Saturday 16 May 2026
1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Ruff, 1 Wood Sandpiper (Calling from west end of lagoon), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Nightingale, 1 Corn Bunting (Singing on landfill) [Tim Bourne]
5 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Slow-worm [John Wright]
6 Cattle Egret (+ mostly in pantile area),
1 Spoonbill (dropped into pantile scrape for 5 mins before heading to Bowers), 1 Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Swift, 5 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail,
1 Green Hairstreak (bushes just before middle hide), 1 Small Heath [Matt Bruty]
Friday 15 May 2026
3 Cuckoo (+), 5 Nightingale (Singing), 2 Lesser Whitethroat [Tim Bourne]
2 Cattle Egret, 1 Garganey (Drake in flight from middle screen, flew towards Pantiles), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Tim Bourne]
1 Spoonbill (immature, flew in from the east and landed on BHF), 1 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo [Paul Baker]
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (A pair attending their nest), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing) [Matt Bruty]
Thursday 14 May 2026
1 Wood Sandpiper (from gate) [Matt Bruty]
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 5 Swift, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard ), 1 Painted Lady [Lee Ebbs]
1 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl [Paul Baker]
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Squirrel, 1 Northern Water Vole, 2 Brown Rat (juvs) [John Wright]
1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron [Paul Griggs]
Wednesday 13 May 2026
1 Wood Sandpiper [Tim Bourne]
1 Wood Sandpiper, 10 Swift, 4 Yellow Wagtail [Mike Clarke]
Tuesday 12 May 2026
2 Whimbrel, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Nightingale, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling in large field immediately before batteries west of road ), 2 Lesser Whitethroat [Vince Kinsler]
2 Cuckoo, 2 Nightingale [Vince Kinsler]
5 Cattle Egret, 1 Pink-footed Goose (on main lake), 1 Yellow Wagtail [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Small Copper, 1 Common Blue [Matt Bruty]
2 Cuckoo [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
9 Cattle Egret, 1 Pink-footed Goose (Pantile scrape), 1 Garganey (drake on Pantile scrape and 30 mins later presumed same bird on main lake from middle hide), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel [John Wright]
1 Cuckoo, 7 Nightingale [Graham Ryland]
1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Cuckoo, 7 Nightingale (singing), 2 Green-veined White [John Wright]
Saturday 09 May 2026
2 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 30 Common Tern (+, feeding off sandbank with gulls), 1 Swallow (heading N across river) [Jeff Delve]
2 Cuckoo (heard), 1 Clouded Yellow [Matt Bruty]
6 Green Hairstreak [Matt Bruty]
1 Wigeon (drake), 1 Swift, 3 Swallow [Jeff Delve]
1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven [Mike Clarke]
1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Kestrel, 2 Nightingale (singing), 1 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Brown Argus [John Wright]
1 Hobby, 2 Cuckoo (Heard), 3 Nightingale (several singing), 1 Goldcrest [Mike Clarke, Vince Kinsler]
2 Cuckoo, 2 Nightingale, 3 Lesser Whitethroat [Bob Young]
2 Cuckoo (heard, one seen well), 3 Nightingale (Singing), 2 Orange-tip, 2 Green Hairstreak (Next to seat end of orchid trail and another on first tarmac pad to west), 1 Small Copper, 3 Speckled Wood, 1 Wall Brown [Jeff Delve]
1 Garganey (Drake) [Mike Clarke, Vince Kinsler]
4 Marsh Harrier (2 pairs on south side, both males displaying ), 8 Nightingale (+, singing), 4 Lesser Whitethroat [Tim Bourne]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Dunlin (sum plum), 88 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeled briefly), 6 Bearded Tit, 1 Marsh Frog, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Northern Water Vole [John Wright]
1 Anser sp. (Presumed hybrid Whitefront Greylag, reduced white on forehead, pink and black bill, darker head but near Greylag size. ), 1 Garganey (Drake asleep on bank of fleet from middle hide), 1 Avocet (1 chick still), 1 Common Sandpiper (Flew along creek from sea wall ), 2 Swift, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Orange-tip, 1 Wall Brown, 1 Small Heath [Jeff Delve]
Friday 08 May 2026
1 Turtle Dove (Distantly on telegraph wires) [Jeff Delve]
5 Greylag Goose (Pair and 3 goslings), 21 Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 1 Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Avocet (3 pairs), 10 Little Ringed Plover (7 adults and 3 day old chicks), 2 Lapwing, 3 Redshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull (1st summer in to drink), 2 Cuckoo (Calling), 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer (Pair) [Jeff Delve]
2 Cuckoo (singing males), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 4 Small White, 1 Common Blue, 1 Painted Lady [Neil Chambers]
5 Pochard (3 drakes 2 ducks on pond), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (Singing ), 1 Chiffchaff (Singing), 20 Starling (+, Coming to feed on mealwotms), 5 Greenfinch, 7 Goldfinch (Inc first Juv of the year), 1 Red Fox, 2 Brimstone, 2 Green-veined White, 4 Orange-tip, 5 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Speckled Wood [Jeff Delve]
2 Marsh Harrier (M&F), 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon (imm male), 1 Common Lizard, 1 Brown Argus, 3 Painted Lady, 15 Small Heath [John Wright]
2 Red Fox (2 vixens, both suckling, cubs nearby), 1 Grey Squirrel, 1 Wood Mouse [John Wright]
Thursday 07 May 2026
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 8 Common Tern (over WT scrape), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bearded Tit (heard only), 2 Corn Bunting (singing from old tip) [Neil Chambers]
1 Wigeon (Drake), 3 Marsh Harrier (All males), 13 Greenshank (Flock flew out north), 132 Mediterranean Gull (Acresfleet), 30 Common Tern (+), 2 Corn Bunting (Singing ) [Jeff Delve]
115 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 40 Whimbrel (+), 4 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 50 Common Tern (+) [Jeff Delve]
2 Cattle Egret (Flew out towards Bowers), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel (Pantile) [Jeff Delve]
Wednesday 06 May 2026
1 Cuckoo, 3 Swift [Paul Baker]
1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 210 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Nightingale, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Painted Lady, 5 Wall Brown [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Tuesday 05 May 2026
8 Great Crested Grebe (Main lagoon), 4 Shoveler (All drakes), 17 Avocet (+), 8 Lapwing, 12 Redshank, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Pair on Pantile scrape), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Orange-tip, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 4 Wall Brown [Jeff Delve]
1 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler (still holding territory ), 3 Orange-tip, 3 Holly Blue, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
1 Garganey (drake on Pantile scrape), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby (on Bowers), 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Slow-worm, 1 Small Copper [John Wright]
Monday 04 May 2026
1 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Slow-worm, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser (emerging from pond right now) [Paul Baker]
2 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush (presumed pair - one heard singing), 2 Blackcap (singing), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 1 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Painted Lady [Neil Chambers]
1 Egyptian Goose (On lake), 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 House Martin, 2 Reed Warbler [Lee Ebbs]
1 Water Rail (heard.), 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 1 Barn Owl, 15 Swift, 1 House Martin, 1 Nightingale, 7 Bearded Tit [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
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