Wintersett Res:
Great White Egret 1. Greylag Goose 8. Goldeneye 1 female.
Mallard 10 very small young,
Anglers CP:
Red kite 1 over. Canada Goose 6 very small young,
Mallard 12 very small young.
Wintersett Res: Butterflies:
2 Small Coppers.
Moth trapping overnight:
Alder Kitten 1. Chocolate Tip 3. Lunar Marbled Brown 4.
Waved Umber 6. Brindled Beauty 1. Coronet 1.
Pale Pinion 1. Alder Moth 1. Goldspot 1.
Butterflies included 86 Speckled Wood, 2m Brimstone, 2 Small Copper, 2 Holly Blue, 36 Orange-tip, 26 Large White, and some Small Tort. caterpillars.
Also 9 Large Red and 4 Common Blue Damselflies (Chris Parkin).
Anglers CP:
An Osprey flew over north at 10.30hrs.
Hobby 2.
Shoveler 1 male. Snipe 2.
Great Crested Grebe 2.
Lesser Whitethroat 1 male on the Pol.
Wintersett Res:
Great White Egret 1.
Common Sandpiper 1.
Great Crested Grebe 14.
Goldeneye 1 female.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Great Crested Grebe 8.
A Little Ringed Plover left the wader scrape north at 07.15hrs (K. Bannister).
A Canada Goose had a brood of 6 new very small young on the scrape and the Swans appeared to scraping a nest together.
New in today and singing 2 Lesser Whitethroats, Garden Warbler, and a Grasshopper Warbler. A Swift flew north and a Cuckoo sang along with 4 Whitethroats, 4 Reed Warblers and 3 Sedge Warblers (JP/R. Laverack/CG).
The resident pair of mute Swans gave a very long courtship display before mating, so fingers crossed they breed.
2 new broods of Canada geese (6 & 3) and a female Teal were on the wader scrape with a pair of Lapwings.
Anglers CP:
A Mediterranean Gull made at least 3 visits to the shallows today.
Redshank 1. Little Ringed Plover 2. Snipe 1. White Wagtail 1.
Pochard 2.
Wintersett Res:
Swift 3. Goldeneye 1 female. Arctic Tern 2.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Yellow Wagtail - 5 males on sewage works, + 2 Grey Wagtails.
Anglers CP:
Mediterranean Gull - 2 adults paid 2 visits to shallows today.
Common Gull 1 x 1st Summer. Little Ringed Plover 1.
Oystercatcher 5. Yellow Wagtail 1 male on shallows.
Wintersett Res:
Common Tern 2. Goldeneye 1 female.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Great White Egret 1.
Anglers CP:
Arctic Tern 4. Oystercatcher 5.
Lesser Whitethroat 1 male.
Yellow Wagtail 1 male on the shallows.
Wintersett Res:
Goldeneye 1 female. Lesser Whitethroat 1 male.
Kingfisher 1.
Moorhouse Lane Ponds:
Great White Egret 1.
The Cuckoo showed well again today. 4 pairs of Teal are still on the wader scrape, the drakes displaying their vivid breeding plumage to the females.
4 pairs of Tufted Ducks were on the main scrape and 2 Swallows flew north this evening.
3 Foxes were seen this evening, no doubt hunting Rabbits.
Anglers CP:
Teal 7. Common Sandpiper 3. Snipe 1.
Sedge Warbler 3 males. Peregrine 1 flew west.
Curlew 1 flew north.
Wintersett Res:
Arctic Tern 1 briefly. Sedge Warbler 13 males.
Garden Warbler 3 males + 1 male on Anglers CP.
Goldeneye 1 female. Lesser Whitethroat 1 male.
A Whimbrel flew west calling at 09.55hrs (JP).
On the wader scrape LRP, 2 Teal, Yellow Wagtail, 2 LBB Gulls (CG).
Elsewhere Grey Wagtail, Cuckoo, 3 singing Reed Warblers + 2 chasing around, and 12 Starlings west. (K. Bannister/L & A Corrall).
