Common Sandpiper, 11+ Green Sandpiper (permit only), Treecreeper reported (per eBird and WhatsApp)
Category Archives: July 25
27th July 2025
immature Cuckoo, 4+ Common Sandpiper, 13+ Green Sandpiper, Hobby, 10 Teal (per eBird and WhatsApp)
25th July 2025
immature Cuckoo (permit only), 2 Barn Owls, 2+ Common Sandpiper, 9+ Green Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Teal, 2 Kingfisher (per eBird and WhatsApp)
Also Lesser Emperor again on the South Lake.
21st July 2025
3+ Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat family, Hobby, Red Kite, Coal Tit SW corner (per eBird and WhatsApp)
20th July 2025
2 Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper on Phase 1, 2+ Green Sandpiper on Enclosed (permit only), Lesser Whitethroat (per eBird and WhatsApp)
18th July 2025
2cy Yellow-legged Gull dropped in mid afternoon, Common Sandpiper on Enclosed Lagoon (permit), 2+ Green Sandpiper on Phase 3, family party of Lesser Whitethroat, 2cy Great Black-backed Gull (per eBird and WhatsApp)
Also Lesser Emperor dragonfly (First site record?) and 2/3 Southern Migrant Hawker (2nd site records) on the South Lake. Red-veined Darter also (permit only)
16th July 2025
Common Sandpiper on Phase 1, 2 Nuthatch (per eBird)
July– Regular/Common Species:
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Shoveler, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Coot, Moorhen, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers, Peregrine, Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Parakeet, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Common Swift, Swallow, Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Grey and Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Pheasant, Reed Bunting, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Rook, Great Crested Grebe.
Notable species for July (please report) include:
Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Redshank, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Kingfisher, Raven, Spotted Flycatcher, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Hobby, House Martin, Willow Warbler, Red Kite
Butterflies and Dragonflies [Expected Species]:
Brimstone, Comma, Green-veined White, Small White, Holly blue, Orange-tip, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Painted Lady, Large Skipper, Essex/Small Skippers, Marbled White, Small Copper, Green Hairstreak.
Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor, Common Hawker, Southern Hawker, Hairy Dragonfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter.
