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Ulley Res and Country Park  -  Data provided by Duncan Bye unless otherwise indicated.

Wednesday 25th August 2004
1 female Teal, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Partridge

Tuesday 24th August 2004
3 Kestrel, 1 Cormorant north east, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Common Buzzard

Monday 23rd August 2004
1 Kingfisher, 1 immature Little Grebe (the first record since December 2002)

Sunday 22nd August 2004
1 Kingfisher, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 female Teal

Saturday 21st August 2004
1 Common Buzzard

Friday 20th August 2004
1 Kingfisher, 1 female Teal, 270 Mallard, 3 Common Sandpiper, 46 Mistle Thrush

Thursday 19th August 2004
2 Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel and 2 Sparrowhawk in the air together, 1 Cormorant south east

Wednesday 18th August 2004
1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 150 Linnet, 50 Greenfinch, 4 Kestrel, 1 adult Red-legged Partridge with 9 juvs

Sunday 15th August 2004
30 Mistle Thrush, 6 Bullfinch, 230 Mallard, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Kingfisher

Thursday 12th August 2004
Family party of 4 Sparrowhawk, 50 Swift east

Tuesday 10th August 2004
50 Swift south east

Sunday 8th August 2004
10 Tree Sparrow, 180 Mallard, 1 Common Tern, 1 pair of Great Crested Grebe still with 3 juvs, 2 Sparrowhawk

Thursday 5th August 2004
1 Common Buzzard, 75 Swift south east

Tuesday 3rd August 2004
55 Lapwing, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper

Sunday 1st August 2004
2 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 150 Mallard, Mute Swan still with 1 cygnet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Tuesday 27th July 2004 [PL]
Common Tern - 2ads; Grey Wagtail - 1 fem carrying food; Linnet - post-breeding flock of c.50 [PL]. A pair of Great Crested Grebe with 3 young [DB]

Saturday 24th July 2004
22 Mistle Thrush, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Willow Tit, 2 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Common Buzzard. 3 Sparrowhawk, Adult and the 2 young still close to nest site and have all but fledged.

Friday 23rd July 2004
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Tern, 30 Lapwing, 3 Cormorant east, 50 Linnet, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Treecreeper, 1 male Tufted Duck. The 2 young Sparrowhawks are close to fledging with 1 already seen flying.

Tuesday 20th July 2004
Mute Swan still with 1 cygnet, 2 juvenile Sparrowhawk at nest site, 2 Common Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay.

Saturday 17th July 2004
4 Common Tern, 170 Lapwing, 1 Sand Martin.

Thursday 15th July 2004
2 juvenile Sparrowhawks in nest, 100 Swift, 50 House Martin.

Tuesday 13th July 2004
Mute Swan pair still with 1 cygnet, 1 Tawny Owl, 4 Treecreeper, 34 Linnet.

Sunday 11th July 2004
5 Common Tern, family party of Coal Tit, 2 Sand Martin, c.170 Lapwing including 1 juvenile, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Grey Partridge, 1 pair of Mute Swan with 1 cygnet, 2 juvenile Sparrowhawk in nest. Also: Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown.

Tuesday 6th July 2004
2 juvenile Sparrowhawk in nest, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Reed Bunting.

Sunday 4th July 2004
2 Common Tern, 150 Lapwing.

Saturday 3rd July 2004
Mute Swan pair with only 1 cygnet now left, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard.

Friday 2nd July 2004
9 Common Sandpiper. Plus 2+ Grey Wagtail [PL].

