Immature Stonechat, 5+ Willow Warbler, 2 Common and 9+ Green Sandpipers, 20+ Swifts, Kingfisher, 2 Hobby (per eBird and WhatsApp)
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10th August 2025
Immature Stonechat, 3 Common and 10+ Green Sandpiper, Hobby, Willow Warbler, Rook, Swifts, Kingfisher, 30+ Whitethroat (per eBird and WhatsApp)
8th August 2025
Immature Stonechat, Common and 8+ Green Sandpiper, 2 Hobby, 30+ Swift, 3+ Sand Martin, Kingfisher (per eBird and WhatsApp)
7th August 2025
Barn Owl, Hobby, 14+ Swift, 2+ Sand Martin (per eBird and WhatsApp)
6th August 2025
2+ Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common and 12 Green Sandpiper, 12+ Swift, Hobby, Raven (per eBird and WhatsApp)
5th August 2025
Green Sandpiper, 2 Raven, 2+ Swifts, Sand Martins (per eBird and WhatsApp)
4th August 2025
1 Cattle Egret (North Lake), 1 Coal Tit, 100+ Swifts, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Willow Warbler (per eBird and WhatsApp)
3rd August 2025
1 Cattle Egret (North Lake), 1 Turtle Dove (purring along the southern treeline border with Beddington Park), 1 Common Sandpiper, 12+ Green Sanpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby, 2 Wheatear (per eBird and WhatsApp)
1st August 2025
Little Owl on Jim’s Bed, Common Sandpiper, 8+ Green Sandpiper, 12+ Swifts, Garden Warbler reported, Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin (per eBird and WhatsApp)
August – 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, 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, Red Kite.
Notable species for August (please report) include:
Shelduck, Wigeon, Great Egret, Water Rail, Little Ringed Plover, 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, Tree Pipit, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Kingfisher, Raven, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Stonechat, Wheatear, Whinchat, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Osprey, Hobby, House Martin, Willow Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Common Swift, Swallow, Sand Martin.
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, Brown Hairstreak.
Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor, Common Hawker, Southern Hawker, Hairy Dragonfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter.
29th July 2025
Common Sandpiper, 11+ Green Sandpiper (permit only), Treecreeper reported (per eBird and WhatsApp)
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)
