Grey Partridge 4 (behind Wood Farm - going to check if released birds)
Kath Butterworth said
Mon Nov 20 12:16 PM, 2017
Wildfowl count day
Kestrel 2
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen(on fishing pond)
Little Grebe(one on Eagle Lodge also)
Grey Wagtail 1
Canada Goose 5
Black Headed Gull 44
Common Gull2
Goosander 14(3 male 11 female)
Cormorant 2
Mallard 49
Meadow Pipit 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Little Owl (behind Wood Farm)
Woodcock and Stonechat reported by two birders met on site
Kath Butterworth said
Sun Oct 8 11:23 PM, 2017
Sunday 8 October
8 Stone chat on fence posts adjacent house on top reservoir. Also one present on Slackgate Lane .
Cormorant 7
Canada Geese 302
Lapwing 17
Mallard 41
Little Grebe 1
Great Crested Grebe 1
Black Headed Gull 16
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
Little Owl on nearby Slackgate Lane
Pied Wagtail 3
Song Thrush 1
Kath Butterworth said
Mon Sep 25 12:02 PM, 2017
Sunday 24 September
Upper reservoir
Cormorant 4
Little Grebe 2
Raven
Buzzard 2
Lapwing 143
Kestrel 2
Chiffchaff singing in Hull brook valley
Two Swallows over Th'Heights
Tufted Duck - 2 on Hull Dam
Coot - 3 on Hull Dam
Mark Rigby said
Thu Sep 14 3:54 PM, 2017
This morning sightings
Merlin Sparrowhawk 2 Buzzard Kestrel 1 poss 2 Redstart 4 Stonechat 3 Whinchat Wheatear 3 Pied Wagtail Grey Wagtail Jay Great Crested Grebe 7 Cormorant 35+ Lapwing 100's House Martin, Swallow and Meadow Pipits streaming through
Steve Suttill said
Wed Sep 13 2:59 PM, 2017
Weds 13/9/17 - 11.30-13.00
Lower Resr: 5 Cormorant 7 Common Gull 30+ Lapwing 60+ Canada Geese 12+ Mallard 1 Great Crested Grebe flock of 60+ Swallows (with a few House Martins included)
Upper Resr (full circuit - rather muddy!): 1 Little Grebe 4 Cormorants 60+ Lapwing 4 Meadow Pipits 2 Kestrels + several dead sheep...
Gary Crowder said
Sat Sep 2 1:41 PM, 2017
Spotted Flycatcher this morning.
Greenshank on Upper Res yesterday morning.
Gary Crowder said
Sun Aug 27 4:20 PM, 2017
A male and juvenile Redstart were between Low Bank and the Farm this morning.
Yesterday a fem/juv Marsh Harrier flew over heading west at about 0830.
Mark Rigby said
Fri Aug 25 11:42 AM, 2017
Osprey at 0950hrs over Lower reservoir (Found by B.Stanley) and eventually flew off towards Hollingworth Lake at 1030hrs
Mark Rigby said
Wed Jul 26 6:51 PM, 2017
Turnstone (summer plumage) on lower reservoir late afternoon. Still present at 1830hrs
Steve Suttill said
Wed Jul 26 9:43 AM, 2017
Brief midge-ridden visit yesterday evening.
One juvenile Ringed (or Little Ringed) Plover at Lower Resr. Couldn't get close enough for a definite ID and wasn't hanging around to get bitten any longer!
Also: one juv. Lapwing, one Cormorant, several Mallards, Tufted Ducks and Common Gulls.
Roger Halsey said
Mon Jun 26 11:14 PM, 2017
Evening visit 20.00 to 21.30. Quail calling loudly from the field at the south end of the road between the two reservoirs. Hobby passed through and attempted to catch a Common Sandpiper without success. 4 Oystercatcher, 118 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper and 1 Teal. Also of note on the lane towards the A62 a Grasshopper Warbler was reeling at around 21.35.
Mark Rigby said
Tue May 9 2:08 PM, 2017
0900-1130
Common Sandpiper 2 Oystercatcher Dunlin Curlew Lapwing 2 Black-headed Gull Mallard with 2 chicks out of the initial 11 left. 30 Swift 2 House Martin Swallows 2 Grasshopper Warbler
Late news-Ringed Plover present over the weekend and was still present yesterday morning but no sign today
JSPALDING said
Sat May 6 1:44 PM, 2017
A couple of Grasshopper Warblers down the valley and my first swifts of the year.
Steve Suttill said
Thu May 4 9:03 AM, 2017
Yesterday evening - still very quiet...
3 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 1 Lapwing and about a dozen Swallows.
