31 August 2009
CWP 97: Common Sandpiper, 142 Canada Geese Ken Cypher; Steve Davies
Kent End: 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebe Ken Cypher
CWP 59: Little Egret 2, Black Headed Gull 11, Green Sandpiper 3, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Red-crested Pochard 1, Kingfisher 1, Lapwing 1, Curlew calls heard from the meadow behind, Ken Cypher; Maciej Szczygielski
CWP 68c: Snipe 1, Green Sandpiper 4, Curlew (flying towards lake 74), Hobby 1, Ken Cypher; Maciej Szczygielski
Waterhay: 1 Snipe flying over Ken Cypher
CWP 68a/b: Little Egret 4, Red-crested Pochard 30+, Maciej Szczygielski
CWP 82: Common Sandpiper 1, wing-tagged Grey Heron (HS- right wing only, blue ring on left leg), Maciej Szczygielski
Lower Mill/ Coke's Pit area - 2 female Bullfinch, Song Thrush, 25 Red-crested Pochard, Blackcap, 2 Buzzard, Jay, 8 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, a very tame Robin and several Chiffchaff Steve Davies.
CWP 82: Common Sandpiper 1, wing-tagged Grey Heron (HS- right wing only, blue ring on left leg), Maciej Szczygielski
Lower Mill/ Coke's Pit area - 2 female Bullfinch, Song Thrush, 25 Red-crested Pochard, Blackcap, 2 Buzzard, Jay, 8 Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, a very tame Robin and several Chiffchaff Steve Davies.
Robin by Steve Davies
CWP 301: Adult Yellow-legged Gull Steve Davies
CWP 8
Just in case anyone has seen a large light coloured falcon around the Water Park this afternoon and is wondering what it was. I was at Cricklade Show when the falconer lost his gyr falcon. I did notice he had found it by the time I came to go home but it could have been missing for an hour or so. I saw it head off somewhere between Cricklade and the Latton direction, where it may have spent some time playing with the odd pigeon. Bob Philpott