Sunday, Aug 2nd 2020

 Linnet (3)

19th July 2020

Green sandpiper on river pool.

Lunar hornet moth

5th July 2020

Main Pool: Little Egret
River Pool: Green Sandpiper

Butterflies: Red Admiral, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Meadow Brown

Dragonflies: Brown Hawker

Sunday 24th May 2020

Main Pool: Little Egret (2), Grey Heron (3), Gadwall (pair), Coot (with young), Cetti's Warbler

Flashes: Oystercatcher (flew over)

Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Treecreeper, GS Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard (5), Sparrowhawk (2), Cormorant, Swallow (2), Jackdaw (15), Cuckoo (2)

Azure Damselfly

Peacock, Common Blue, Green-veined White

Cuckoo (just a bit too slow)

Sunday 5th January

Goosander (3), peregrine, sparrowhawk, buzzard (2), redwing (50+), cettis warbler, water rail, gadwall (pair mating), little grebe, Canada goose (21), willow tit, coal tit, nuthatch, raven (2), long tailed tit (9), teal, mallard, grey wagtail, pied wagtail, wren, green woodpecker, meadow pipet (2)

Sunday 15th December

Great white egret

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