Anglers CP:
Great White Egret 1. Redshank 1. Common Sandpiper 2.
Snipe 1. Little Ringed Plover 2. Whimbrel 1 over.
White Wagtail 1. Garden Warbler 1 male. Sedge Warbler 3 males.
Wintersett Res:
Shelduck 1 flew south, Garden Warbler 2 males.
Sedge Warbler 12 males. Goldeneye 1 female,
Common Sandpiper 1.
Anglers CP:
Great White Egret 1 over. Little Gull 1 adult.
Common Sandpiper 3. White Wagtail 2.
Snipe 1. Shoveler 2 males. Lesser Whitethroat 1 male.
Cetti's Warbler 1 male. Little Ringed Plover 2.
Goldeneye 3.
Wintersett Res:
Great White Egret - 1 flew high east.
Little Gull (same adult as ACP).
On the scrapes 3 Dabchick, 20+ Canada Geese, 8 Greylags, 2 Mute Swan, 2 pairs Tufted Duck, 2 Teal, Common Sandpiper (3rd day), 1 LRP, Lapwing displaying (R. Laverack/J. Finch).
Also 6 species species of Warbler that included Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 8 Blackcap and 3 Cetti's Warbler (CG).
The cool SE wind didn't deter the 27 Speckled Wood, 33 Orange-tip and 9 Large White butterflies from flying (C. Parkin).
Little Ringed Plover (R. Laverack)
Anglers CP:
Green Sandpiper 1. Common Sandpiper 2.
Snipe 1. Little Ringed Plover 2.
Little Gull 1 adult. Arctic Tern 1.
Lesser Whitethroat 1 male.
White Wagtail 3.
Wintersett Reservoir:
Little Gull - (same adult as CP.)
Sedge Warbler 10 males.
Reed Warbler 8 males.
Arctic Tern 1.
Yesterday's Common Sandpiper was still on the wader scrape this morning.
A Sedge Warbler singing in front of Ralph Hibbert's seat was new in today, and a Goldcrest sang (Andrew Corrall).
Anglers CP:
An Avocet was on the CP shallows.
An adult Little Gull remained from yesterday.
Common Tern 1. A Great White Egret flew over.
Dunlin 1. Little Ringed Plover 1.
White Wagtail 1.
Wintersett Reservoir:
Sand Martin 60. Green Woodpecker 1.
Sedge Warbler 8 singing males.
A Common Sandpiper on the Wader Scrape was new in today (Dave Lomas), and 23 Herring Gulls and 2 LBB Gulls were also present (Keith Bannister)..
Also of interest Treecreeper and Fox.
Anglers CP:
Little Gull 1 adult on the shallows,
along with a Curlew, a Little Ringed Plover,
and a Common Sandpiper.
Goldeneye 1 female.
A male Lesser Whitethroat was on the Pol.
Wintersett Res:
White Wagtail 4 in the north bank field.
Goldeneye 1 female. Sedge Warbler 4 males.
Whitethroat 2 males. Lesser Whitethroat 1 male.
Reed Warbler 6 males.
Anglers CP:
Odonata - Large Red Damselfly 1.
Wintersett Reservoir:
Grasshopper Warbler 1 singing in north east corner.
Lesser Whitethroat 1 male. Whitethroat 7 males.
Sedge Warbler 2 males. Common Scoter 1 male + 1 female.
Wheatear 1 female. Raven 2 flew east.
Goldeneye 1 female. Cetti's Warbler 7 males.
North Bank Wintersett Res:
White Wagtail 7. Yellow Wagtail 6.
Cold Hiendley Reservoir:
Yellow Wagtail 25 on sewage works.
Grey Wagtail 2 on sewage.
In the area:
Sand Martin 130. Swallow 8. House Martin 20.
Anglers CP:
A Great White Egret flew east. Goldeneye 5.
