Recent birds of note recorded in the park are listed below, details of recent moth sightings now available on the Moth Page


Wed 4th Nov


Whooper Swan --n/lake.

Whooper Swan © R Greasley


Mon 2nd Nov


Stonechat res Cettis Warbler--PHW Singing and showing well this morning

Sun 1st Nov


2 Little Gulls--1st/w +ad/w--main lake a.m

Sat 31st Oct


Cettis Warbler --P H West--- A Deighton

18th Oct


Slav Grebe

Slav Grebe © R Greasley


Oct 16th


---3 Scaup, 2 Drk--1 fem, 4 Goldeneye


Scaup © R Greasley


Oct 15th


---1st-w-Knot--res, Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail, 3 Scaup, 1 Dunlin


Oct 13th


--Rock Pipit--s


Oct 12th


---4 Crossbill s/w


Oct 6th


---Juv Gargany


Oct 5th


--Juv Garbaney


Oct 4th


---Juv Garganey 4 Scaup


Oct 2nd


--Comm Tern


Oct 1st


---3 1st winter Scaup--res


Sept 30th


--2 Scaup still Ad Whooper Swan


Sept 29th


--EC.Drk.Garganey--res 2 1st winter Scaup--res Juv Peregrine


Sept 28th


--Black.T.Godwit--N--a.m


Sept 26th


--Little Egret--N--a.m


Sept 15th


---40 Pink Feet--E--


Sept 10th


--Osprey--s, Wheatear--football fields


Aug 20th


---2 Greenshank


Aug 16th


--Juv Garganey--res


Aug 15th


---Greenshank


Aug 10th


--Black.T.Godwit--res


Aug 2nd


--Whimbrel s/w


Aug 1st


---Whimbrel s/w, Ad Arctic Tern


July 18th


---Little Egret--res


July 4th


Barn Owl--Res--Several sightings in June


Barn Owl © R Greasley


June 27th


4 Black T Godwits--E--a.m


June 26th


1st Summer Kittiwake


Thu 25th June


Little Tern-Watersport lake--a.m


Little Tern © R Greasley


Wed June 24th


Drake Garganey

7 Common Tern


Common Tern © R Greasley


Mon June 22nd


Common Sand

3 Curlew-W


Sun 14th June


3 Little Terns--N--a.m


Sat 13th June


Whimbrel--N--a.m


Thurs 12th June


Turtle Dove---Vis Centre


Weds 11th June


2Cuckoos--PHW


Tues 10th June


Whimbrel--N Long Eared Owl--F/Pond


1st June


Garganey--water sport lake


Garganey © R Greasley


May 26th


Red Kite--S.E--a.m.


May 15th


Turnstone


May 14th


27 Arctic Terns--N.


May 13th


Osprey--N
2 Greenshank--N.


May 6th


Arctic Tern--N


30th April


Whimbrel--N--a.m Little Tern--N/W--a.m


28th April


Arctic Tern--N--a.m Wheatear--lawns--a.m
White Wag--lawns--a.m


26th April


Sandwich Tern--N--a.m
Merlin--Fem--N/W--a.m


25th April


Whimbrel--N--a.m
Hobby--N--a.m
5 L.R.Ps
1 Ring Plover
3 Yellow Wag Tails--lawns


23rd April


2 Arctic Terns--a.m


22nd April


Brent Goose--N.E--a.m


19th April


Arctic Tern:a.m


18th April


Swift


16th April


25 Little Gulls--N--08:30


15th April


Little Egret--N--a.m


8th April


Sandwich Tern


29th March


Osprey--N


8th February


Great Crested Grebe 46 on Main Lake

Wigeon 175 on Main Lake


7th February


PHW

Woodcock one flushed from path at eastern end.

31st January


PHW

Water Rail 2

Bittern roosting at 17:20

Long-eared Owl 1 hunting behind Bittern Pool at dusk.

30th January


Reserve:

3 Jack Snipe

35 Snipe

Peregrine male North at 10:10


18th January

Today's WEBS count revealed 4 Little Grebe, 25 Great Crested Grebe, 9 Cormorant, 38 Mute Swan, 6 Grey Heron, 284 Canada Geese, 16 Greylag Geese, 211 Mallard, 99 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 25 Gadwall, 216 Wigeon, 67 Tufted Duck, 154 Pochard,21 Goldeneye, 27 Goosander, 1 Mandarin, 338 Coot, 11 Moorhen, 719 Lapwings, Redshank, Kingfisher and 11 Snipe.

4th January

42 Goosander Reserve late afternoon.

2nd January

Drake Smew on Reserve all day.
2 Water Rails PHW.

1st Janaury

Bittern at Pit-house West roosting in large reed bed at 16:00hrs.
Pintail (female) and drake Mandarin Reserve


January 2009


Following the arrival of the cold winter weather some of our regular visitors have started to appear, these being Goosander, Goldeneye, and Widgeon. Another occasional sighting is the Bittern on the reed beds on Pithouse West. If the cold snap continues we could look forward to another flock of Whooper Swans as we did last year.