Thursday 1st July 2004
45 Linnet, 10 Tree Sparrow, 125 Swift

Tuesday 29th June 2004
4 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher

Sunday 27th June 2004
7 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Tern, Mute Swan pair with only 2 cygnets [1 picked up dead yesterday afternoon], 1 Sedge Warbler, 100 Lapwing. Also: 3 Fox (presumably vixen with cubs), and Marsh Orchids

Saturday 26th June 2004
4 Common Tern, Mute Swan pair with 3 cygnets and 3 south, 110 Lapwing, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler

Thursday 24th June 2004
Sparrowhawk on nest, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Common Tern

Tuesday 22nd June 2004
5 Common Tern, 2 Reed Bunting

Sunday 20th June 2004
4 Common Tern

Saturday 19th June 2004
1 Greylag Goose north west, 1 Cormorant south east, 5 Common Tern, 80 Swift

Friday 18th June 2004
Sparrowhawk on nest, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Treecreeper (family party), 1 Reed Bunting

Tuesday 15th June 2004
Sparrowhawk on nest; Great Crested Grebe - 1 pair with 1 juv

Tuesday 8th June 2004
1 Sedge Warbler, 7 Willow Tit

Sunday 6th June 2004
30-40 spikes of Marsh Orchid.

Thursday 3rd June 2004
2 Greylag Geese

Tuesday 1st June 2004
4 Common Tern east, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Sedge Warbler.

Saturday 22nd May 2004
1 Gadwall

Friday 21st May 2004
3 Gadwall

Tuesday 11th May 2004
1 Spotted Flycatcher

Monday 10the May 2004
1 Grasshopper Warbler

Tuesday 4th May 2004
22 Swift, 31 Swallow, a pair of Grey Wagtail collecting food, resident pair of Mute Swan now with nest, 7 Whitethroat, 1 Common Tern, 5 House Martin.

Thursday 29th April 2004
1 Common Tern west, 1 Swift, 3 Blackcap, 2 Jay.

Tuesday 27th April 2004
1 Cuckoo, 5 Tree Sparrow.

Sunday 25th April 2004
7 Blackcap, 1 Tawny Owl roosting behind lookout tower, 2 Greylag Geese, 3 Whitethroat, 2 House Martin, 4 Swallow. Also: 1 Peacock, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Speckled Wood and 4 Orange Tip.

Saturday 24th April 2004
1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Buzzard.

Thursday 22nd April 2004
4 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff, 12 Willow Warbler.

Tuesday 20th April 2004
1 Common Buzzard, 4 Sand Martin, 11 Swallow, 12 Willow Warbler.

Saturday 17th April 2004
15 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Blackcap, 4 Swallow, 30 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 1 Cormorant SE.

Friday 16th April 2004
3 Common Sandpiper.

Thursday 15th April 2004
7 Chiffchaff.

Tuesday 13th April 204
1 Common Buzzard, 1 Swallow west, 7 Willow Warbler.

Monday 12th April 2004
1 male Siskin singing.

Thursday 8th April 2004
9 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 male Blackcap.

Wednesday 7th April 2004
2 Common Buzzard, 1 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff.

Tuesday 6th April 2004
4 Swallows NW, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Buzzard.

Friday 2nd April 2004
12 Great Crested Grebe, 1 female Teal, 2 adult and  2 imm Whooper Swans north at0900h, 9 Sand Martin, 8 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose.

Thursday 1st April 2004
A pair of Willow Tits nest building, 6 Tree Sparrow.

Tuesday 30th March 2004
9 Redwing east, 8 Chiffchaff.

Sunday 28th March 2004
7 singing Chiffchaff, 5 Tufted Duck, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 1 male Teal, 2 Grey Partridge, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Canada Geese, 76 Herring Gull and 5 Great Black-backed Gull south west at 0910h, 2 Lapwing and a Common Buzzard.

Sunday 21st March 2004
18 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Cormorant, 51 Mallard, 8 Coot, resident pair of Mute Swan nest building, a pair of Tufted Duck, 10 Great Crested Grebe, a
male Goosander, 6 Chiffchaff and 2 Grey Partridge.

An additional report for Sunday 21st March 2004 [P.Ware]: a single male Wheatear. Also: 1 Jay, 1 Treecreeper.

Friday 19th March 2004
3 Chiffchaff, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Wagtail, a male Goosander south east, a pair of Reed Bunting and a Woodcock flushed from the Gorse bank.