Teal 2. Little Ringed Plover 1. Common Sandpiper 1.
Herring Gull 185. Lesser Black-backed Gull 6.
Cetti's Warbler 1 male.
New in today Whitethroat singing near the wader scrape viewpoint (JP).
A Red-legged Partridge also put in an appearance (K. Bannister).
Anglers CP:
Whimbrel 1 on shallows, left west at 09.43hrs.
Nuthatch 1 in car park. Little Ringed Plover - 1 flew over.
Common Sandpiper 1. Cormorant 1. Shoveler 1. Kingfisher 1.
Goldeneye 4.
Wintersett Res:
North bank field held:- Yellow Wagtail 14. White Wagtail 21, Pied Wagtail 12.
Meadow Pipit 2 and a brief Water Pipit - almost in summer plumage.
Wheatear 3 females.
Wintersett Res:
Sand Martin 150. Reed Warbler 1 male.
Common Sandpiper 1. Teal 2, Red Kite 1. Goldeneye 1 female.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Great Crested Grebe 4.
Wintersett Village:
Fieldfare 1.
Anglers CP:
Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing near Pol hide.
Cetti's Warbler 1 male. Yellowhammer 1.
Yellow Wagtail 3. Shoveler 2.
Goldeneye 2 females.
Great Crested Grebe 7.
Wintersett Reservoir:
Great Crested Grebe 9.
Reed Warbler 1 male.
Sedge Warbler 1 male.
Whitethroat 1 male.
Yellow Wagtail 3.
2 Wheatears in north bank field.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Great Crested Grebe 4.
12 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 29 Gadwall, 34 Canada Geese, 8 Greylag Geese, Coot with 5 very small young, Little Egret, Grey Heron, 1 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 2 Mute Swan and 3 Cetti's Warblers (CG) .
Also Treecreeper, GS Woodpecker, Swallow and Willow Warbler (K. Bannister).
Insects included 35 Peacock, 25m Orange-tip, 7 Comma, 5 Small White, 31 Speckled Wood, 1m Brimstone, 3 Green V. White and 16 Dark-edged Bee Fly (Chris Parkin).
Anglers CP:
Shoveler 2 males. Goosander 1 Redhead. Snipe 2.
Wintersett Res:
Pochard 3. Gadwall 6. Cetti's Warbler 2 males.
March WeBS
Mute Swan 12. Canada Goose 21. Greylag Goose 1.
Cormorant 16. Great Crested Grebe 14. Coot 93.
Moorhen 22. Mallard 74. Teal 12. Shoveler 4. Gadwall 22.
Wigeon 243. Tufted Duck 125. Pochard 16. Goldeneye 110.
Goosander 1. Lapwing 36. Oystercatcher 4. Snipe 12.
Grey Heron 3. Great White Egret 1. Kingfisher 1.
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 4th Winter.
Anglers CP:
Ringed Plover 1 in the shallows. Teal 2.
Shoveler 1. Greylag Goose 7. Goldeneye 8.
Wintersett Res:
A male Whitethroat was on the north bank.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Cetti's Warbler 2 males. 1st brood of 6 young Mallard.
Our first Cuckoo of 2025 arrived this morning. It was first seen by Rob & Lynne Frost then heard singing by Angela Marshall, and at around 11.15hrs it was singing again and heard by Richard Laverack and CG.
On the scrapes Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Shoveler (2 males displaying), 2 LBB and 1 Herring Gull and 8 Teal.
In addition 1 Grey Partridge, a Goldcrest was in the Yews, 3 Cetti's sang and 3 Swallows came in at dusk (D. Standish/CG).
Butterflies; my earliest Dingy Skipper by 10 days, 29 Peacock, 13 Speckled Wood, 5m Brimstone (4f), and 41 m Orange-tips (Chris Parkin).
Anglers CP:
Black-tailed Godwit 1 on shallows.
Mediterranean Gull 2 flew over.
Willow Warbler 2 males. Cetti's Warbler 1 male.