Around the feeding stations in the park woodland birds include Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Treecreeper, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Robin, and the occasional Goldcrest.


December 2008


A selection of birds typically seen around the park during this month..

Gooseander © G Horne       Gooseander © G Horne       Lapwing © G Horne

Mandarin © G Horne       Willow Tit © G Horne       Widgeon © G Horne



Nov 3rd

Ad-w-Med Gull--res--a.m.

November 2nd

Red-throated Diver on Main and North Lakes AM. Kittiwake-2nd winter--W--a.m


Red-throated Diver © M Reeder


November 1st

2 Dunlin and 2 Pintail on the Reserve.

Oct 31st

Juv Glaucous Gull--S--a.m.

Oct 9th

2 Pintail--res

Oct 7th

Rock Pipit--lawns, Goldeneye

Oct 5th

3 Adult Scaup.1 male ,2 female--res

Oct 3rd

Merlin--s--a.m

28th Sept

4 Grey Plover flew --N/W with 5 Golden Plover --a.m.

24th Sept

Juv Little Stint --p.m

Ad Curlew Sand --p.m

Dunlin --p.m

4 Ring Plover --p.m

23rd Sept

Juv Arctic Tern--res--a.m

Juv Marsh Harrier--s--11.30 a.m

21st Sept

Juv Little Stint--res--p.m

Sept 20th

Honey Buzzard dark morph-juv-s-midday

Sept 19th

Honey Buzzard dark morph juv-s-a.m

Sept 18th

4 Honey Buzzard-2 pale+2 dark morph juvs-s-p.m

Sept 15th

Osprey-s-a.m

Sept 14th

Osprey--s--a.m
Honey Buzzard--dark morph juv-s-p.m

Sept 13th

Juv Black Tern --a.m

Sept 7th

Juv Marsh Harrier--s/w--9.00 a.m
Juv Montagu`s Harrier--ss/w--10.00--10.10a.m
2 Greenshank
4 Shelduck

Sept 4th

Hobby


Aug 29th

Juv 1st winter Med Gull--p.m


Aug 28th

15 Blk tailed Godwits--s--a.m


Aug 25th

Little Egret--s--a.m
Juv Shag--a.m only


Aug 24th

Juv Shag--res--a.m, 5 Pintail


Aug 16th

2 Little Egrets--S--a.m, Greenshank


Aug 14th

Greenshank


Aug 9th

2 Green sand, Greenshank, Dunlin


Aug 7th

Ad Arctic Tern-res-a.m


Aug 6th

4 Blacktail Godwits-a.m


AUG 3RD

JUV MARSH HARRIER -S-A.M


AUG 1ST

5 BLACKTAILED GODWITS-RES-A.M
GREEN SAND RES-A.M
PEREGRINE
2 DUNLIN RES-A.M


July 31st

2 Ad-w-Sandwich Terns Res-pm


July 28th

Ad Curlew Sand--Res--pm


July 27th

1 Summer Med Gull--pm


July 24th

2 Green Sands--Res -am


July 14th

3 Curlews heading west at 6:15pm
Ad Black T Godwit


July13th

10 Shelduck

July 12th

Peregrine

July 11th

Wimbrel-a.m

July 8th

Peregrine,Hobby a.m,2 Little Egrets-N-09:45 a.m

July 6th

2 Whimbrel- S-a.m
6 Common sand--main lake
2 adult Blackwits--reserve--p.m


25th June

Nuthatch-3rd park record,all records have been in June


23rd June

08-15 Spoonbill--S


22nd June

2 Spoonbills--N--07.25 First record for the Park,KRG+RG, 6Curlews--W--a.m.


21st June

2Ravens--S--a.m


15th June

Arctic Skua--dark phase adult--N.E. 09:50 RG+KRG


June 6th

2 Little Terns North am


June 4th

2 Curlew South East am


June 1st

Hobby am


May 28th

Turnstone North


Tue May 27th

Sanderling am, Hobby pm


Mon May 26th

Hobby


Sun May 25th

Hobby am


Sat May 24th

2 Little Egrets South am, Hobby


Thu May 22nd

Cuckoo


Wed May 21st

Hobby--Reserve


Tue May 20th

Turtle Dove,White Cheeked Pintail on the Reserve


Fri May 16th

Grey Plover North am


Tues 13th May

Peregrine (1st Summer)
Hobby
2 Pintail (male+female)


Mon 12th May

Hobby


Sat 10th May

Whimbrel, flew north


Mon 4th May

Greenshank
Little Egret, flew south west
Black Tern, on the watersports lake A.M
6 Common Terns on the reserve
1 Arctic Tern on the reserve
Hobby
4 Whooper Swans on the watersports lake A.M.


Sunday 3rd May

Male Merlin


Records provided by Ray Greasley (RG), Kevin Gould (KRG), Andy Hawkins (AH), John Colclough (JC), Mark Reeder (MNR).