JSPALDING said
Tue May 2 2:08 PM, 2017
Grasshopper warbler up near the Roman Fort, otherwise fairly quiet.
Garry Chesters said
Sat Apr 29 1:32 PM, 2017
6 Wheatears 1 Grey wagtail 3 Lapwings 1 Jay in flight in the open 1 Meadow pipit. 1 Willow warbler in song
Gary Crowder said
Tue Apr 25 9:36 PM, 2017
Late evening visit. 2 (m and f) Ring Ouzels, 1 Fieldfare and a f Wheatear in field below Low Bank. At least 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers on Lower resolution
Mark Rigby said
Tue Apr 25 12:57 PM, 2017
Full circuit with B.Stanley 0915-1215
Ringed Plover 4 Dunlin 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Oystercatcher Curlew 3 Redshank 4 Coot Heron 2 Sand Martin 12 House Martin Swallows 2 Stock Dove Kestrel Ring Ouzel Reed Bunting Willow Warbler
And all the other usual Common species
Andy Platt said
Sat Apr 22 5:17 PM, 2017
Osprey this morning at 8.20am unfortunately bird was harassed away over the Noddle by a gang of corvids, lapwing, curlew and buzzard.
1 common sandpiper 2 pied wagtails 1 grey wagtail Ca.8 swallows on lower res. 1 house Martin in midst of the swallows. 1 goosander in flight over lower res. Flew up to higher res.
Gary Crowder said
Sun Apr 16 8:29 AM, 2017
This mornings highlights from 5:30
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling behind the car park
2 Ravens
3 Common Sandpipers
3 Redshank
2 Oystercatchers
3 Curlew
2 Willow Warblers
Garry Chesters said
Wed Apr 12 12:55 PM, 2017
This morning around 10:30
1 Common Sandpiper 1 Swallow , my first here this spring. 1 Lapwing
11.15 - 12.25: overnight snow melting rapidly, though still very cold.
Little Grebe 2 Goosander (pair) 7 Cormorant 78 Canada Geese 1 Greylag Goose 2 Kestrel small numbers of Mallard, Common & Black-headed Gulls Pair Reed Bunting, Chaffinch and Coal Tit at feeders
Mark Rigby said
Sun Feb 26 1:05 PM, 2017
Late morning
2 Oystercatcher 2 Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe 4 Goosander 8 Mallard 7 Cotmorant Kestrel
Mark Rigby said
Fri Feb 24 11:12 PM, 2017
Both reservoirs with B.Stanley 0930-1200
2 Little Grebe 3 Goosander 2 Oystercatcher 37 Lapwing 6 Cormorant 4 Stock Dove 2 Pheasant Kestrel 2 Common Buzzard Grey Wagtail 3 Pied Wagtail Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit 3 Dunnock Robin 3 Blackbird 3 Reed Bunting
Garry Chesters said
Fri Feb 24 11:41 AM, 2017
Brief visit to lower reservoir.
3 pied wagtails feeding 2 Oystercatchers feeding on exposed bank near old bank,later flew to the other side of res. Flock of Ca. 40 Lapwings], very flighty and unsettled. Chaffinch in song. Reed Bunting on feeders.
-- Edited by Garry Chesters on Friday 24th of February 2017 11:42:41 AM
With visibility down to a few yards viewing was difficult. Pink-footed Geese could be heard passing over with some perhaps grounded but couldn't see them.
When fog lifted slightly
2 Little Grebe 2 Teal 12 Cormorant 72 Lapwing
When I arrived home, I got a call from B.Stanley who had located 271 Pink-footed Geese in fields to the south of the lower reservoir. When I arrived back, some had been flushed by a van but c200 still remained. There was nothing in amongst them and they were all flushed by a dog walker and they flew off down the valley at 1250hrs.
Steve Suttill said
Thu Jan 12 1:43 PM, 2017
11.10 - 12.10 sprinkling of snow on the hills - small blizzard started at noon.
