Sunday 10th May 2015

0900 - 1040 sunny breaks 10c - 14c : Swift 30+, House Martin/Sand Martin 20+, Swallow 2, Blackcap 2, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler 3, Oystercatcher 4, Lapwing, Common Tern 2, LBB Gull 5, BH Gull 4, GC Grebe 9, Mute Swan pair, Heron, Canada's 15 + 8 goslings, Mallard 10, Tufted 15, Coot 8, Moorhen 3, Starling 5, Pied Wagtail, Linnet 2, Goldfinch 3, Bullfinch pair, Reed Bunting, Skylark 2, Robin, Blackbird 3, Song Thrush, Wren 3, Dunnock 3, Wood Pigeon 10+, Stock Dove 2, Jackdaw 6, C Crow 3, Magpie 5, Jay, Buzzard, Kestrel. A visit between 1630 - 1730 added : Little Ringed Plover, Greenfinch, Chaffinch 2, Lesser Whitethroat, House Sparrow 2, Feral Pigeon 4, Long-tailed Tit 6, Green Woodpecker & Raven (50 species). In addition the LBB Gull count had increased to 27.

Also seen - Green-veined White 4, Small White, Orange Tip 2 males, Speckled Wood, Metallic Longhorn moths 9, and a Bee-Wasp (parasite of Mining Bees). Photo's show Oystercatchers, Cuckoo Flower, Swifts & Martin, Dog Violet and Longhorns.

Saturday 9th May 2015

0930 - 1015 continuing crap british weather : Buzzard, Mute Swan 2, Heron, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 3, Pied Wagtail, GC Grebe 3, LBB Gull 2, BH Gull 5, Swift 8, House Martin/Sand Martin/Swallow 50+, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Blackbird, Starling 4, LT Tit, Dunnock, Wren, House Sparrow 3, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Jackdaw 2, etc.

Photo - a day of much better weather! (October 2014).

Friday 8th May 2015

1145 - 1200 becoming cloudy, 14c : Greylag 2, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 2, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing, BH Gull 6, Swift 6 , Sand Martin 2, Whitethroat, Pied Wagtail, Long Tailed Tit, House Sparrow!

Wednesday 6th May 2015

0900 overcast, cold SW, 8c : Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Pied Wagtail, Swallow & Sand Martin 20+, Chiffchaff, Mute Swan pair, Heron, GC Grebe 7.

Com Sand today. (GWR)

Tuesday 5th May 2015

0920 - 1000 rain : Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting pair, Skylark, Pied Wagtail 3, House Sparrow 2, Goldfinch 2, Mute Swan pair & 4 immatures, Canada Goose one pair has 4 goslings, Mallard one pair has 6 ducklings, GC Grebe 4, Moorhen 4, Coot 5, Tufted 14, Heron, LBB Gull, Swallow 25, House Martin 4, Sand Martin 10.

Monday 4th May 2015

0830 : Lesser Whitethroat, Sand Martin 3, Swallow 2, Little Ringed Plover 2, Oystercatcher, Heron 2, Linnet 2, Mute Swan resident pair at Swan Pool nest, and 4 more (immatures) on Swag when passing at 2050. (PPN)

Photo's - unusual "fly-overs" seen back in March!

Sunday 3rd May 2015

1230 : Swift 2, Swallow 3, GC Grebe 3, Pied Wagtail 2, Heron, Mute Swan pair, LBB Gull 2, Lapwing 2, Buzzard. Fairly quiet!.

Swift today.

Saturday 2nd May 2015

1630, rain, 8c : Common Tern, LBB Gull 9, Herring Gull, BH Gull 6, Little Ringed Plover 2, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 2, Swallow 25, Sand Martin 3, Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail 2, LT Tit 2, Blackbird 5, Chaffinch male. (GWR)

Photo's - White Wagtails on 1st May.

Friday 1st May 2015

0845 - 0915 sunny but continuing cold & breezy, 7c : Little Ringed Plover 2, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 3, Sand Martin 4, House Martin 2, Swallow 3, Chiffchaff 2, Whitethroat, White Wagtail 2, Pied Wagtail 2, Common Tern 2, LBB Gull, BH Gull 11, Heron, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 4, LT Tit 2.

