Osselle
Mallard – 92
Pochard – 2
Little Egret – 2
Grey Heron – 6
Black Kite – 1
Coot – 1
Little Ringed Plover – 2
Black-headed Gull – 8
Blue-headed Wagtail – several
Pagney
Night Heron – 4 juveniles
Honey Buzzard – 1
Black Kite – 3+
Lapwing – c30
Greenshank – 1
Red-backed Shrike – 1 male
Osselle
Mute Swan – 4 adults plus 5 cygnets
Mallard – 99
Gadwall – 1
Great-crested Grebe – 1
Little Egret – 1
Little Ringed Plover – 1
Snipe – 1
Common Sandpiper – 1
Bee Eater – 1
Melodious Warbler – several
Golden Oriole – 2 singing birds heard
Tree Sparrow – several family parties
Pagney
Black Kite – 22
Kestrel – 2+
Hobby – 1
Little Ringed Plover – 4
Common Sandpiper – 2
Lapwing – about 50
Bee Eater – 1
3+Grey Herons
1 Little Egret
10 Wood Sandpipers landed briefly before flying out.
1 LRP
1 imm Y L Gull
60 Mallard
Mute Swans with 5 cygnets.
5 Black Kites
Sparrowhawk
2+ Kestrels
2+ Buzzards
2 Woodpigeons, including 1 singing.
Kingfisher
2 Bee Eaters
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
juv Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Green Woodpeckers – one a juvenile
2+ Blue-headed Wagtails
Pair of Stonechats
3 singing Melodious Warblers, plus one family, plus one bird carrying a fecal sac from a nest
Reed Warbler heard
Family party of Willow Tits (at least 1 adult and 2 young)
Male Red-backed Shrike
6+ Goldfinch
4 Linnets
Many Tree Sparrows feeding young
Female House Sparrow
butterflies included – Painted Lady, Peacock, Clouded Yellow and Gatekeeper
Bee Eater painting from a previous visit
A day out around a few sites produced:
site 1:
2+ Marsh Warblers, Red Kite, Black Kite, Sparrowhawk, 10+ G C Grebes, 1 Black-headed Gull.
Roe Deer
site 2:
1 adult Lesser Spotted Eagle, at least 2 Red Kites, Honey Buzzard, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, Crested Tit, Willow Tits, Yellowhammers, Pochards,Tufted Ducks, Cormorant, G C Grebe, many Coots and c10 Mute Swans
site 3:
2 adult and 1 imm Yellow- legged Gull, 5 adult and 1 juvenile Black-headed Gull, 1 Red Kite, Pochards, 1 male Shoveler, 1 Little Ringed Plover, c 30 Lapwing, at least 1 adult male Ruff, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit and nesting Coal Tit