Sand Martin 24. Wigeon 14. Teal 4. Shoveler 11.
Goldeneye 57, Snipe 1.
Wintersett Res:
Goldeneye 1 female. Willow Warbler 1 male.
Disposal Point:
Willow Warbler 2 males.
Anglers CP:
Fieldfare 1 in Hare Park field.
Whitethroat 1 at Santingley Grange.
Yellow Wagtail 1. A Curlew flew north west.
Goldeneye 8. Teal 4. Shoveler 7.
Herring Gull 42. Lesser Black-backed Gull 13.
Wintersett Res:
Sedge Warbler 2 males. Goldeneye 1 female.
1 Redshank, 2 Goosander, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, 4 Buzzard, 3 Red -legged Partridge, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk.
Butterflies included 45 Peacock, 21 Small Tort., 3 Comma, 22 Speckled Wood, 9m Brimstone, 37 Orange-tip, 6 Large White + 45 unidentified White species and 2 Green Shield Bug (Chris Parkin).
Anglers CP:
Wigeon 1 male. Shoveler 10. Teal 8.
Greylag Goose 3.
Wintersett Res:
Sedge Warbler 1 male.
Anglers CP:
Mediterranean Gulls - 2 adults on shallows, then returning to Botany Hill.
Teal 11, Shoveler 18, Wigeon 1 male, Goldeneye 25, Sedge Warbler 1,
Great Crested Grebe 1. Lapwing 24, Lesser Black-backed Gull 4,
Herring Gull 31, Fieldfare 1 in north bank field.
Wintersett Res:
Sedge Warbler 1. Goldeneye 11. Great Crested Grebe 12.
In the area:
Blackcap 44 males. Willow Warbler 19 males.
4 Snipe and 2 Avocets were on the wader scrape at 10.00hrs (John Finch).
3 Swallows were flying over the main scrape this evening (Dave Standish).
Anglers CP:
Yellow-legged Gull 1 4th Winter in ACP shallows.
Shovelers 3 males + 3 females.
Pochard 12. Snipe 4.
Wintersett Res:
Great White Egret 1. Wigeon 24. Pochard 3.
Meadow Pipit 23 north bank WRes..
Cetti's Warbler 2 males.
Fieldfare 1. Redwing 1.
Anglers CP:
Wigeon 1 male. Goldeneye 12. Shoveler 20. Teal 7.
Oystercatcher 6. Snipe 3. Sand Martin 30.
Willow Warblers - 7 singing.
Wintersett Res:
A male Reed Warbler and a male Sedge Warbler were in the boathouse reeds.
Willow Warblers 4 males. Goldeneye 23. Water Rail 1.
Anglers CP:
Wigeon 8. Teal 31. Goldeneye 17. Common Gull 2.
Snipe 2. Cetti's Warbler 1 male.
Wintersett Res:
Goldeneye 7. Shoveler 4. Teal 10. Cetti's Warblers 6 males.
On the scrapes - Little Egret, 2 Snipe, Oystercatcher in at 07.30hrs, Kingfisher, 2 Herring Gulls, 2 LBB Gull, the latter took a small greylag gosling, 8 Teal, 1 pair Shoveler, Lapwing displaying (K. Bannister/J. Finch/L & A Corrall/M.White)
A male Blackcap and a Chiffchaff near the w. scrape were wearing BTO rings, and a Goldcrest sang there.
Butterflies included 5 Large White, 39 Peacock, 8 Comma, 14 Speckled Wood, 1m Brimstone, 18 Orange-tip (2female) and 32 White species (C. Parkin).
Anglers CP:
Black-necked Grebe 2. Yellow Wagtail 2.
White Wagtail 1. Wigeon 10. Teal 9.
Shoveler 7.
Anglers CP:
Stonechat 1 male in north west corner. Chiffchaff 1 singing.
Yellowhammer 1 Pol Feeders. Little Grebe 1. Great Crested Grebe 7.