Wednesday 29th April 2015

1030 - 1110 windy, sunny breaks, 8c : Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Swallow 8, House Martin 10, Sand Martin 3, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 3, Common Tern 2, LBB Gull, BH Gull 8, GC Grebe 2, Shoveler pair, Tufted 15, Mallard 20, Coot 8, Moorhen 3, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, Canada's 20, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw 6, Magpie 5, C Crow at nest, Starling 6, Blackbird 5, Wren, Greenfinch, Goldfinch 2, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit 2.

Wren and drake Shoveler today.(GWR)

Monday 27th April 2015

At 1400 only a Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 2 & Swallow 3 were of interest.

Photo is of a pair of Linnets on 18th April.

Sunday 26th April 2015

1630 - 1720, sunny, breezy 10c : Oystercatcher, Lapwing 2, LBB Gull 2, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 2, Swallow 4, House Martin 5, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap, Reed Bunting 2, Pied Wagtail 6 on grass verge, Green Woodpecker.

Saturday 25th April 2015

1645 - 1730 overcast, breezy : Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Swallow & House Martin 40+, Sand Martin 6, Oystercatcher, LBB Gull 3, Herring Gull 2, Great Crested Grebe 2, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, Moorhen 3, Coot 8, Pied Wagtail 2, Song Thrush, Blackbird 3, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 2, House Sparrow, Long Tailed Tit 2.

Friday 24th April 2015

1240 - Grey Wagtail pair seen along Westgate. 1330 - Only Oystercatcher, Lapwing 4, LBB Gull, Heron & Mute Swan pair of interest.

Photo - Pied Wagtail on 11th April.

Thursday 23rd April 2015

1140 - 1300 bright & sunny, 12c : GC Grebe 5, Heron, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Buzzard 2, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Whitethroat, Blackcap 2, Willow Warbler 2, Chiffchaff, Linnet 2, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting 2, Robin 4, Green Woodpecker 2. Also seen - Small Tortoiseshell 3, Peacock 7, Green-veined White 2, Large White, Orange Tip 3m & 1f.

Photo's - record shots of Blackcap, Green Woodpecker & Green-veined White today.

Wednesday 22nd April 2015

0920 - 0940 sunny, 9c : Greylag Goose, Common Tern 3, Lapwing 3, LBB Gull juv, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 4, Willow Warbler, Pied Wagtail. Also what appears to be a dead Buzzard on the horse field. A female Brimstone was seen at 1240.

Photo's - Swallows yesterday. (GWR)

Tuesday 21st April 2015

0930 - 1035, sunny, 12c : Swallow 2, Common Tern 3, Lapwing 4, Great Crested Grebe 6, Mute Swan pair, Heron 2, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Linnet 2, Bullfinch male, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin 2, Dunnock 4, Wren 2, Long Tailed Tit 2, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk mobbed by Swallows, Rook 2, etc. Also seen were Small Tortoiseshell 3, Peacock 2, Orange Tip male.

Photo's - Whitethroat, Jackdaw & Rook today. (GWR)

Monday 20th April 2015

1130 - 1230 sunny but breezy, fairly quiet again (except for the road traffic being speed-checked by the police van) : Mallard one duck had 6 ducklings in tow, Coot one had 4 cootlets, Common Tern 2 (photo's), Herring Gull 3 + 2 juvs, LBB Gull, BH Gull 10, Lapwing 3, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 5, Swallow 5, Willow Warbler 2, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Skylark, Linnet 2, Sparrowhawk, plus usuals.

Also seen were Orange Tip 2m, Peacock 2, Small Tortoiseshell 3, Speckled Wood. (GWR)

Sunday 19th April 2015

0900 - 0930 little of interest - Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing 3, Oystercatcher, GC Grebe 7, Common Tern 2, Swallow 5, Blackcap 2 males (1 shown), Willow Warbler, Pied Wagtail etc. At Stonnall Yellow Wagtail, Sand Martin 3, Swallow 4, Buzzard 2 & Skylark 2 were seen.

Saturday 18th April 2015

0845 - 0950 sunny but strong Easterlies : Swallow 8, House Martin 3, Sand Martin 4, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 4, Common Tern 2, Heron 2, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 5, Moorhen 5, Coot 8, Tufted 20, LBB Gull 2 & juv., Blackcap 1f & 2m, Willow Warbler, Pied Wagtail 2, Linnet 4, Goldfinch 3, Chaffinch, Bullfinch pair, Robin, Blackbird 2, Wren 2, LT Tit 4, Stock Dove, + usuals. At 1910 3 LRP, Com Sand & a Reed bunting were present.