2 February 2008
Great White Egret at CWP 60 at 100.00 hrs. then flew over CWP 61. Martin Adlam / Dawn Young
What was thought to be a bearded tit heard calling only from CWP 68d. Martin Adlam / Dawn Young.
CWP74: Curlew 2, Lapwing 75, Goldeneye 4, Wigeon 57, Kingfisher 1, Ruddy Duck 19. John Grearson
CWP29. Scaup 3 (1 adult male, 1 immature male and a female), 11 Smew( 6 drake and 5 redhead ), 1 Red Crested Pochard, 12 Greylag, 2 Treecreeper Nigel Pleass; Ken Cypher
Waterhay Car Park: 5 Bullfinch Ken Cypher
Ashton Keynes: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Bullfinch Ken Cypher
CWP 83: 1 Little Egret, 1 Snipe, 4 Gadwall, 22 Greylag Ken Cypher
CWP 30: 6 Red Crested Pochard, 1 Goosander Ken Cypher
CWP 79: 50 Wigeon, 35 Canada Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese, Little Egret, Snipe, 50+ Lapwings, 60 Common Gulls, Green Woodpecker Steve Davies
CWP 85a: 8 Snipe, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Reed Buntings, Stonechat, Chiffchaff Steve Davies
CWP 84: 5 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, Grey Heron Steve Davies
CWP 32 area: 2 Mistle Thrushes, 15 Redwings Steve Davies
CWP 25 area: 4 Little Egrets Steve Davies
Seen during CWP Society walk for World Wetlands Day: 3 Great Scaup (1 Adult male, 1 immature male and 1 female), 2 male and 2 female Smew, 50+ Wigeon and Grey Herons displaying on CWP 29. 1 male and 1 female Smew on CWP 35, with 4 Goosander. Little Egret on CWP 38, and 50+ Shoveler on CWP 41.
A walk around CWP 68d, 68c, 68b, 59, 78b, 72, 68a, 75, 74, 95, 81 and 82 yielded Goosander and Chiffchaff at CWP 75, Kingfisher on R.Thames, Cetti’s Warbler and 4 Snipe at CWP 68d. Other species seen were Great Crested Grebe – a pair displaying on Pit 81; Dabchick; Cormorant; Little Egret; Grey Heron; Mute Swan; Canada Geese ; Shelduck; Mallard; Gadwall; Wigeon; Tufted Duck; Pochard; Sparrowhawk; Buzzard; Kestrel; Moorhen; Coot ; Black-headed Gull ; Woodpigeon; Collared Dove; Green Woodpecker; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Meadow Pipit; Pied Wagtail; Dunnock; Robin; Blackbird; Fieldfare; Redwing; Song Thrush; Goldcrest; Long-tailed Tit; Great Tit; Blue Tit; Wren; Jay; Magpie; Rook; Carrion Crow; Starling; House Sparrow; Chaffinch; Siskin; Goldfinch; Greenfinch; Bullfinch; Reed Bunting Martin Adlam / Dawn Young