2nd May 2019
Brackish Pond
Little Ringed Plover (3); Common Sandpiper (1); Oystercatcher (3); Little Egret (1); Teal (several).
16th April 2019
Brackish Pond
Little Ringed Plover (pair); Little Egret (2); Grey Heron (4); Oystercatcher (pair); Redshank (1); Willow Warbler (1); Blackcap (1); Swallow (several); Shelduck (1); Teal (20+); Lesser Black-backed Gull (pair).
11th April 2019
Brackish Pond
Little Egret (1); Buzzard (1); Oystercatcher (pair); Redshank (1); Lapwing (1); Shelduck (1); Grey heron (4); Goosander (2); Lesser Black-backed Gull (2); Swallow (2); Sand martin (several); White wagtail (2); Pied wagtail (several); Reed bunting (1)
9th April 2019
Brackish Pond
2 Black-tailed Godwit; 1 Little Egret; 1 White Wagtail; 1 Shelduck; 2 Grey Heron; good numbers of Teal still present
20th March 2019
Brackish Pond
Peregrine (1) overhead; Buzzards (3) displaying over Oyster Bank; Shelduck (1); Teal (40); Goldeneye (4); Goosander (1); Oystercatcher (pair); Moorhen (9); Chiffchaff (2)
Freshwater Pond
Grey Heron (4); Little Grebe (1); Goldeneye (9); Cormorants; Teal; Goosander; Greylags etc; Chiffchaff; Reed Buntings.
Also Otter (1);
1st March 2019
Chiffchaff – first of spring (or a wintering bird?) in shrubs between cyclepath and brackish pond
Raven – one over Oyster bank
Oystercatcher (pair)
Otter (1)
11th December
6 (possibly 7) species of gull on the brackish pond.
2 Mediterranean (both adults); 1 Lesser Black-backed (scarce in winter); 1 Great Black-backed; 8 Common; plus usual Herring and Black-headed.
Of interest was what appeared to be a large white-headed gull (LWHG) in 1st winter plumage which looked like either Yellow-legged or Caspian. No scope available to check out finer details but very clean white head with little or no streaking; dark “beady” eye; all dark bill rather slim (no as chunky as typical yellow-legged); tail/rump pattern looked good in flight; head structure with sloping forehead and flat crown looked good for Caspian; pink legs.
Also a Little Egret.
27th November 2018
1 Bittern
300+ Teal
23 Wigeon
16 Goldeneye
6 Tufted Duck
Also Snipe, Water Rail, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard
Otter
6th November 2018
Brackish Pond – 9 Mediterranean Gulls; 2 Common Gulls; c40 Teal; 1 Little Grebe; 1 Snipe; 13 Lapwing (flyover)
1st November 2018
Brackish Pond – Stonechat (1), Meadow Pipit (5), Grey Wagtail, Redshank (2), Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard (2), Little Grebe, Goldeneye (2) etc
18th October 2018
Pair of Gadwall at the southern end of the freshwater pond. Also 3 Little Grebe.
Kingfisher on the brackish pond.
11th October 2018
c50 Mediterranean Gulls on brackish pond (site record count), with at least as many Black-headed and a few Herring and a couple of Common. Also Kingfisher.
3 adult Whooper Swans at southern end of main pond.
Single Red Admiral and Tortoiseshell still on the wing.
5th October 2018
8 Mediterranean Gulls; Redshank (on brackish pond)
2nd October 2018
6 Whooper Swans (adults). All flew off but 2 returned.
24th September 2018
2 Comma
24th September 2018
26 Mediterranean Gulls (brackish pond); 2 Little Grebes
22nd September 2018
Migrant Hawker
22nd September 2018
Little Grebe; Mute Swan (47);Raven; Chiffchaff.
14th September 2018
Bittern
17th September 2018
Migrant Hawker – 1 at southern end of freshwater pond
