82 Wigeon - site count 1 Water Rail - main lake beside Dulverton hide 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 4 Siskin - with a small flock of goldfinch between South route and sheltered lagoon 2 Bearded Tit - main lake N si
7 December 2012
56 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, resr lagoon, main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Brambling - wildside 11 Siskin - wildside, south route 8 Redpoll - wildside 4 Meadow Pipit - flew SW 6 Fieldfare - wildside Recent bird
6 December 2012
93 Shoveler - main lake, scrape 53 Gadwall - sheltered lagoon 46 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 Pintail - marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh Recent bird highlights: Great Whit
5 December 2012
8 Redwing - 4 in wildside 4 flew SW 5 Siskin - south route 3 Redpoll - south route 1 Chiffchaff - calling in wildside 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Bittern, Little Egret, Peregrine, Oystercatcher, Caspian Gull, R
4 December 2012
1 Bittern - main lake N shore a.m. 1 Peregrine - charing cross hospital ledge 11 Redpoll - sheltered lagoon, south route + 2 flew E over the river 28 Redwing - entrance lake + flew SW,W 1 Linnet - flew NW Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Bitte
3 December 2012
1 Woodcock - flew NE over wildside 2 Bittern - main lake (including one bird flying across the lake) 1 Peregrine - flew from the tall red crane SW towards wildside 6 Siskin - south route, entrance (with Goldfinches) + 3 flew SW 2 Stonechat - marsh 5 Red
2 December 2012
58 Wigeon - wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 3 Pintail - grazing marsh 4+ Siskin - south route, entrance Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 40+ Greenfinch - wildside 6 Redpoll - sheltered lagoon 6 Siskin - sheltered lagoon Rece
1 December 2012
1 Bittern - main lake N side 1 Little Owl - perched on post in entrance area p.m. 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh channel 1 Snipe - main lake from Dulverton hide 1 Woodcock - world wetlands 19 Redwing - flew over W, SE 5 Siskin - S
30 November 2012
2 Pintail - resr lagoon 1 Shelduck - resr lagoon 1 Peregrine - along river and over sheltered lagoon 1 Skylark - flew W 30 Redwing - flew SW 1 Mealy Redpoll - flew from wildside towards world wetlands (not with Lesser Redpolls at the time) 10 Lesser Redp
29 November 2012
3 Pintail - scrape and marsh 64 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon and marsh 3 Fieldfare - world wetlands Small flock of Redpoll heard in world wetlands Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine,
28 November 2012
4 Pintail - wader scrape 53 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape 1 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine, Jack
27 November 2012
Great White Egret- first seen on scrape, flew to main lake and moved around various islands. Currently on the grazing marsh. Flew off roughly SW at around 10:00 a.m. This was the second site record for this species. The first was 24th September 2009, wher
26 November 2012
1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Pintail - marsh 65 Wigeon - scrape, marsh and sheltered lagoon Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine, Jack Snipe, Oystercatcher, Caspian Gull, Red-throated Pipit, Water Pipit, Roc
25 November 2012
1 Shelduck - main lake 5 Pintail - wader scrape, grazing marsh 130 Teal - site count 53 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape 12 Siskin - entrance lake 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, beside Peacock tower Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egre
24 November 2012
56 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - across river on hospital 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared
23 November 2012