2 Glossy Ibis still present on Phase 3; also female Pintail, 4 Stonechat, 30 House Martin, Raven, 6 Green Sandpipers (per eBird and WhatsApp)
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2nd October 2025
Pintail and 2 Swallow (per eBird and WhatsApp)
1st October 2025
Glossy Ibis still present on Phase 3; also Green and Common Sandpipers (per eBird and WhatsApp)
October– 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, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Grey and Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Pheasant, Great Crested Grebe, Red Kite, Water Rail, Common Snipe, , Redwing, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Chaffinch, Kingfisher.
Notable species for October (please report) include:
Shelduck, Pintail, Wigeon, Garganey, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Mandarin Duck, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Dartford Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Raven, Stonechat, Wheatear, Whinchat, Redstart, Brambling, Siskin, Redpoll, Crossbill, Osprey, Hobby, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Nuthatch, Rook, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Ring Ouzel, Black Redstart, Short-eared Owl, Hawfinch.
All other species not stated above, please also report.
30th September 2025
2 Glossy Ibis still on Phase 3; also Water Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Pintail and Firecrest (per eBird and WhatsApp)
29th September 2025
2 Glossy Ibis still on Phase 3; also Brambling, 2 Raven, Chaffinches (per eBird and WhatsApp)
28th September 2025
2 Glossy Ibis still on Phase 3; also Pintail, Firecrest, Common and 2 Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, 3 Snipe, Wigeon (per eBird and WhatsApp)
27th September 2025
2 Glossy Ibis still on Phase 3; also Grasshopper Warbler, Ring Ouzel, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Tree Pipit, Whinchat, Stonechat, Redwing, Water Rail, Swallows, 5+ Wigeon, Sand Martin, Common Gull, Nuthatch, Siskin (per eBird and WhatsApp)
26th September 2025
2 Glossy Ibis still on Phase 3; also 2 Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, 4 Wigeon, Willow Warbler, House Martins (per eBird and WhatsApp)
25th September 2025
2 Glossy Ibis still present on Phase 3; also Great White Egret and 2 Wigeon (per eBird and WhatsApp)
24th September 2025
2 Glossy Ibis – one still present on Phase 3, with a second adult arriving onto the North Lake; also Marsh Harrier, Swallows, Green Sandpiper, 2 Blackcap, Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Gull (per eBird and WhatsApp)
23rd September 2025
immature GLOSSY IBIS on Phase 3 (4th site record); also 13 Little Egret (per eBird and WhatsApp)
22nd September 2025
2 Redpoll and a Sedge Warbler (per eBird and WhatsApp)
21st September 2025
Tree Pipit, 2 Whinchat, 6 Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)
19th September 2025
5+ Whinchat at least, large Swallow and Meadow Pipit passage, 2 Yellow Wagtail (per eBird and WhatsApp)
