Sunday 10th November 2019

Main Pool: Teal (11), Gadwall (2), Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler, Coot, Mallard (2)

Car Park: Sparrowhawk, Jackdaw (2), Reed Bunting, Blue/Great Tits, Coal Tit, GS Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Dunnock, Robin, Goldfinch, Goldcrest

Feeding Station: Chaffinch, Nuthatch (2), Coal Tit (2), Willow Tit, Blue/Great Tits, GS Woodpecker, Grey Squirrel (4)

Flashes: Meadow Pipit (2), Pied Wagtail, Mute Swan (2)

Sunday 15th September

3x Yellow wag from flashes hide Whitacre Heath NR, 16+ in cattle field opposite reserve - Birmingham Rd. (M.Pollock via @TameBirding)

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

I recently came across this report I'd found some time ago while going through the records held at the Wildlife Trust.

ANNUAL REPORT 1996 compiled by Mark Smiles.

Flashes: Whinchat (2), Yellow Wagtail (at least 5 in amongst the cattle)

Sunday 18th August

Brown Argus, Common Blue, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown

Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker

Sunday 7th July

Skylark (3), GS woodpecker, Green woodpecker, mute swan (6 cygnets), little grebe (1 young), Cettis warbler, buzzard, jackdaw, bullfinch, whitethroat

Meadow brown, small tortoiseshell, red admiral, large skipper, small skipper, comma, large white.

Azure damselfly, black tailed skimmer, banded demoiselle.

Toadlets.

Sunday 23rd June 2009

Raven, Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Tit, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Jackdaw (2 on feeders), Stock Dove (8), GS Woodpecker, nuthatch (2), skylark (2 singing)

Main Pool: Mute Swan (+ 6 cygnets), Little Grebe (+3 chicks), Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warbler (1)

Black tailed Skimmer (female), Banded Demoiselle, Common Darter, Peacock Butterfly, Cinnabar Moth (plus lots of caterpillars), Mullein moth caterpillars

Sunday 5th May 2019

Raven (2), Cuckoo (1), Stoat chasing a Rabbit, Cetti's Warbler (2)