Thu 25th June
Little Tern-Watersport lake--a.m
Wed June 24th
Drake Garganey
7 Common Tern
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
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..
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
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).
