Cress Marsh

Visit 17/07/20, 0930 to 1100hr
Reed bunting1
Little Grebe 1
Black-headed gull 10
Coot 3
Carrion crow 2
Little Egret 1
Shelduck 2
LBB, Herring Gull a few, not counted
Yellowhammer 1
Starling c30
Linnet 4

Visited for the first time today and certainly think the habitat created there has the potential for adding further good bird species to the site list alongside the Spoonbills, Glaucous Gull etc

Highlights between 11.30 - 14.30:
1 Little Grebe
6 Little Egret
2 Common Buzzard
1 Peregrine
2 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
1 Greenshank
3 Black-tailed Godwit
1 Lapwing
5 Little Ringed Plover
1 Yellow Wagtail

Details also entered in the hide logbook

Kind regards

Chris

Visit today, 1430- 1545 approx to check on cattle - only 4 seen as they were hunkered down out of the wind. Breezy with occasional rain

Starling 5 or 6 -small hedge
Magpie 3 "
Linnet 2 - long path
Tufted duck 5 - Lagoon
Little egret 2 "
Coot 3 with 2 chicks "
Shelduck 7 "
Blackwit 2 "
Heron 2 "
Black-headed gull c15 including imm 1 also Lagoon
Mallard 2 Lagoon
LRP 1 (but probably 2 with 1 chick, fleeting glimpse) Lagoon
Goldfinch 2 Lagoon
Swift 3 Over
Gulls c150, mainly LBB and Herring and Imm -Area H
Pheasant 1 - Area B
LRP 1 Area BC
Woodpigeons

Plus this is a very late post for visit on 26th June 0645-0800 (Honest!) Very bright sun, no wind
It is late because the idea was to write in the log book and then take a photo so details could be recorded here. But I forgot to take the photo!
Whitethroat 1 - Short path
Yellowhammer 2 - "
Wren 1 -Long path
Skylark 2 - "
Little egret 1 - Lagoon
Lapwing 2 - "
LRP 2 - "
Coot 2 pairs with 1 chick and 5 chicks respectively - Lagoon
Pied wagtail 2 - Lagoon
Black headed gull 12 and 2 chicks Lagoon
Shelduck 4 Lagoon
Mallard 5 "
Black headed gull 7 Pylon scrapes
Herring gull 2 "
LBB gull 5 "
Imm gulls "
Magpie 2 "
Oystercatcher 1 "
Carrion crow 1 "
Lapwing 2 - Field scrapes
Reed bunting 1 "
Heron 1 "
LBB gull 3 "
Carrion crow 2 "
Shelduck 1 "
Swallow 1 (just 1 ) over
Woodpigeons

Kind regards
Martin

Visited site this afternoon (13:10 - 15:25). Weather : Sunny with heavy showers and a near gale force SW wind blowing.
29 species recorded:

Black tailed Godwit 19 (Lagoon) - all looking splendid in their breeding plumage.
Black-headed Gull 14 (Lagoon)
Carrion Crow
Coot 6 (Lagoon) - 1 chick seen.
Cormorant 1 (Lagoon)
Dunlin 1 (Lagoon)
Gadwall 2 (Lagoon)
Grey Heron 1 (Lagoon)
Herring Gull 41 (H) + (Lagoon)
Lapwing 1 (A)
Lesser Black-back Gull 21 (H) + (Lagoon)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 (Long path) - heard singing on return to the car so not recorded in hide log book.
Linnet 1 (Long path)
Little Egret 2 (E) + (Lagoon)
Little Ringed Plover 5 (Lagoon) - 2 chicks seen
Mallard 15 (C ) + (Lagoon)
Oystercatcher 3 (Lagoon) - chick seen
Pied Wagtail 3 (Lagoon)
Reed Bunting 1 (Long path)
Sedge Warbler 1 (Short path)
Shelduck 13 (A) + (Lagoon)
Skylark 2 (Field scrapes)
Starling 30 (C )
Swallow
Teal 1 (Lagoon)
Tufted Duck 6 (Lagoon)
Whitethroat 1 (Short path)
Woodpigeon
Yellowhammer 1 (Long path)

An hour on site this afternoon for what proved to be an easy check on the cattle, as they were all together at the back of the Pylon Scrapes. Whilst on site, 25 species of bird were recorded:

Avocet 3 - lagoon
Black-headed Gull 10 - lagoon
Blackbird - car park
Carrion Crow
Chiffchaff 1 - singing from trees by the car park
Coot 6 - lagoon (2 pairs, 1 chick each)
Cormorant 1 - lagoon
Gadwall 1 - lagoon
Greylag Goose 1- area C
Herring Gull 84 - area H
Lapwing 3 - area A
Lesser Black-back Gull 36 - areas C and H
Little Egret 2 - lagoon. Only one recorded in hide log book. Second bird flew in as I walked back to the car.
Little Ringed Plover 1 - lagoon
Magpie
Mallard 12 - lagoon and area C
Mute Swan 2 - lagoon
Oystercatcher 3 - lagoon ( 1 pair with 1 chick)
Pied Wagtail 3 - area D
Reed Bunting 2 - long path
Shelduck 11 - lagoon and areas C and H
Skylark 4 - singing over pylon and field scrapes
Starling
Woodpigeon
Yellowhammer 1 - singing from hedge at the back of the pylon scrapes

Butterflies - noted along the long path:
Meadow Brown
Small Tortoiseshell

Visited this afternoon to check cattle - easy this time as they were beside Long Path.
Also joined by Joy who stayed after I left
Sightings
common whitethroat - Short Path
skylark -pair - Long Path
reed bunting - Long Path
glaucous gull - Pylon Scrapes in the company of a number of other, mainly large, gulls
mute swan 2 - Lagoon
gadwall - pair - Lagoon
coot - pair with 2 chicks - Lagoon
black-headed gull c20 - Lagoon
LRP 1 - Lagoon
avocet 2 - Lagoon
cormorant 1 - Lagoon
mallard - 2 pair - Lagoon and Hide scrapes
lapwing 1 - near factories
pheasant 1m - Short Path while returning to car
also
swallows
carrion crows
woodpigeons

Kind regards
Martin