Thursday 18th March 2004
6 Tree Sparrow, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Wagtail, the pair of Mute Swans now nesting, 15 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Chiffchaff [the first of the year], 70 Fieldfare south, 10 Redwing south, 17 Yellowhammers, a Green Woodpecker, one Great Spotted Woodpecker south-east, a Herring Gull south-east, and a female Reed Bunting.

Tuesday 16th March 2004
A Red Kite from 1030-1037h perched on the ground and in trees several times but harassed constantly by corvids, before flying off towards RVCP [George Featherstone]. Also: 9 Meadow Pipit, 1 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Geese, 13 Goldfinch.

Saturday 13th March 2004
2 Cormorant south-east, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Tree Sparrow, 5 Song Thrush, 5 Willow Tit, 2 Sparrowhawk.

Thursday 11th March 2004
18 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Tawny owl calling, 1 Jay.

Tuesday 9th March 2004
14 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 1 Treecreeper.

Sunday 7th March 2004
17 Great Crested Grebe, 1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker, 42 Linnet, 12 Siskin.

Saturday 6th March 2004
2 Sparrowhawk, 46 Fieldfare, 2 Kestrel

Friday 5th March 2004
1 Shoveler.

Thursday 4th March 2004
5 Tufted Duck, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Siskin.

Tuesday 2nd March 2004
Resident pair of Mute Swan still present, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Tawny owl, 4 Coal Tit, 22 Yellowhammer

Monday 1st March 2004
3 male and a female Goosander.

Sunday 29th February 2004
3 Tree Sparrow, 34 Fieldfare, 2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Common Gull, 138 Black headed Gull, 6 Great crested Grebe (including 1 pair displaying by a traditional nest site), 1 Common Buzzard.

Thursday 26th February 2004
1 Cormorant, 6 Tufted Duck, 40 Lapwing south east, 3 Willow Tit.

Tuesday 24th February 2004
2 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Siskin.

Saturday 21st February 2004
5 Tree Sparrow, 20 Siskin, 2 Common Buzzard.

Friday 20th February 2004
8 Skylark, 62 Mallard, 1 Cormorant south, 14 Coot, 2 Kestrel, 1000 Woodpigeon, 86 Black headed Gull, , 2 Mute Swan, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 16 Lapwing north, 2 Common Buzzard.

Thursday 19th February 2004
4 Tufted Duck, 2 Sparrowhawk, 8 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Coal Tit.

Tuesday 17th February 2004
11 Siskin, 7 Lesser Redpoll.

Sunday 15th  February 2004
1 Common Buzzard, 4 Song Thrush, 16 Yellowhammer, 1000 Woodpigeon, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 78 Linnet, 3 Red legged Partridge, 5 Lapwing west, 1 Treecreeper.

Saturday 14th February 2004
14 Yellowhammer, 1 Grey Wagtail, 21 Goldfinch, 15 Siskin, 4 Willow Tit

Thursday 12th  February 2004
Pink footed Goose: 70 north west between 0730-0800h and a further 500 north-west at 1030h. Also: 6 Tree Sparrow, 25 Goldfinch.

Sunday 8th  February 2004
5 Tufted Duck

Thursday 5th February 2004
1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Jay

Tuesday 3rd February 2004
4 Treecreeper

Sunday 1st February 2004
2 Common Buzzard, 4 Willow Tit, 9 Skylark, 1 female Reed Bunting

Thursday 29th January 2004
2 Cormorant NW, 10 Tufted Duck

Tuesday 27th January 2004
9 Tufted Duck

Sunday 25th January 2004
70 Mallard, 27 Coot, 22 Moorhen, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Mute Swan, 30 Siskin, 4 Lesser Redpoll

Friday 23rd January 2004
10 Tufted Duck

Thursday 22nd January 2004
4 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 100 Starling, 10 Tree Sparrow, 40 Siskin

Tuesday 20th January 2004
6 Lesser Redpoll, 50 Linnet.

