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8 May 2008
CWP 74: 2+ whimbrel and summer plumaged bar-tailed godwit. Simon Ward
CWP 41: 2 male garganey Gareth Harris
7 May 2008
Dawn onwards saw a Water Vole feeding on the River Thames at the end of Mill Lane in full view for long period. Stoat hunting along the eastern edge of CWP 41, also seen swimming across the brook here. Gareth Harris
CWP 57: Nightingale singing. 6 Hobby, at least 25 Common Terns. Gareth Harris
All around Lower Mill Estate large numbers of Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting. Gareth Harris
CWP 74: 2 Black Terns Rob Turner/Mike Hamzij
CWP 68c: Imm. Marsh Harrier Rob Turner/Mike Hamzij
6 May 2008
CWP74: 6 Black Tern, Rita Burstow per WOS..
CWP95: 4 Hobby Rita Burstow per WOS.
5 May 2008
CWP 301: 1 Hobby Martin Adlam/Dawn Young
CWP 74: 22 black tern (also seen later at CWP 9), turnstone flew over heading towards lake 95/kent end quarry, 2 Hobby and 17 Cormorant Nick Adams; Martin Adlam/Dawn Young
CWP 59: 2 Common Tern. Mute Swan, Mallard with young, 2 make and 1 female red crested pochard, 2 pair of tufted duck, 2 pair of Canada geese, Martin Adlam/Dawn Young; John and Denise Rock
CWP 68c: 1 Cuckoo, 1 singing Nightingale, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 2 Cetti’s Warblers, 2 pair of gadwall,grey heron, 2 common tern, 2 moorhen, 12 black-headed gulls. Martin Adlam/Dawn Young; John and Denise Rock.
CWP 95: 3 Hobby and 2 Lesser Whitethroats Martin Adlam/Dawn Young
Mute Swan seeing off a heron courtesy of Martin Adlam
3 May 2008
CWP 46/48: Swillbrook Lakes; Common Tern, 1 Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat, 4 Nightingale singing, Several Sedge Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler and 3 male & 1 female Bullfinch Martin Adlam / Dawn Young
CWP 77: 1 Nightingale singing Martin Adlam / Dawn Young
2 May 2008
CWP 59: 8 Tufted Duck, male Reed Bunting, 2 pair Great crested grebe Lake 59, 1 Mute swan, sedge warbler John Rock
CWP 68c: 3 pair Gadwall, 1 pair Shelduck, Swifts flying over, Nightingale heard from the hide. John Rock
Sedge Warbler courtesy of John Rock
1 May 2008
CWP 95: 2 Redshank, pair of gadwall, grey heron, 2 reed bunting, whitethroat, blackcap, garden warbler, Gareth Harris
Kent End Quarry: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 100+ Sand Martin, buzzard, kestrel, 1 male lesser whitethroat, pair of shelduck, Gareth Harris
30 April 2008
CWP 57: 2 Little Ringed Plover; Common Sandpiper; 100+ Swift; 300+ swallow; 1 hobby; 1 nightingale. Gareth Harris.
Waterhay: Heron in field; ringed Long tailed tit by path from car park John Rock.
CWP 59: Pair tufted duck; Pair Greylag Geese; numerous swallows, pair of red crested pochard. John Rock
CWP 68c: Shelduck; 3 pairs of Gadwall; numerous swallow, 1 male teal John Rock
29 April 2008
Numerous Swifts over all the pits and Garden Warblers generally distributed Robin Griffiths
CWP 16: 6 Common Terns, Cetti's Warbler Robin Griffiths
CWP 46/48: Swillbrook: 4 singing Nightingales + one bird apparently already collecting nesting material, Kingfisher, Cetti's Warbler Robin Griffiths
CWP 57: 1 imm. Little Gull, c12 Common Terns Robin Griffiths
CWP 83: Pair Little Ringed Plovers Robin Griffiths
CWP 68c/d: 2 Hobbies insecting, Nightingale singing by 68c, Cetti's Warbler by 68d, Lesser Whitethroat singing by Thames. Robin Griffiths
27 April 2008
CWP 46/48: Swillbrook; 8 nightingale, 5 garden warbler, 3 reed warbler, 3 sedge warbler, 7 blackcap, 5 chiffchaff, cetti's warbler, willow warbler, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, reed bunting, hobby and a pair of common tern. c50 large red damselflies. Nick Adams
Nightingale courtesy of Martin Adlam
If attempting to view nightingales - please only do so from footpaths
During ringing at CWP 68c/68d today the following were recorded: Cuckoo, reeling Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap. John Wells, Matt Prior.
CWP 74: 19 Whimbrel, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern Martin Adlam / Dawn Young.
CWP 57: 5 Hobby, 8 Common Tern, 2 Nightingale, 1 Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler Martin Adlam / Dawn Young.
CWP 29: Little ringed plover, Heron, Garden warbler, 3 Red crested pochard (2m/ 1 f), Reed bunting ( 3m/ 2f), 3 Sedge warbler, 2 Willow warbler, Song thrush Keith Perkins.
CWP 43: 5 Garden Warbler, 11 Sedge warbler, Reed bunting (5m/4f), 2 singing Nightingale, Chiffchaff, Blackcap (2m/1f), 2 Long tail tit, 6 Common tern, 2 Swift Keith Perkins
26 April 2008
CWP 74: (Max Counts) 2 Little Gulls, 2 Black Tern, 6 Common Tern, Redshank, Cuckoo singing, 6 Swift, 2-3 singing Whitethroat, several singing Reed Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, Lesser whitethroat, 3 Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Wigeon, Buzzard, 2 arctic terns Ken Cypher; Robin Griffiths; Phil Williams; Steve Davies; John Wells; Anthony Kaduck
Reed Warbler courtesy of Steve Davies
CWP 9 : 1 Common Tern John Wells
CWP 57/58: 11 Hobby, 10 Common Tern, 1 Little Gull, 2 Red Crested Pochard Ken Cypher
CWP 95: 2 Common Whitethroats; sedge warbler Robin Griffiths; Anthony Kaduck
CWP 68: 2 Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warbler, Swallow, Nightingale singing, Grass Snake Robin Griffiths; John Wells
CWP 82/3: 3 Little Ringed Plovers Robin Griffiths
Shorncote: 2 Little Ringed Plover, Coot nesting, 7 Cormorant, 2 Goldfinch, Swan nesting, Reed Bunting, Little Grebe, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler Steve Davies
Swillbrook: 6-8 Nightingale singing, Cetti's Warbler, Cuckoo, Reed Warbler Steve Davies
Ashton Keynes: Hobby over Mark Brooks
CWP 16: Artic Tern, Black Tern and two Little Gulls Andy Chapman / Paul Masters / Mark Hobson / Jon Mercer per Gloster Birder.
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