The Flight Bit

Napton Reservoir 17 09 2023 Great crested grebe 7 Grey heron 2 *Bittern Mute swan 2 Greylag goose Canada goose Mallard *Pintail Shoveler 7 Moorhen Coot Water rail (vis.)  Snipe 2 Lesser black-backed gull  Common gull Black-headed gull Woodpigeon  Grey wagtail  Meadow pipit Cetti's warbler  Raven 4 Carrion crow  Jackdaw Magpie  24 Tench Rudd 2

  Napton Reservoir 16 09 2023 Great crested grebe 7 Grey heron *Bittern (2 sightings in flight)  Cormorant Mute swan 5 Greylag goose 45 Canada goose 160 Mallard Coot Moorhen Water rail Pheasant Red kite Lesser black-backed gull 5 Common gull Black-headed gull Woodpigeon Stock dove Great spotted woodpecker Meadow pipit 10+ W>E.  Grey wagtail 2 Robin Wren Great tit Blue tit Cetti's warbler  Carrion crow 2 Jackdaw Magpie 2 Goldfinch 5 Linnet Reed bunting Tench  Pike Rudd Roach

Napton Reservoir 11 08 2023 Great crested grebe 7 inc 3 juv.  Cormorant Mute swan 2 Greylag goose 48 Canada goose 57 Mallard Shoveler 2 Coot 80 Moorhen  Water rail Lesser black-backed gull 4 Common gull Black-headed gull 42 *Little gull imm.  Woodpigeon  Swallow 3 Blue tit Carrion crow 4+ Reed bunting Tench  Bronze bream

Napton Reservoir 08 09 2023 Great crested grebe 7 inc 3juv Cormorant 8 Grey heron *Bittern Mute swan Greylag goose 62 Canada goose 68 Mallard Tufted duck 4 Gadwall 8 Moorhen Coot Water rail Snipe 3 Lesser black-backed gull Common gull 2 Black-headed gull Woodpigeon Great spotted woodpecker  Kingfisher 2 Indet wagtail Swallow 8+ Robin 3 Blue tit Starling Wren Chiffchaff  Cetti's warbler  Raven 3 Carrion crow Jackdaw Magpie Linnet Reed bunting 34 Bronze bream  Rudd Pike Carp Silver bream/RxB hybrid Perch 6

Napton Reservoir 03 09 2023 Great crested grebe juv.  *Great white egret Cormorant Greylag goose 15 Canada goose 60 Mallard 5 Moorhen 3 Buzzard Kestrel Lesser black-backed gull 2 Common gull Black-headed gull 32 Woodpigeon Kingfisher Meadow pipit Swallow Robin Great tit Blue tit Chiffchaff Reed warbler Raven Carrion crow Magpie Chaffinch Southern hawker 3+ Banded demoiselle min. 2 Common blue damselfly Blue-tailed damselfly Ruddy darter min. 6 *Probable southern migrant hawker Migrant hawker Emerald Damselfly Red admiral