6 Cormorants 2 Teal (pair) 13+ Mallard 2 Goosander (pair) 3 Lapwing Kestrel hunting over Top Bank few gulls - mainly Common
Reed Bunting at feeders No Canada Geese
Mark Rigby said
Wed Dec 28 5:37 PM, 2016
Been very quiet recently
5 Teal Tufted Duck 32 Mallard 2 Little Grebe 12 Cormorant 20 Lapwing Kestrel Coal tit Mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing
Grey wagtail
Pied wagtail
Reed bunting
Redshank
Curlew 3
Oystercatcher 2
Grey heron
Skylark
Lapwing 2
11 March
Meadow Pipit and Reed Bunting calling
Skylark singing .4 present in field at Oxhey
Oystercatcher 3
Crows collecting mud
Tufted Duck - pair on Eagle Lodge
Goldeneye female on top res
Male Stonechat on noddle
40 Fieldfare and 1 Redwing in field at Oxhey
Cormorant 4
Canada Goose 84
1 female Kestrel
9 Goosander (5 drake)
2 Tufted Duck
c50 Canada Geese
2 Tufted Duck
20 Lapwing
10 Cormorant
1 Buzzard
Wildfowl count day
Reed Bunting 5 - below Hull Lodge
Cormorant 3
Mallard 23
Tufted duck 4m 2f
Moorhen
Kestrel 2
Little Grebe 1
Snipe 3
Dunnock 5 - feeding in channel between reservoirs
Stonechat - feeding in channel between reservoirs
Stock Dove 3
Grey Partridge 4 (behind Wood Farm - going to check if released birds)
Wildfowl count day
Kestrel 2
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen(on fishing pond)
Little Grebe(one on Eagle Lodge also)
Grey Wagtail 1
Canada Goose 5
Black Headed Gull 44
Common Gull2
Goosander 14(3 male 11 female)
Cormorant 2
Mallard 49
Meadow Pipit 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Little Owl (behind Wood Farm)
Woodcock and Stonechat reported by two birders met on site
Sunday 8 October
8 Stone chat on fence posts adjacent house on top reservoir. Also one present on Slackgate Lane .
Cormorant 7
Canada Geese 302
Lapwing 17
Mallard 41
Little Grebe 1
Great Crested Grebe 1
Black Headed Gull 16
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
Little Owl on nearby Slackgate Lane
Pied Wagtail 3
Song Thrush 1
Sunday 24 September
Upper reservoir
Cormorant 4
Little Grebe 2
Raven
Buzzard 2
Lapwing 143
Kestrel 2
Chiffchaff singing in Hull brook valley
Two Swallows over Th'Heights
Tufted Duck - 2 on Hull Dam
Coot - 3 on Hull Dam
Merlin
Sparrowhawk
2 Buzzard
Kestrel
1 poss 2 Redstart
4 Stonechat
3 Whinchat
Wheatear
3 Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Jay
Great Crested Grebe
7 Cormorant
35+ Lapwing
100's House Martin, Swallow and Meadow Pipits streaming through
Lower Resr:
5 Cormorant
7 Common Gull
30+ Lapwing
60+ Canada Geese
12+ Mallard
1 Great Crested Grebe
flock of 60+ Swallows (with a few House Martins included)
Upper Resr (full circuit - rather muddy!):
1 Little Grebe
4 Cormorants
60+ Lapwing
4 Meadow Pipits
2 Kestrels
+ several dead sheep...
One juvenile Ringed (or Little Ringed) Plover at Lower Resr. Couldn't get close enough for a definite ID and wasn't hanging around to get bitten any longer!
Also: one juv. Lapwing, one Cormorant, several Mallards, Tufted Ducks and Common Gulls.
Evening visit 20.00 to 21.30. Quail calling loudly from the field at the south end of the road between the two reservoirs. Hobby passed through and attempted to catch a Common Sandpiper without success. 4 Oystercatcher, 118 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper and 1 Teal. Also of note on the lane towards the A62 a Grasshopper Warbler was reeling at around 21.35.
Common Sandpiper
2 Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Curlew
Lapwing
2 Black-headed Gull
Mallard with 2 chicks out of the initial 11 left.
30 Swift
2 House Martin
Swallows
2 Grasshopper Warbler
Late news-Ringed Plover present over the weekend and was still present yesterday morning but no sign today
A couple of Grasshopper Warblers down the valley and my first swifts of the year.
3 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 1 Lapwing and about a dozen Swallows.
Grasshopper warbler up near the Roman Fort, otherwise fairly quiet.
1 Grey wagtail
3 Lapwings
1 Jay in flight in the open
1 Meadow pipit.
1 Willow warbler in song
Late evening visit. 2 (m and f) Ring Ouzels, 1 Fieldfare and a f Wheatear in field below Low Bank. At least 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers on Lower resolution
Ringed Plover
4 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
2 Oystercatcher
Curlew
3 Redshank
4 Coot
Heron
2 Sand Martin
12 House Martin
Swallows
2 Stock Dove
Kestrel
Ring Ouzel
Reed Bunting
Willow Warbler
And all the other usual Common species
Osprey this morning at 8.20am unfortunately bird was harassed away over the Noddle by a gang of corvids, lapwing, curlew and buzzard.
Approx. 10:00 am
1 common sandpiper
2 pied wagtails
1 grey wagtail
Ca.8 swallows on lower res.