Sundday 18th January 2004
7 Tufted Duck, 8 Great crested Grebe, 16 Cormorant SW, 1000 Woodpigeon from Burnt Wood roost to feed on Guilthwaite Common

Thursday 15th January 2004
1 Treecreeper

Wednesday 14th January 2004
1 Kingfisher

Tuesday 13th January 2004
8 Tufted Duck west

Sunday 11th January 2004
9 Tufted Duck, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 30 Siskin, 40 Linnet

Saturday 10th January 2004
The resident pair of Mute Swan saw off another Mute Swan which landed on the Res. This bird ended up flying into power lines and was sadly killed.

Thursday 8th January 2004
16 Lesser Redpoll.

Wednesday 7th January 2004
10 Cormorant south, a female Sparrowhawk harassing some of the 800 Woodpigeon present and 4 Lesser Repoll.

Monday 5th January 2004
4 Tree Sparrow, 2 Grey Wagtail, 20 Moorhen, 3 Cormorant south, 40 Siskin, 43 Linnet, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Reed Bunting, 1 Golden Plover east and 38 Collared Dove.

Sunday 4th January 2004
7 Great Crested Grebe, 19 Moorhen and 3 Tufted Duck.

Saturday 3rd January 2004
2 female Teal, 3 Cormorant south, 5 Reed Bunting, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Tree Sparrow, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Coal Tit.

Friday 2nd January 2004
Mute Swan - resident pair still present, 1 Tawny Owl, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Wagtail, 20 Siskin, 5 Bullfinch, 10 Goldfinch, 3 Willow Tit, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Common Gull flew south, 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Great Black-backed Gull over, 23 Herring Gull over, 15 Greenfinch, 2 Golden Plover east, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 10 Grey Partridge. And of interest: in Ulley Village, an Orange-winged Parrot was quite a surprise.

Sunday 28th December 2003
4 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Tree Sparrow, 56 Fieldfare

Saturday 27th December 2003
2 Kestrel, 1000 Woodpigeon, 21 Goldfinch, 20 Linnet, 40 Siskin

Friday 26th December 2003
1 Cormorant south east, 50 Jackdaw, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Reed Bunting, 28 Lapwing south, 15 Moorhen, 2 Kestrel, 50 Linnet

Tuesday 16th December 2003
5 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Lapwing, 100 Fieldfare

Monday 15th December 2003
6 Tree Sparrow, 2 Jay, 2 Goldcrest

Sunday 14th December 2003
4 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Coot, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 83 Mallard, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Song Thrush

Saturday 13th December 2003
24 Goldfinch, 3 Coal Tit

Thursday 11th December 2003
8 Grey Partridge, 75 Fieldfare, 42 Blackbird, 23 Redwing, 6 Goldcrest, 11 Lesser Redpoll

Monday 8th December 2003
A Redshank was the first here since 2001.

Sunday 7th December 2003
12 Lapwing NW, 10 Linnet.

Saturday 6th December 2003
A Whooper Swan early morning, before being chased off by the resident Mute Swan pair.

Thursday 4th December 2003
2 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Meadow Pipit, 150 Fieldfare, 1 Treecreeper.

Tuesday 2nd December 2003
49 Collared Dove, 7 Meadow Pipit, 30 Siskin, 13 Lesser Redpoll.

Sunday 30th November 2003
1 Teal

Friday 28th 2003
17 Moorhen, 1 Teal, 34 Lapwing.

Thursday 27th November 2003
4 Grey Heron, 200 Pink-footed Geese SW at 1023h, 16 Red-legged Partridge, 100 Lapwing west, 55 Fieldfare, 4 Siskin, 5 Lesser Redpoll.

Tuesday 25th November 2003
8 Goldcrest, 2 Brambling, 8 Siskin, 13 Lesser Redpoll.

Sunday 23rd November 2003
1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 female Teal, 14 Stock Dove, 6 Lesser Redpoll

Thursday 20th November 2003
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Brambling, 6 Siskin, 5 Lesser Redpoll.

