Wildlife Sightings for 20th April 2024
Grasshopper Warbler reedbed. Garden Warbler resr lagoon. Lesser Whitethroat wildside. Medn Gull flew NE.
1 Garden Warbler - reservoir lagoon
1 Grasshopper Warbler - reedbed (near wildside hide)
1 Lesser Whitethroat - wildside (SE of wildside)
5 Willow Warbler - wildside, sheltered lagoon, south route
2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh
1 Swift - over reservoir lagoon
1 Swallow - north of site
1 Mediterranean Gull - flying north-east over site
2 Oystercatcher - reservoir lagoon
1 Snipe - wader scrape
1 Peregrine - over
Latest breeding bird survey (20/4): 1 Lesser Whitethroat (wildside); 2 Sedge Warbler (reedbed, marsh); 19 Blackcap; 1 Garden Warbler (resr lagoon); 37 Reed Warbler; 9 Chiffchaff; 12 Dunnock; 5 Song Thrush; 9 Blackbird; 11 Greenfinch; 21 Cetti's Warbler; 6 Reed Bunting; 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reedbed).
