Cress Marsh 2021

27th June
Weather: Overcast, warm, NE wind
Time on site: 13:50-15:40

Avocet    4
Black-headed Gull    13
Blackbird    1
Buzzard    1  - soaring over fields adjacent to the site.
Carrion Crow    2
Great Black-backed Gull    2
Grey Heron    1
Greylag Goose    9
Herring Gull    8
House Martin    3
Lapwing    5
Lesser Black-backed Gull    16
Little Egret    6
Little Grebe    6
Little Ringed Plover    4
Magpie    1
Mallard    16
Mute Swan    7
Oystercatcher    1
Pheasant    1
Pied Wagtail    2
Reed Bunting    1
Sedge Warbler    2
Skylark    2
Starling    10
Swallow    5
Teal    4      - 2 male and 2 female on the main lagoon.
Tufted Duck    3
Whitethroat    1
Wigeon    1  - single male feeding with Mallard on scrapes by the main path. Wasn't expecting to see a Wigeon on site in June!
Woodpigeon    29
Yellowhammer    1

Also nice to meet Nick and his wife whilst on site. 

All records entered into BirdTrack.

 

20th June
Weather: Overcast, warm, NE wind
Time on site: 12:15-13:45

Avocet    6     (3 adults + 3 chick)
Barnacle Goose    1
Black-headed Gull    28
Blue Tit    3
Buzzard    2  (soaring over site)
Carrion Crow    5
Cetti's Warbler    1 (heard singing from reeds in corner of site adjacent to railway line)
Cormorant    1
Goldfinch    1
Grey Heron    8  (all resting on one of the islands in the lagoon)
Herring Gull    54
Lapwing    10
Lesser Black-backed Gull    25
Little Egret    7
Little Grebe    4
Little Ringed Plover    2
Magpie    2
Mallard    17
Mute Swan    10
Oystercatcher    4 (2 adults + 2 chicks)
Peregrine    1   (perched on the top of Power station chimney) 
Pheasant    1
Pied Wagtail    1
Reed Bunting    1
Sedge Warbler    3 (adult seen taking food to nest)
Shelduck    10
Skylark    4
Tufted Duck    3
Woodpigeon    25
Wren    1
Yellow Wagtail    1
Yellowhammer    1
Roe Deer   3

All records entered into BirdTrack.

A quick hour this evening, just as the weather turned sunny after a rather damp, grey day.
Good to see the Avocet chicks doing well, along with a few Lapwing chicks too. Blackheads still on nests, but a couple of chicks in the mix amongst them. It was a hive of activity along the main lagoon edge as the sun came out and the insects went into overdrive. This activity brought out a rather splendid Yellowhammer, who was cramming as much in his beak as possible. Also a pair of yellow Wagtails running up and down the waters edge too. The first fox I have seen at the site made an appearance up near the pump house, wagtails keeping a few feet in front of him/her. 

13th June
Weather: Overcast, very warm and humid. ENE breeze.
Time on site: 16:35-17:40

Avocet    3    (1 adult & 2 chicks)
Black-headed Gull    15
Buzzard    1  (over site being mobbed by 2 Lapwing)
Carrion Crow    4
Chiffchaff    2
Grey Heron    5
Herring Gull    70+
Lapwing    9
Lesser Black-backed Gull    50+
Little Egret    6
Little Grebe    1
Little Ringed Plover    2
Magpie    4
Mallard    5
Mute Swan    13
Oystercatcher    7 (my highest count of this species on site to date)
Pheasant    2
Shelduck    3
Skylark    2
Tufted Duck    5
Woodpigeon    45
Yellow Wagtail    1
Yellowhammer    1

All records have been entered into BirdTrack.

6th June
Weather: Overcast, warm, E breeze
Time on site: 13:45-15:30

Avocet    6  (3 adults + 3 chicks)
Barnacle Goose    1
Black-headed Gull    14
Carrion Crow    3
Cetti's Warbler    1
Chiffchaff    1
Grey Heron    4
Greylag Goose    23
Herring Gull    75+
Lapwing    5
Lesser Black-backed Gull    50+
Little Egret    6
Little Grebe    1
Little Ringed Plover    5   (3 adults + 2 chicks)
Magpie     5
Mallard    6
Meadow Pipit    2
Mute Swan    12
Oystercatcher    2
Pheasant    1
Pied Wagtail    1
Sedge Warbler    2
Shelduck    6
Shoveler    2
Skylark    4
Stock Dove    2
Swallow    2
Tufted Duck    2
Woodpigeon    12
Yellowhammer    1

All records entered into BirdTrack.

2nd June
Weather: Sun, warm, E wind
Time on site: 18:05-19:30

Avocet    6  (3 adults and 3 chicks)
Black-headed Gull    19
Canada Goose    2
Carrion Crow    3
Cetti's Warbler    1
Chiffchaff    1
Grey Heron    3
Greylag Goose    9
Lapwing    7
Linnet    1
Little Egret    5
Little Ringed Plover    6
Magpie    2
Mallard    9
Meadow Pipit    1
Mute Swan    14
Oystercatcher    1
Pheasant    2
Robin    1
Shelduck    7
Skylark    2
Stock Dove    1
Swallow    1
Tufted Duck    2
Whitethroat    2
Woodpigeon    12
Yellow Wagtail    1

All records entered into BirdTrack.