GREY PHALAROPE still present on the North Lake and an adult Spoonbill briefly on Phase 3; also Spotted Flycatcher, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 2 Wigeon, Common Sandpiper (per eBird and WhatsApp)
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17th September 2025
1st winter GREY PHALAROPE on the North Lake (3rd site record); also 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Mistle Thrush, 12 Little Egret (per eBird and WhatsApp)
16th September 2025
juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on the North Lake; also Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, Common Sandpiper, Raven, Hobby, House Martins (per eBird and WhatsApp)
14th September 2025
2 Whinchat and a Stonechat (per eBird and WhatsApp)
13th September 2025
2 Ruff still on the North Lake; also Wheatear, Greenshank, 3 Common and 2 Green Sand, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wigeon (per eBird and WhatsApp)
12th September 2025
Greenshank, Sand and House Martins, Raven, 19 Little Egret (per eBird and WhatsApp)
20th September 2025
1 Ringed Plover (overhead), 1 (juvenile) Ruff, 1 (juvenile) Common Tern (overhead), 1 (dark-morph juvenile) Honey Buzzard (flew SW), 1 Tree Pipit (permit only), 81 Canada Goose, 5 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 35+ Shoveler, 40 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 50+ Teal, 1 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 91 Stock Dove, 80+ Coot, 8 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 (adult) Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 8+ Little Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 2+ Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2+ Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 3+ Jay, 2 Skylark, 5+ Sand Martin, 116+ Swallow (flew S), 8 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Blackcap (1 male, 1 female), 3 Song Thrush, 12 Robin, 1 Whinchat (permit only), 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear (permit only), 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 219 Meadow Pipit (flew S), 6 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch, 1+ Siskin, 1 Reed Bunting [Ian Jones and Zach Pannifer]
10th September 2025
2 Greenshank, Yellow Wagtail, 150+ House and 50+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 3 Wigeon, 2 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 11+ Green Sandpiper, Hobby (per eBird and WhatsApp)
9th September 2025
Wheatear, 3+ Whinchat, Ruff and Greenshank still, Green Sandpiper, 2+ Wigeon, 15+ Swallow (per eBird and WhatsApp)
7th September 2025
1 Greenshank (permit only), 2 (juvenile) Ruff – one died, 1 Dunlin, 1 Great White Egret (per eBird) 1 Marsh Harrier (flew NW), 2 Raven, 2 Wigeon, 5 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 adult, 1 juvenile), 3 Hobby, Skylark, 3 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Sand Martin, 23 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear (permit only), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit (flew S), [Bethan Clyne, Catharine Strudwick, D Bulling and Zach Pannifer, plus eBird]
2nd September 2025
2+ Whinchat, Greenshank, 3+ Green Sandpiper (per eBird and WhatsApp)
1st September 2025
3 Whinchat, Greenshank, 5+ Green and Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Hobby, 2 Skylark, Willow Warbler (per eBird)
September– 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.
Notable species for September (please report) include:
Shelduck, Wigeon, Great Egret, Water Rail, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Redshank, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Kingfisher, Raven, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Stonechat, Wheatear, Whinchat, Redstart, Brambling, Siskin, Chaffinch, Osprey, Hobby, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Common Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Nuthatch, Rook, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Ring Ouzel, Redwing, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush
31st August 2025
Wood Sandpiper still on Phase 3 with 2+ Greenshank, 2+ Common and 5+ Green Sandpiper, Snipe; also 3+ Whinchat, 4 Swift, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 2 Raven, 2 Wigeon, Hobby, Kingfisher, 5+ Willow Warbler, 2 Skylark, 4+ Sedge Warbler (per eBird and WhatsApp)
30th August 2025
Wood Sandpiper on Phase 3, 2 Greenshank, 3+ Common and 6+ Green Sandpiper, Little Owl, Whinchat, 14+ Yellow Wagtail SW, Sand Martin, 8+ Snipe, Wigeon, 5 Sedge Warbler, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Kingfisher, Hobby (per eBird and WhatsApp)



