The Flight Bit

Cormorant Grey heron 9 (over W.) Mute swan 6 Mallard Moorhen 2 Pheasant 4 Buzzard Kestrel Snipe 2 Lesser black-backed gull 7 Black headed gull Woodpigeon Green woodpecker Kingfisher Skylark Meadow pipit Swallow Blackbird Mistle thrush 2 Redwing 50 Robin Blue tit Wren Goldcrest Raven 2 Carrion crow Jackdaw Magpie 2 Chaffinch Greenfinch Siskin Tench Southern hawker Ruddy darter Red admiral 

Great crested grebe 7 Mute swan 2 Canada goose 31 Mallard 7 Coot  Moorhen 3 Water rail Snipe Lesser black-backed gull 3 Black-headed gull  Woodpigeon  Pied wagtail  Grey wagtail  Robin Blue tit Cetti's warbler Raven 5+ Carrion crow 3 Magpie

 Great crested grebe Little grebe 20+ Cormorant 15+ Grey heron 3 Little egret Mute swan Greylag goose 6 Canada goose Mallard Tufted duck  Pochard 6 Shoveler Wigeon Gadwall Pintail Teal 2 *Red crested Pochard 4 Coot  Moorhen 30+ Pheasant  Buzzard 5 Red kite 2 *Hobby Lesser black-backed gull  Common gull  Black-headed gull  Woodpigeon  Meadow pipit Pied wagtail 5 Swallow 14 House martin 6+ (top pool)  Song thrush Robin Starling Nuthatch (top pool)  Great tit Blue tit Long-tailed tit Chiffchaff Raven Carrion crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie Chaffinch Reed bunting 46 species Muntjac Grey squirrel 3 Red admiral 2 Ruddy darter Southern hawker

06 10 2023 Frisby Lakes Grey heron 2 Mute swan Greylag goose Canada goose Moorhen 5 Buzzard 2 Kestrel  Black-headed gull Woodpigeon Kingfisher Pied wagtail Great tit Blue tit Long-tailed tit  Wren Cetti's warbler  Carrion crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie Chaffinch Bullfinch Siskin Reed bunting  Ruddy darter 4 Southern hawker

From dam to railway track, afternoon: Great crested grebe Grey Heron Little egret (field west of Res boundary) Cormorant 5+ Mute swan Greylag goose 2 Canada goose Mallard Shoveler Pintail Wigeon 30+ Gadwall 7 Tufted duck Coot Moorhen 20+ Water rail (calling - lifebuoy/old hide)  Pheasant (innumerable) Red-legged partridge 60+ Red kite 2 Common sandpiper (dam)  Great black-backed gull Lesser black-backed gull 5 Common gull 3 Black-headed gull 50+ Woodpigeon Meadow pipit Grey wagtail Swallow         )  House martin) mixed flock of 30. Blackbird Robin Blue tit Long-tailed tit Starling 50+ (entered Leics reedbed)  Goldcrest Chiffchaff 4+ Cetti's warbler (Blowers' Bay west bank)  Raven Carrion crow  Jackdaw  Magpie  Chaffinch Linnet Reed bunting Rabbit Muntjac Grey squirrel 2 Southern hawker Common hawker Red admiral

Napton Reservoir 03 10 2023 Great crested grebe 7 Mute swan 2 Greylag goose 102 Canada goose 13 Mallard 6 Coot Moorhen Snipe Indet small wader thro' (dunlin?) 4  Lesser black-backed gull  Black-headed gull 10 Woodpigeon Grey wagtail 4 Wren Rook 8 Magpie American mink Tench

Napton Reservoir 01 10 2023 Great crested grebe 3 Grey heron Mute swan 2 Canada goose Mallard 8 Tufted duck 17 Coot Moorhen Black-headed gull  Lesser black-backed gull  Woodpigeon Meadow pipit Swallow 4 Robin 2 Chiffchaff Cetti's warbler Starling Wren Great tit 4 Blue tit Carrion crow Rook 11 Jackdaw Magpie Reed bunting

Napton Res 20 09 2023 Great crested grebe 4 Grey heron Mute swan 2 Greylag goose Canada goose Mallard Shoveler 13 Teal 16 Coot Moorhen 14 Snipe min. 3 Black-headed gull House martin Blackbird Robin Cetti's warbler Carrion crow Magpie Reed bunting Tench