En route we recorded a total 53 species (still checking) with the main highlights being a Little Egret over the River Ray, a single Common Sandpiper on banks of the pool, 2 possibly 3 Cuckoos with 2 males chasing each other by the canal and another/same bird by the car park. There were 2 Swifts over head at the canal, where a single Sand Martin was seen also. 3 or 4 Swallows in the fields feeding, several Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers and Whitethroats singing. At least 3 Lesser Whitethroats, a few Blackcaps and there were quite a few Willow Warblers singing, but very few Chiffchaffs. A full list of species recorded below.
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Little Egret
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Cuckoo
Willow Warbler singing
A Phantom Cranefly...........
...........possibly Ptychoptera contaminata
Long-jawed Orb-weaver, Tetragnatha extensa
St Mark's Fly
Possibly the Weevil - Barynotus moerens
Slug sp.
Snail sp.
Hoverfly - Leucozona lucorum
Hoverfly - Epistrophe eligans
Drinker Moth caterpillar
Possibly a Elachista rufocinerea.......
.......Red-brindled Dwarf.
Birds Recorded: Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Mallard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard, Moorhen, Coot, 1 Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Swift, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, 1 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Treecreeper, Wren, 2 Jay, Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch and Reed Bunting. 53 Species (Watch this space there could be more)
Also seen:
1 Speckled Wood
Hoverfly - Leucozona lucorum
Hoverfly - Epistrophe eligans
St Mark's Fly
Drinker Moth caterpillar
Long-jawed Orb-weaver - Tetragnatha extensa
Phantom Cranefly possibly Ptychoptera contaminata
Red-brindled Dwarf, Elachista rufocinerea
Weevil - Barynotus moerens
Slug sp.
Snail sp.
Slug sp.
Snail sp.