Female Ring Ouzel from 4:30 to 6:30pm at least, easily viewable from the top of the field at the Beumont Road side behind the reedbed, feeding in the horse fields. Also a Cetti‘s Warbler and two Swifts.
No sign of the Ring-necked Duck this morning. Forty two species included: 104 Lapwing 12 Teal 1 Gadwall 1 Snipe 1 Kingfisher 1 Jay 1 Cettis Warbler singing and what may have been the same showing well in a Hawthorn which contained 7 Blackbird & 4 Song Thrush 10 Chiffchaff 2 Goldcrest 6 Reed Bunting
Female/imm type Merlin flew across the lodge heading towards High Rid with a small flock of Jackdaws escorting it off. 2 Wigeon 13 Gadwall 6 Tufted Duck 2 Snipe 1 Kingfisher 40 Swallow 19 Pink-footed Geese over west at dusk 300+ Jackdaw into roost
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Tuesday 23rd of September 2025 09:14:07 PM
Yesterday evening, four juvenile Yellow Wagtails were a real surprise on the east shore plus a Willow Tit in the Hawthornes. Also, 3 juvenile Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers, Snipe, 3 Oystercatcher, 7 Common Terns, 73 Swallows and 2 Sand Martins.
Several Crossbill flew south this morning, heard but not picked up in the bright sky as they moved rapidly through, at least three calling. Other birds included 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Tern, 3 Swift, 3 juvenile Bullfinch
A juvenile Mediterranean Gull flew SE at 8 30pm this evening, also 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 54 Lapwings and 12 Oystercatchers present