15/5/2019 including Monthly transect
Oystercatcher x 1, shelduck x 2 (including one at the nest), stock dove x 4, woodpigeon x 24, swift x 6, great spotted woodpecker x 2, pied wagtail x 1, wren x 52, dunnock x 9, robin x 29, blackbird x 18, song thrush x 6, reed warbler x 7, whitethroat x 2 (one singing by the entrance gate and one heard from Tyler Hide), garden warbler x 13, blackcap x 33, chiffchaff x 6, goldcrest x 2, long tailed tit x 25, blue tit x 7, great tit x 11, treecreeper x 5, jay x 1, magpie x 8, jackdaw x 9, rook x 13 (and fledglings on nests), carrion crow x 9 + 56 in the sheep field, starling x 2 (sheep field), chaffinch x 4, goldfinch x 2.
14/5/2019
Cuckoo x 1 (singing at Long Lake area), grey wagtail x 1 (carrying food flew west in front of Tyler Hide, lapwing x 10 (including one sitting on nest and a pair chest scraping, all viewable from Tyler Hide, common sandpiper x 1. Heronry update: nest 3= 3 fledglings around the nest, nest 4 = Adult sitting tight but no chicks visible when the adult stood up, nest 5= 2 grown up young, nest 6= 1 chick seen, nest 7= adult sitting tight.
13/5/2019
Whitethroat x 1 (singing by the entrance gate).
11/5/2019
Red kite x 1.
10/5/2019
Hobby x 1, common sandpiper x 2 (West Lake), little ringed plover x 2, whitethroat x 1 (singing close to Sutton Hide).