16-4-18

Grey wagtail x 1 (calling behind the Visitor Centre, West Lake).

15-4-18 Webs count

Mute swan x 1, greylag goose x 72, Canada goose x 114, Egyptian goose x 4, Cormorant x 4, Grey Heron x 3 (on 3 nests and 1 chick seen at nest number 1), great crested grebe x 20, black-necked grebe x 4 (in summer plumage on the East Lake, Sutton Hide end), little ringed plover x 5, lapwing 15, common snipe x 3, moorhen x 18, coot x 47, lesser black-backed gull x 2, shelduck x 3, Mandarin duck x 1 male, gadwall x 1 male, teal x 14, mallard x 48, tufted duck x 32, sparrowhawk x 1, rook x 10,

green woodpecker x 3, great spotted woodpecker x 2, coal tit x 1, blackcap x 16, chiffchaff x 13, willow warbler x 1, jay x 4, swallow x 12, buzzard x 1.

Also later at 11 a.m. an osprey was being chased by a black headed gull over the East Lake and flew north towards Otford. + Nuthatch just off the reserve west side of West Lake and little grebe x 1 (from Tyler Hide).

14-4-18

Black-necked grebe x 8, whooper swan x 1, green sandpiper x 1, redshank x 1, greenshank x 1, common snipe x 4,

little ringed plover x 5, little grebe x 1, sand martin x 2, nuthatch x 1, treecreeper x 1, redpoll x 1.

13-4-18

Black-necked grebe x 8, firecrest x 1 (no location in the book).

Susanna Clerici