1 house Martin in midst of the swallows.
1 goosander in flight over lower res. Flew up to higher res.
This morning around 10:30
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Swallow , my first here this spring.
1 Lapwing
Around lunchtime on the lower reservoir,
2 little ringed plovers flying and calling.
Also on the shoreline near wood farm/water inlet.
One swallow
2 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
Shoveler
Curlew
Skylark
Pied Wagtails
Two Buzzards
Skylark
Wheatear
Fieldfare
Two Redshank
Mistle Thrush
Grey Wagtail
One Coot chick
-- Edited by Graham Beverley on Sunday 12th of March 2017 12:43:42 PM
At 11am, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, Great Crested Grebe and 5 Wigeon.
At the feeders, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Yesterday about 30 Fieldfare with a couple of Redwing.
2 Little Grebe
Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
15 Lapwing
Curlew (heard)
Coot
4 Goosander
3 Common Gull
3 Stock Dove
10 Fieldfare
Goldcrest
9/3/17 0830-1000 and 1200
Great Crested Grebe
13 Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
Redshank
2 Lapwing
Sparrowhawk
Little Grebe
2 Goosander (pair)
7 Cormorant
78 Canada Geese
1 Greylag Goose
2 Kestrel
small numbers of Mallard, Common & Black-headed Gulls
Pair Reed Bunting, Chaffinch and Coal Tit at feeders
2 Oystercatcher
2 Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
4 Goosander
8 Mallard
7 Cotmorant
Kestrel
2 Little Grebe
3 Goosander
2 Oystercatcher
37 Lapwing
6 Cormorant
4 Stock Dove
2 Pheasant
Kestrel
2 Common Buzzard
Grey Wagtail
3 Pied Wagtail
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
3 Dunnock
Robin
3 Blackbird
3 Reed Bunting
3 pied wagtails feeding
2 Oystercatchers feeding on exposed bank near old bank,later flew to the other side of res.
Flock of Ca. 40 Lapwings], very flighty and unsettled.
Chaffinch in song.
Reed Bunting on feeders.
-- Edited by Garry Chesters on Friday 24th of February 2017 11:42:41 AM
Little Grebe
4 Goosander
13 Cormorant
10 Mallard
20 Fieldfare
Sparrowhawk
Pheasant
2 Little Grebe
18 Mallard
7 Cormorant
150+ Black-headed Gull
30 Common Gull
110+ Lapwing
30 Fieldfare
Stock Dove
2 Raven
2 Teal
4 Goosander
2 Tufted Duck
Goldeneye (fem)
47 Mallard
2 Little Grebe
18 Cormorant
Coot
Heron
Lapwing
1045-1200 very foggy
With visibility down to a few yards viewing was difficult. Pink-footed Geese could be heard passing over with some perhaps grounded but couldn't see them.
When fog lifted slightly
2 Little Grebe
2 Teal
12 Cormorant
72 Lapwing
When I arrived home, I got a call from B.Stanley who had located 271 Pink-footed Geese in fields to the south of the lower reservoir. When I arrived back, some had been flushed by a van but c200 still remained. There was nothing in amongst them and they were all flushed by a dog walker and they flew off down the valley at 1250hrs.
6 Cormorants
2 Teal (pair)
13+ Mallard
2 Goosander (pair)
3 Lapwing
Kestrel hunting over Top Bank
few gulls - mainly Common
Reed Bunting at feeders
No Canada Geese
5 Teal
Tufted Duck
32 Mallard
2 Little Grebe
12 Cormorant
20 Lapwing
Kestrel
Coal tit
Mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing
260+ Canada Geese
5 Cormorants
1 Teal drake
24+ Mallard
13 Common Gull
25 Lapwing
2 Fieldfares and 2 Redwing
12 Starling
6 Cormorants
1 Teal
20+ Mallard
1 drake Goosander
30+ Black-headed Gull
28 Lapwing
Heron
just 5 Canada Geese
50+ Fieldfares and 1 Redwing
9 Starling
Around car park - 20+ Chaffinches. Also Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Reed Buntings, House Sparrows and Meadow Pipit.
Woodcock flew from behind Low Bank
38 Lapwing
11 Goosander (3m)
11 Cormorant
3 Wigeon (1m)
6 Teal
23 Mallard
Tufted Duck (m)
2 Little Grebe
Buzzard
2 Kestrel
3 Stonechat
4 Chaffinch
3 Reed Bunting
Meadow Pipit
6 Blue Tit
4 Great Tit
3 Coal Tit
12 Goldfinch
2 Goldcrest
Wren
3 Robin
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Dunnock
Jay