June 2025

1st - Cuckoo, drake Garganey, Common Tern, No.3 bed, Cuckoo, No.4 bed.

May 2025

31st - 11 Black-necked Grebe, 90 Gadwall, drake Garganey, Cuckoo, No.3 bed.

28th - 1st Black-necked Grebe brood, 1st Black-headed Gull brood. No.3 bed Cuckoo, 2x drake Garganey, No.4 bed Cuckoo, 2x Ringed Plover.

27th - Cuckoo, 2x Mediterranean Gull, No.4 bed, drake Garganey, Banded Demoiselle (damselfly), Cuckoo, No.3 bed, earliest record of Meadow Brown, No.1 bed.

26th - Spotted Flycatcher, Greenshank, Dunlin up to 8x Ringed Plover No.4 bed, 2x drake Garganey No.3 bed.

25th - Garganey x2, Black-tailed Godwit on No.3 - Dunlin, Greenshank, Ringed Plover x2, on No.4

24th - Garganey x2, Greenshank on No.3 - Ruff, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit x3, Cattle Egret, Little Egret x5, Common Tern x4 on No.4 bed. 5x Red-eyed Damselfly under footbridge No.3 bed. A Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) count across the Reserve recorded: Greylag Goose x49, Barnacle Goose x2, Canada Goose x80, Mute Swan x52, Egyptian Goose x2, Shelduck x17, Mandarin Duck x2, Garganey x2, Shoveler x18, Gadwall x348, Wigeon, Mallard x136, Teal x14, Pochard x68, Tufted Duck x92, Water Rail x11, Moorhen x26, Coot x144, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover x6, Lapwing x18, Black-tailed Godwit x3, Snipe x4, Greenshank, Ruff, Black-headed Gull x200, Herring Gull x12, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed Gull x3, Lesser Black-backed Gull x47, Common Tern x4. Little Grebe x55, Great Crested Grebe x23, Black-necked Grebe x59. Cormorant x38, Little Egret x5, Cattle Egret, Grey Heron x10, Kingfisher x3

22nd - Garganey on No.3

20th - Artic Tern x2 on No.3 from noticeboard

19th - Garganey on No.3

18th - Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Hobby, Garden Warbler x2 on No.4

17th - Garganey, Wood Sandpiper x2, Ringed Plover, flyover Osprey on No.4

16th - Wood Sandpiper x5, Greenshank still on No.4

15th - Garganey, Wood Sandpiper x5, Greenshank, Ringed Plover x2, Ringed-necked Parakeet x2 on No.4

14th - Wood Sandpiper x5, Greenshank, Ringed Plover on No.4

13th - Wood Sandpiper x5, Yellow-legged Gull, Turnstone, Greenshank, Ringed Plover x2, Common Sandpiper on No.4 - Cuckoo on No.3

10th - Ringed Plover, Egyptian Goose x2, Barnacle Goose on No.4

08th - Hen Harrier male over No.1

06th - Wood Sandpiper, Barn Owl, Yellow-legged Gull, Wigeon on No.4

05th - Golden Oriole, Egyptian Goose x2, Whinchat x2 on No.4 - Marsh harrier x2 No.3

04th - Wood Sandpiper, Whinchat x2 No.4

03rd - Mediterranean Gull x2, 100+ Swifts, 100+ House Martins and 50+ Swallows, 36 Pochard, 77 Gadwall and first Hornet of the year on No.3 - Mediterranean Gull x2, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit x2, Egyptian Goose x2, 200+ Swifts, 45+ House Martins and smaller numbers of Swallow and Sand Martins. on No.4

02nd - Wood Sandpiper x2 on No.4, Spotted Flycatcher on No.3.

01st - Mediterranean Gull on No.3 - Mediterranean Gull x5, Yellow-legged Gull & Barn Owl No.4.