, B H Gull 80+, L B B Gull 33, Herring Gull 3, Pied Wagtail 3, Starling 85, Wren, Buzzard 2, Jackdaw 5, C Crow 6, Magpie 5, Wood Pigeon 20+.

Also seen - Hawker dragonfly (unidentified). Photo : Chiffchaff on 11th Sept.

Sunday 21st September 2014

0830 - 1030, fine sunny morn (includes footpath past quarry) _ Goldcrest 2, Wheatear, Reed Bunting f, Chiffchaff 2 still in song, Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler at least 4 others, Grey Wagtail 2, Pied Wagtail 2, Bullfinch 3, Goldfinch flock of 40, Meadow Pipit 8, Long Tailed Tit 6, Great Tit 2, Blue Tit 5, Wren, Dunnock 3, Robin 5, Blackbird 3, Jay 3, Green Woodpecker, Starling 2, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 16, Black-headed Gull 60+, L B B Gull 2 juvs, Moorhen 8, Coot 11, Teal, Tufted 8, Mallard 50+, Great Crested Grebe 2, Heron 3, Mute Swan 3, Cormorant 8, Buzzard 8 wheeling and mewing over quarry, Sparrowhawk 2 over quarry, Kestrel, Raven, Carrion Crow 6, Jackdaw 4, Magpie 5, Wood Pigeon 20+, Feral Pigeon. (42 sp.).

Also seen - Comma (basking), Speckled Wood 5, Common Darter, Southern Hawker. Photo's show Wheatear and Comma. (GWR)

Thursday 18th September 2014

Of note 1530 - Sparrowhawk (1 over, see photo), Buzzard 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull 31, Herring Gull 2, Yellow-legged Gull, Black-headed Gull 60+, Lapwing 64, Cormorant 5, Great Crested Grebe 3, Moorhen 4, Mute Swan 3.

Also seen - Red Admiral, Small White. (GWR)

Monday 15th September 2014

0830 - 0930, misty start : Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 81, Cormorant 10, L B B Gull 13, B H Gull 144, Mute Swan 3, Great Crested Grebe 2, Teal 4, Tufted 7, Mallard 50+, Coot 10+, Moorhen 4, Heron 2, Canada's 80+, Grey Wagtail 4, Pied Wagtail 1 + 1 at Westgate, Long-tailed Tit 8, Dunnock 2, Robin, Wren, Blue Tit 3, Starling 25, Magpie 4, C Crow 5, Wood Pigeon 8, House Martin 20 at Barns Lane. Photo = Black-headed Gulls feeding at elderberries, 14th Sept.2014.

Sunday 14th September 2014

1600 - 1730 : Sparrowhawk (seen 3 times), Buzzard, Lapwing 99, put up twice by Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Greylag, Canada's 100+, Heron 4, Mute Swan 2, Teal 2, Tufted 7, Mallard 50+, Coot 13, Moorhen 7, Great Crested Grebe 4, L B B Gull 4, B H Gull 90, some feeding at elderberry bush, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit 12, Blue Tit, Great Tit 3, Dunnock 2, Robin, Blackbird, Wren, Starling 18, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Meadow Pipit 4. Wood Pigeon 20+, Stock Dove 2, Feral Pigeon 2.

Also seen - Speckled Wood 2, Southern Hawker. Photo - Long-tailed Tit. (GWR)

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+.

Thursday 31st July 2014

Not much around at 1530, only Cormorant 2, L B B Gull 2, Swallow 5 & Mute Swan pair of any note.

Photo : Ringlet on 21/06/14.

Wednesday 30th July 2014

0900 - 0930 : Cormorant 2, G C Grebe 2, Mute Swan 2, Heron, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 118, L B B Gull 8, B H Gull 80+, Moorhen 2, Coot 12, Common Tern, Swallow 6, Swift 15, Sand Martin 20+, House Martin 8, Mistle Thrush 6 chasing Sparrowhawk across Swag, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 4, plus usuals.

Photo - Small Copper in meadow alongside the canal towards Park Lime Pits.

Tuesday 29th July 2014

1100 - Cormorant 7, Lapwing 128, G C Grebe 2 juvs, Moorhen 4, Coot 12, Common Tern 2, Swallow 2, L B B Gull 3, B H Gull 70, Greylag, Mute Swan pair + cyg., Heron 1 + 3 at brickworks field.

Photo - Lapwing in flight.

Monday 28th July 2014

1000 : Common Tern 2, L B B Gull 2, Cormorant 3, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 133, Heron, Moorhen 2, Coot 14, Mute Swan 2, White Feral duck, Greylag, Goldfinch 2, etc.

Photo - yet another shot of the Stubbers Green swan cygnet. (PPN / GWR)

Sunday 27th July 2014

0915 - 1030 (incl. footpath) : Lapwing 102, Cormorant 6, Common Tern 2, B H Gull 8, L B B Gull 2, Heron 2, G C Grebe 2, Coot 15, Moorhen 3, Canada's 150+, Mallard 50+, Tufted 4, Linnet 4, Goldfinch 3, Greenfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Swallow 8, Swift 4, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon 30, Magpie 2, Carrion Crow 4, Jackdaw 3, Song Thrush, Blackbird 3, Starling 8, Wren 2, Robin, Pied Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit 6, Great Tit 2 Blue Tit 5, Willow Warbler 4, Chiffchaff, Blackcap female,

Also seen - Peacock 6, Small Tortoiseshell, Hedge Brown 35, Meadow Brown 3, Speckled Wood 4, Green-veined White 3, Small White, Six Spot Burnet 4 (see photo). Common Hawker 2. (GWR)

Saturday 26th July 2014

1030 : Stock Dove, Lapwing 63, Oystercatcher, Common Tern 2, Swift 12, Heron 4, Greylag, Canada's 150+, Black-headed Gull 100+, Lesser Black-backed Gull 2, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted 4, Moorhen 2, Coot 12+, Mallard 50+, Starling 8, Goldfinch.

Photo - Whitethroat in song (30/04/14). (GWR)

Friday 25th July 2014

Of note 1030 : Mute Swan 3 across road, Common Tern 3, Cormorant 3, Lapwing 41, Heron 3 at brickworks field, Tufted 4, Moorhen 2, Swift 4, Swallow, G C Grebe 2, B H Gull 100+.

Thursday 24th July 2014

0945 - 1030 : Great Crested Grebe 1 + 2 juvenile birds (see photo), Cormorant 3, Heron 2, Mute Swan 2 + cyg., Lapwing 41 + 14 on brickworks field, Black-headed Gull 101, Common Tern, Moorhen 2, Coot 10, Mallard 50+, Canada's 150+, Swift 2, Swallow, Willow Warbler, Linnet 2, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Blackbird 2, Robin, Long-tailed Tit 12+, Blue Tit 3, Great Tit, Starling 10, Jackdaw 6, Magpie 3, Carrion Crow 5.

Also seen - Hedge Brown 12, Ringlet 2, Speckled Wood 2, Meadow Brown 4, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock 2, Green-veined White 2, Brown Hawker. (GWR)

Wednesday 23rd July 2014

1015 - Cormorant 2, Heron, Mute Swan pair + cyg, B H Gull 150+, Canada's 200+, Lapwing 40+, Swallow, Swift 5, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Blackcap male, Blackbird female, Carrion Crow 6, Magpie 3 etc. Photo : Mute Swan cygnet on 19th July.