11-9-18
White stork x 1 (flew overhead due east, also flushed from the river in the afternoon).

9-9-18 inlcuding Webs count
Greylag goose x 448, Canada goose x 254, Egyptian goose x 7, grey heron x 3, cormorant x 5, little egret x 2, little grebe x 1, moorhen x 23, great crested grebe x 15 adults + 5 juveniles, coot x 118, kingfisher x 2 juveniles, lapwing x 9,
green sandpiper x 1, Mandarin duck x 1, teal x 11, mallard x 67, shoveler x 2, pochard x 3, gadwall x 2, tufted duck x 41,
black-headed gull x 30, lesser black-backed gull x 2, herring gull x 1, common buzzard x 1, chiffchaff x 20, rose-ringed parakeet x 4, house martin x 100, blackcap x 2, jay x 4.

8-9-18
Common snipe x 1 (from Tyler Hide), bullfinch x 1.

7-9-18
Bittern flew from reeds between path and Willow Hide.

6-9-18
Bittern seen at Long Lake at 10 a.m.

5-9-18
Mute swan x 1, greylag goose x 335, Canada goose x 250, Egyptian goose x 8, mallard x 52, teal x 9, pochard x 1, tufted duck x 46, cormorant x 6, grey heron x 2, great crested grebe x 11 + 6 juveniles, kestrel x 1, moorhen x 17, coot x 105, lapwing x 6,
black-headed gull x 60, lesser black-backed gull x 1, herring gull x 1, stock dove x 7, woodpigeon x 55 (mainly in sheep field),
green woodpecker x 3, rose-ringed parakeet x 2, magpie x 13 (8 in the sheep field), jay x 3, jackdaw x 12 (sheep field),
carrion crow x 12 ( mainly in sheep field), bullfinch x 1.
+ some Monthly Transect figures
Common buzzard x 2, kingfisher x 2 (West Lake and Back Lake), great spotted woodpecker x 4, swallow x 6, house martin x 10, sand martin x 2, pied wagtail x 1, wren x 20, robin x 29, blackbird x 6, song thrush x 2, reed warbler family of 4, blackcap x 3, chiffchaff x 11, goldcrest x 2, long-tailed tit x 26, blue tit x 9, great tit x 14, treecreeper x 5.

3-9-18
Chiffchaff x 1 (by Visitor centre).
Susanna Clerici