Tuesday 18th November 2003
7 Tufted Duck, 7 Goldcrest, 6 Lesser Redpoll.

Sunday 16th November 2003
85 Mallard, 13 Coot, 8 Moorhen, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Tree Sparrow, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan [2 ad, 1 imm], 3 Willow Tit, 5 Bullfinch, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 male Reed Bunting, 5 Siskin.

Friday 14th November 2003
1 Common Buzzard east, 37 Collared Dove, 3 Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail, 7 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper.

Tuesday 11th November 2003
7 Meadow Pipit, 8 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper.

Thursday 6th November 2003
1 Wigeon, 2 Teal, 5 Tufted Duck.

Wednesday 5th November 2003
1 Wigeon.

Tuesday 4th November 2003
1 Wigeon, 1 female Gadwall, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 5 Goldcrest.

Monday 3rd November 2003
Wigeon - 1 female.

Sunday 2nd November 2003
Wigeon - 1 female; Cormorant - 4; Teal - 2 females.

Thursday 30th October 2003
Goosander - 1.

Tuesday 28th October
Snipe - 1.

Monday 27th October 2003
Pochard - 1 male.

Sunday 26th October 2003
Teal - 2; Pochard - 1 male; Snipe - 4.

Tuesday 21st October 2003
Redwing  - 50; Fieldfare - 100.

Saturday 18th October 2003
Siskin - 10.

Thursday 16th October 2003
Common Buzzard - 1 south-east; Goldcrest - 13.

Monday 13th October 2003
Teal - 3; Redwing - 2 south; Fieldfare - 15.

Thursday 9th October 2003
Cormorant - 4.

Wednesday 8th October 2003
Swallow - 1.

Sunday 5th October 2003
Greylag Goose - 2 north; Golden Plover - 30 east; Chiffchaff - 1; Skylark - 25 NW; Tree Sparrow - 2; Peregrine -  a male west at 1010h. Plus: Fox - one.

Sunday 21st September 2003
Kingfisher - 1; Meadow Pipit - 38 SE. Plus: Mink - one..

Wednesday 17th September 2003
Kingfisher - 1.

Sunday 14th September 2003
Common Buzzard - 1 west.

Saturday 13th September 2003
Mallard - 325; Kingfisher - 1; Cormorant - 4; Grey Partridge - 16; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1; Tawny Owl - 1.

Friday 12th September 2003
Common Buzzard - 1.

Sunday 7th September 2003
Grey Wagtail - 3; Kingfisher - 1; Chiffchaff - 6; Tree Sparrow - 12.

Friday 5th September 2003
Kingfisher - 1; Common Sandpiper - 1.

Thursday 4th September 2003
Cormorant - 1; Lapwing - 100; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1; Swift - 2 east.

Tuesday 2nd September 2003
Gadwall - 1; Common Sandpiper - 1; Goldcrest - 8.

Sunday 24th August 2003
Sandwich Tern - 2 from 0731-0733h then left south [only the 2nd record for the site and the first since 1942] and presumably the same as at Treeton Dyke later. Also: Mallard - 241; Greenfinch - 50; Black-headed Gull - 89; Goldfinch - 30; Gadwall - 1 male; Yellow Wagtail - 1 NE; Sparrowhawk - 1 female.

Saturday 23rd August 2003
Gadwall - 1 male; Mute Swan - pair still with 2 cygnets; Chiffchaff - 4; Willow Warbler - 6; Grey Partridge - 15; Blackcap - 3.

Thursday 21st August 2003
Red legged Partridge - 10; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1.

Wednesday 20th August 2003
Goldcrest - 1; Whitethroat - 1.

Tuesday 19th August 2003
Sparrowhawk - 2; Herring Gull - one NW.

Tuesday 29th July 2003
Swift - 100; Grey Wagtail - 2 adults + 2 imms [breeding confirmed on site]; Mistle Thrush - 37.

