The Flight Bit

27 08 2025 DRAYCOTE WATER   THURLASTON ACCESS TO DAM Late p.m. Great crested grebe Little grebe Cormorant Little egret Mute swan Mallard Tufted duck Gadwall Teal Coot Moorhen Kestrel f. Black-headed gull, innumerable Little gull , 1 imm. (Lincroft/Grey's Barn) Woodpigeon Stock dove Green woodpecker Swift , 15+ Feeding in Chronomid cloud ( Lincroft/Grey's Barn) Swallow House martin (Poss sand martin, light awkward) Grey wagtail Yellow wagtail min.5 Blackbird Robin Great tit Blue tit Long-tailed tit Wren Chiffchaff Carrion crow Jackdaw Magpie 2 Rabbit 3

24 08 2025 DRAYCOTE WATER. Evening,  car park toward valve tower. Great-crested grebe Little grebe Grey heron 3+ Little egret 13+ Cormorant Mute swan Greylag goose Canada goose Mallard Tufted duck Gadwall Teal 3 Coot Moorhen Kestrel Common sandpiper Lesser black-backed gull Black-headed gull Woodpigeon Stock dove Feral pigeon Green woodpecker Meadow pipit 4 Grey wagtail 2 Pied wagtail (innumerable) Yellow wagtail 15+ House martin Robin Blue tit Long-tailed tit Wren Chiffchaff (numerous) Carrion crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie Chaffinch Goldfinch Linnet Rabbit 4 Grey squirrel

12 07 2025 STANFORD TOP POOL + distant reservoir dam view. Grey heron Greylag goose Mallard Coot Moorhen Pheasant Red kite Buzzard Indet gull Black-headed gull Common tern Woodpigeon Stock dove Kingfisher Robin Nuthatch Wren Blackcap Reed warbler Raven Carrion crow Jackdaw Magpie Reed bunting Common blue damselfly Large red-eyed damselfly Brown hawker Migrant hawker