Feb 27th

A female Goosander was present early morning at the western end of the main pool. 30+ LBB and 2 Herring Gull flew over during a two hour period, all heading in a westerly direction. 5+ Siskin flew over heading north. At least 3 Goldcrest were still singing around the site.
L Johnson...

Feb 25th

A female Goldeneye was present on the main pool mid morning. Although long over due, this is the first record of the species on site so far this year. 2 Yellowhammer and a Skylark flew over during the course of the morning. 5 Red legged Partride were well scattered around the site. The flock of Siskin (40+) at the eastern end held 3+ Lesser Redpoll with a further flock of 30 Siskin along the northern shore of the main pool. 5 Goldcrest and 2 Treecreeper were also noted.
L Johnson...

24th Feb

A quiet day on site this morning. Highlight was a Teal that flew low over the main pool heading west. Other species noted included 3 Goldcrest, 3 Greylag Geese and still good numbers of Pochard and Wigeon.
L Johnson...

23rd Feb

No sign of the Little Egret this morning. A flock of 50+ Siskin by the bat house held just 2 Lesser Redpoll. Small numbers of Yellowhammer passed over throughout the morning with 1 Skylark over late morning. At least 4 Buzzards were present.
L Johnson...

Feb 19th

A quick walk around this afternoon produced counts of 23 RL Partridge, 38 Pochard and 30 Wigeon. Highlight was 5 Goosander (2 drakes and 3 ducks) which were present at the western end before being flushed by the sailing and coming down on the river towards hams hall.
L Johnson...

Feb 18th

Another addition to the site year list this morning came in the form of a Peregrine, which flew high west over the main pool before stooping down over Ladywalk. The Little Egret was in its usual spot on the small pool, and a drake Goosander put an apperence in late morning in the centre of the main pool. Single Yellowhammers have been passing over the eastern end regularly for the past few weeks, but a count of 8 over today was notable. Pochard numbers were up to 45. Finally a very high Lapwing count (50+), was only achieved after the Peregrine flushed them off nearby Ladywalk.
L Johnson...

Feb 16th

Went today hoping that the warm sunny weather would bring out yesterdays Red Kite again, but no such luck. The Little Egret was again on the small pool, along with a Grey Heron, 26 Wigeon and 9 Pochard. The main pool was very quiet once again. There appeared to be some movement overhead with 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Skylark, Yellowhammer and Grey Wagtail all heading north as well as good numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing. At least 6 Buzzards were noted.
L Johnson...