Sunday 27th July 2003
Mallard - 176; Grey Wagtail - 1; Kingfisher - 1.

Saturday 26th July 2003
Kingfisher - 2.

Thursday 24th July 2003
Linnet - 50; Garden Warbler - an adult + 2 imm  [breeding confirmed]; Collared Dove - 24.

Monday 21st July 2003
One Common Tern.

Sunday 20th July 2003
Single Common Tern and Common Sandpiper.

Sunday 13th July 2003
Kingfisher - one.

Thursday 10th July 2003
1 male Tufted Duck, 15 Lapwing west, 2 Common Tern east

Tuesday 8th July 2003
2 Red legged Partridge, 37 Swallow

Sunday 6th July 2003
1 Grey Partridge, 5 Bullfinch, 55 Swift, 1 Lesser Whitethroat

Monday 30th June 2003
3 Common Tern

Friday 27th June 2003
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Thursday 26th June 2003
1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 27 Swallow

Monday 23rd June 2003
Two Common Terns, a Reed Bunting, one Garden Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail.

Sunday 22nd June 2003
A Garden Warbler, one Grey Wagtail and 3 Common Terns.

Thursday 19th June 2003
Mute Swan - the pair now with 2 only cygnets, 2 imm Grey Partridge, 75 Swift, a Meadow Pipit and 4 Bullfinch.

Tuesday 17th June 2003 [PL + DB]
A count of 15 Skylarks, one Grey Wagtail and 2 Treecreepers [DB]
Mute Swan - 1pr + 3 juvs; Sparrowhawk - 1; Garden Warbler - 1 singing; Willow Tit - 2+ (possible family party). Also: Painted Lady (1); Small Copper (2); Speckled Wood (1) and a corner of a damp field full of Marsh Orchids (60+).

Friday 13th June 2003
Three Common Terns, a Grey Wagtail still present at a nest site, and one Garden Warbler.

Thursday 12th June 2003
A Lesser Whitethroat.

Tuesday 10th June 2003
Two Treecreepers

Saturday 7th June 2003
A Green Woodpecker and 10 Stock Doves.

Thursday 5th June 2003
Mute Swan - 1 pair now with 3 cygnets, 3 Common Terns, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and a Garden Warbler.

Tuesday 3rd June 2003
Mute Swan - 1 pair with 4 cygnets; 3 Kestrel, 2 Red-legged Partridge, a family party of 6 Willow Tits and 4 Jay inc 2 imms.

Sunday 1st June 2003
One Common Tern, 1 male Reed Bunting and a Garden Warbler, plus 8 Canada Geese SE.

Wednesday 28th May 2003
Two Common Terns.

Tuesday 27th May 2003
Two Common Terns and a Yellow Wagtail.

Sunday 25th May 2003
Two Common Terns.

Wednesday 22nd May 2003
Mute Swan - a pair with 7 cygnets; 4 Greylag Geese; 1 pair of Gadwall.

Monday 20th May 2003
Sparrowhawk found nesting; one pair of Grey Partridge; 6 Tree Sparrows, with several pairs nesting.

Sunday 18th May 2003
A Yellow Wagtail.

Tuesday 13th May 2003
A Goldcrest.

Thursday 8th May 2003
A Sedge Warbler.

Tuesday 6th May 2003
4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Greylag Geese south east, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Garden Warbler and 3 Blackcap. An adult Hobby west at 1050h was the 2nd record for the site, and the first since 1999.

Monday 5th May 2003
1 Garden Warbler.

Thursday 1st May 2003
A Tawny Owl calling, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Swift north west, 3 Common Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper.

Wednesday 30th April 2003
A Common Buzzard south east and a Common Sandpiper.

Sunday 27th April 2003
A Cuckoo calling.

Saturday 26th April 2003
A House Martin east, a pair of Grey Partridge, 3 Jay and 2 Common Whitethroats.