Wigeon 251. Gadwall 14. Teal 8. Pochard 62. Goosander 1. Snipe 7.
Redwing 1.
Wintersett Res:
Black-necked Grebe 2 in south east corner.
Great White Egret 1. Whooper Swan 1 adult.
Wigeon 20. Teal 2, Gadwall 2. Great Crested Grebe 2.
Pochard 1.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Great Crested Grebe 6.
Anglers CP:
Black-tailed Godwit 1 on the shallows. Mediterranean Gull 2 over.
Willow Warbler 2 males. Cetti's Warbler 1 male. Sand Martin 24.
Wigeon 14. Teal 4. Shoveler 11. Goldeneye 57. Snipe 1.
Wintersett Res:
Goldeneye 1 female. Willow Warbler 1 male.
Disposal Point:
Willow Warbler 2 males.
This morning a calling Curlew flew west, 5 Blackcaps and 3 Cetti's Warblers sang and a Little Egret flew north (JP).
This evening 2 Swallows, a displaying Lapwing and the first brood of 7 Greylags were on the waders scrape with 2 pairs of Shoveler (CG).
Kingfisher, Sand Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Grey Partridge, 2 Mallard nests (12 & 4 eggs).
Butterflies included 73 Peacock, 32 Small Tort., 7 Comma, 2 Speckled Wood, 9m Brimstone, 13m Orange-tip, and 26 White species.
A female Grass Snake was also of note (C. Parkin).
Wintersett Res:
Little Gull 1 adult flew north 08.00hrs.
Whooper Swan 68 flew north. (27 + 41).
Wigeon 2. Tufted Duck 108. Gadwall 27.
Great Crested Grebe 8. Sand Martin 2.
White Wagtail 1 on Botany Hill.
Cetti's Warbler 6 males.
Anglers CP:
Goosander 1. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Gadwall 14. Tufted Duck 57. Shoveler 6.
Teal 10. Wigeon 11. Cetti's Warbler 1 male.
Willow Warbler 1 male.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Great Crested Grebe 8
Moorhouse Lane Ponds.
Great White Egret 1.
Throughout the Area:
Chiffchaff 108 males. Blackcap 23 males.
On the scrapes 4 Herring Gulls, 2 Dabchicks, 2m Shovelers, 4 Snipe and 5 Tufted Ducks (K. Bannister/J.Finch)
3 Blackcaps sang. A Treecreeper yesterday was of note.
Butterflies included 1 Comma, 1 G.V. White and 2m Orange-tips (L & A Corrall).
Anglers CP:
Black-necked Grebe 2. Teal 8. Shoveler 6.
Wigeon 13. Cormorant 3. Herring Gull 50.
Cetti's Warbler 1 male.
Wintersett Res:
Cetti's Warbler 3 males.
Moorhouse Lane Ponds:
Great White Egret 1.
2 Grey Partridge and 3 Buzzards were the only notable birds today.
Butterflies were enjoying the spring sunshine, 28 Peacock, 4 Small Tort., 12 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Green Veined White, 2 Small White, 2m Orange-tip and 5m Brimstone.
6 Dark-edged Bee Fly also added colour to the scene along with the first flowers of Cherry, Primrose and Wood Anemone (C. Parkin).
Anglers CP:
Willow Warbler 1. Wigeon 11. Teal 11.
Shoveler 7. Goldeneye 28. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Snipe 2. A Red Kite flew east. Little Ringed Plover 1.
Common Gull 2. Sand Martin 2. Cetti's Warbler 1 male.
Little Gull 4 (3 adults + 1 x 1st Winter, all flew in at 11.20hrs.)
Butterfly:
Orange Tip 1 female.
Wintersett Reservoir:
Goldeneye 34. Great Crested Grebe 11.
Kingfisher 1. Swallow 1.
Cold Hiendley Res:
Great Crested Grebe 3. Sand Martin 1.
In the area:
Chiffchaffs 33 males. Blackcap 10.