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Wildlife sightings for 16th July 2013
3 Pochard broods - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kingfisher - flew along South route towards sheltered lagoon Recent bird highlights: Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret, Peregrine, Red Kite, Hobby, Buzzard, Shelduck, Dunlin
16 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 15th July 2013
1 Red Kite - flying high to the N of site 0925hrs 3 Pochard broods - main lake, resr lagoon 4 Gadwall broods - main lake, resr lagoon 1 Common Sandpiper - resr lagoon island edge 1 Peregrine juv - circling over main lake chased off by the Common Tern fl
15 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 14th July 2013
8 Teal - scrape and main lake 1 Pochard brood - main lake (4) 2 Gadwall broods - main lake (6) and reservoir lagoon (3) 1 Common Snipe - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover juveniles - scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital Recent
14 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 13th July 2013
1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Redshank - wader scrape 2 Lapwing chicks - wader scrape 10 Common Tern - main lake 5 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon Recent bird highlights: Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret, Peregrine, Hobby, Buzzard, Shelduck,
13 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 12th July 2013
1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape before making its way to the carpark stream ditch via the sheltered lagoon 15 Tufted Duck Broods - on just about every w
12 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 10th July 2013
Several broods of Tufted Duck around the reserve, some forming large creches. There are more than 50 ducklings on the reservoir lagoon alone. 20 Teal - main lake, scrape 1 Shoveler - scrape 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Redshank - juveniles, scrape
10 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 9th July 2013
9 Tufted Duck broods - reservoir lagoon, main lake, middle reedbed channel, wader scrape, sheltered lagoon, grazing marsh channel 3 Pochard broods - grazing marsh channel, reservoir lagoon 5 Redshank - main lake, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - wildside 1 Gar
9 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 8th July 2013
3 Gadwall broods - main lake, resr lagoon, scrape 4 Pochard broods - sheltered lagoon, resr lagoon, main lake 1 Hobby - over main lake and marsh 27 Black-headed Gulls - adults and juveniles all over main lake and resr lagoon 18 Common Tern - adults and j
8 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 7th July 2013
2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Redshank - scrape 7 Lapwing juveniles - 4 young ones + 3 much larger ones - scrape 1 Blackcap - singing near scrape Recent bird highlights: Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret, Peregrine, Hobby, Buzzard, Shelduck, D
7 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 6th July 2013
3 Gadwall broods - resr lagoon, scrape 2 Pochard broods - resr lagoon, main lake 7 Tufted Duck broods - resr lagoon, main lake, marsh, sheltered lagoon, world wetlands 7 Common Tern chicks - mostly main lake 3 Lapwing broods - main lake, wader scrap
6 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 5th July 2013
2 Gadwall broods - resr lagoon 2 Pochard broods - resr lagoon, main lake 6 Tufted Duck broods - resr lagoon, main lake, marsh, sheltered lagoon, world wetlands 2 Peregrine - over reserve 5 Lapwing Juv's - main lake, wader scrape, resr lagoon 2 Kingfishe
5 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 4th July 2013
5 Shoveler - main lake, reservoir lagoon 4 males all in eclipse 11 Teal - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape male birds in eclipse 4 Lapwing Juv's - main lake, wader scrape/marsh bund 4 Lapwing chicks - wader scrape 4 Redshank - wader scrape 3 of which are Ju
4 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd July 2013
1 Gadwall brood - reservoir lagoon 3 Tufted Duck broods - reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon 3 Lapwing chicks - wader scrape 1 Little Egret - wader scrape then flew over to main lake 1 Kingfisher - carpark stream ditch then flew off towards Barnes common
3 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 2nd July 2013
5 Redshank - 3 of which are Juv's on the wader scrape 4 Blackcap - all singing entrance area, wildside, near wader scrape hide, sheltered lagoon 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bird highlights: Black-necked Grebe, Litt
2 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 1st July 2013
16 Teal - scrape, resr lagoon, main lake 4 Shoveler - main lake, resr lagoon 2 Pochard broods - resr lagoon 1 Peregrine adult - over wader scrape a.m. 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon 11 House Martin - dropped in from W to feed on the resr lagoon a.m
1 July 2013