Thursday 24th April 2003
A Nuthatch calling from Morthen Arm Wood was only the 3rd site record, a Common Whitethroat, one Lesser Whitethroat and a Sand Martin.

Wednesday 23rd April 2003
1 Common Sandpiper.

Tuesday 22nd April 2003
6 Chiffchaff, 13 Willow Warblers.

Sunday 20th April 2003
5 Canada Geese south and a Grey Partridge.

Wednesday 16th April 2003
1 Common Sandpiper.

Tuesday 15th April 2003
A Peregrine NE, one Swallow west, 11 Willow Warblers, 9 Chiffchaff and a Blackcap.

Sunday 13th April 2003
A Common Tern SE.

Thursday 10th April 2003
A Green Woodpecker, 17 Skylark and 3 Redwings.

Sunday 6th April 2003
55 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flew south.

Saturday 5th April 2003
8 Teal.

Friday 4th April 2003
2 Grey Partridge, 1 Kingfisher, a pair of Grey Wagtail nesting and a Willow Warbler.

Sunday 30th March 2003
7 Chiffchaff, 1 pair of Mute Swan nest building, 16 Skylark, 2 male and a female Grey Wagtail displaying.

Friday 28th March 2003
2 pairs of Great crested Grebe nest building, 1 female Pochard, 1 Woodcock flushed from Gorse bank, 4 Redwing.

Tuesday 25th March 2003
2 Canada Geese north east, 4 Grey Partridge, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 calling Tawny Owl, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Jay, 26 Yellowhammer.

Monday 24th March 2003
2 male Shovelers, 1 calling Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 9 Tree Sparrow.

Sunday 23rd March 2003
4 Moorhen, 12 Coot, 61 Mallard, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Chiffchaff, 50 Linnet, 2 Jay, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 12 Skylark, 2 ad + 1 imm Mute Swan.

Saturday 22nd March 2003
1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Reed Bunting, 1 Sparrowhawk.

Friday 21st March 2003
1 Tawny Owl, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Tufted Duck.

Wednesday 19th March 2003
2 Canada Geese.

Tuesday 18th March 2003
3 Red-legged Partridge, 7 Stock Dove, 7 Pied Wagtail.

Monday 17th March 2003
2 ad + 1 imm Mute Swan, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail, 16 Pied Wagtail, a single Chiffchaff.

Sunday 16th March 2003
5 Tree Sparrows, a pair of Gadwall, 9 Great Crested Grebes, 20 Yellowhammer, 2 Grey Partridge, 3 Red-legged Partridge.

Saturday 15th March 2003
One Cormorant SE, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Reed Bunting.

Friday 14th March 2003
2 Grey Partridge, 11 Meadow Pipit, 16 Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunting.

Tuesday 11th March 2003
A Kingfisher and 10 Pied Wagtails.

Monday 10th March 2003
A flock of 18 Fieldfare plus 7 Stock Dove.

Sunday 9th March 2003
No sign of the female Red-crested Pochard, but 8 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Bullfinch, 70 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting, 5 Herring Gulls and 3 Common Gull south-west.

Saturday 8th March 2003
A female Red-crested Pochard by the jetty with Mallards until late afternoon at least. The bird is coming to bread, but is not ringed (1st record for site).

Friday 7th March 2003
A male Brambling at Ulley Holt, 11 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Reed Bunting.

Tuesday 4th March 2003
2ad + 1imm Mute Swan, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Black-backed Gull flew NE, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Monday 3rd March 2003
50 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 50 Linnet, 10 Tree Sparrow.

Thursday 27th February 2003
A female Wigeon.

Sunday 2nd March 2003
11 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Canada Geese, 4 Bullfinch, 7 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Kingfisher.

Saturday 1st March 2003
3 Tufted Duck, 3 Teal, 1 male Wigeon, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Jay, 10 Tree Sparrow, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Common Gull; plus 1 Brown Hare.

Wednesday 26th February 2003
6 Song Thrush, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 1 Fox.

Tuesday 25th February 2003
A male Pochard, 2ad 1imm Mute Swan, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Bullfinch.

Monday 24th February 2003
2ad 1imm Mute Swan, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Tawny Owl calling, 19 Yellowhammer.

Friday 21st February 2003
14 Great crested Grebe, 2 Grey Partridge, 11 Meadow Pipit, 12 Tree Sparrow, 41 Chaffinch.

Tuesday 18th February 2003
31 Lapwing, 2 Tawny Owl calling, 50 Redwing, 75 Fieldfare, 2 Treecreeper, 10 Tree Sparrow, 75 Linnet.

Monday 17th February 2003
A Common Buzzard left south at 1408h, 6 Tufted Duck, 144 Black-headed Gull, 2 Coal Tit, 60 Redwing.

Saturday 15th February 2003
11 Great Crested Grebe, 90 Black-headed Gull, 14 Tree Sparrow, 91 Mallard, 15 Coot, 60 Redwing, 8 Moorhen, 7 Willow Tit, 2 Jay.

Friday 14th February 2003
3 Grey Heron, 2 male Tufted Duck.

Wednesday 12th February 2003
1 Tawny Owl.

Tuesday 11th February 2003
1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Treecreeper.

Monday 10th February 2003
200 Pink-footed Geese NW at 1008h.

Sunday 9th February 2003
12 Skylark including several singing, 3 Goldcrest.

Saturday 8th February 2003
21 Collared Dove.

Friday 7th February 2003
12 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Peregrine hunting over Guilthwaite Common, 3 Great Black-backed Gulls north east and 12 Yellowhammer.

Tuesday 4th February 2003
31 Siskin

Monday 3rd February 2003
2 Cormorant, 20 Stock Dove, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Tree Sparrow, c.50 Linnet, c.30 Lesser Redpoll.

Saturday 1st February 2003
Four Whooper Swans on res left at 0711h.

Friday 31st January 2003
Tree Sparrow - 11; Lesser Repoll - 30; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1.

Wednesday 29th January 2003
Four Whooper Swans in nearby fields.

Tuesday 28th January 2003
A female Pochard.

Sunday 26th January 2003
Lesser Redpoll - c.30; Tree Sparrow - 12; Golden Plover - c.2000 south.

Friday 24th January 2003
Pink-footed Geese - c.1700 NW in 4 skeins; Common Buzzard - 1 east.

Wednesday 22nd January 2003
A possible Peregrine south at 1500h.

Monday 20th January 2003
Linnet - 75.

Friday 17th January 2003
Great Crested Grebe - 8; Kingfisher - 1.

Wednesday 15th January 2003
Kingfisher - 2.

Tuesday 14th January 2003
Goldfinch - 32; Kingfisher - 1.

Monday 13th January 2003
Sparrowhawk - 2; Grey Wagtail - 2; Siskin - 40.

Saturday 11th January 2003
Great Crested Grebe - 6; Grey Wagtail - 1; Kingfisher - 2.

Friday 10th January 2003
Kingfisher - 1.

Tuesday 7th January 2003
Shoveler - 1 female; Lapwing - 27 SE; Kingfisher - 1; Siskin - 40; Great Black-backed Gull - 8 SE; Reed Bunting 1; Kestrel 2.

Monday 6th January 2003
Mallard - 91; Coot - 16; Moorhen - 12; Grey Wagtail - 1; Golden Plover - 40 NE; Stock Dove - 30; Lesser Redpoll - 6; Sparrowhawk - 1 female.

Sunday 5th January 2003
A party of 16 Tree Sparrows present. A female Goosander flew SE.

Saturday 4th January 2003
A skein of 40 Pink-footed Geese flew SW at 1125h; Fieldfare - 80; Tawny Owl - 2; Skylark - 26.

Friday 3rd January 2003
A Nuthatch was only the second record for the site; Skylark - 26; Treecreeper - 1; Yellowhammer - 18; Bullfinch - 3.

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