December 30th

Shoveler 20 (12 Female - 8 Male), Pochard 5,Coromorant 1,Lapwing 1
Good views of Male Sparrowhawk sitting in the Oaks at the back-end,Red-legged Partridge 4,Fieldfare 1
Lesser black-backed Gull 3
Water Rails calling in the bay down from the fishermans carpark
R.Dawkins

29th December 2007

7 male and 13 female Shoveler, 4 RL Partridge, at least 70 Mallard, Cormorant, 3 Common and 2 Lesser BB Gulls. Geese in far fields beyond accurate counting distance.

Colin Green

December 19th

3 Lesser BB Gulls, 4 Common Gulls, 1 Pochard, 4 Wigeon, 1 GS Woodpecker. BH Gulls 109, Canada Geese 106 and Greylag Geese 32.

(Colin J Green)

December 19th

40+ Siskin in alders at the back of the pool also 4 Wigeon (3m 1f) feeding on field with the mixed flock of Canada & Greylag geese,1 Kingfisher,2 Herring gull,4 Lsser blk backed gull,2 Shoveler (eclipse males)2 Buzzard,2 Song thrush & 12 Skylark over

(D.Hutton)

Smaller Dragonflies & Damselflies

Common Blue Damselfly (Top)

Blue Tailed damselfly (Top)

Emerald Damselfly (Top)

Banded Demoiselle (Male)

Ruddy Darter

Common Darter

All present in reasonable numbers especially the Blue Tailed & Common Blue Damselflies which can number several hundred in good weather,Emerald damselfly being the rarest on the pool with only a couple of sightings so far,care needs too be taken with the Common & the rarer Ruddy Darter with the subtle differences in colour & shape, best seperated by good views or by an experienced observer!!

11th December

2 Yellowhammer,3 Wigeon (1m 2f),4 Pochard,1 Teal,15 Tufted Duck,41 Greylag Geese,7 Cormorant

(D.Hutton)

Larger Dragonflies around the pool

Four Spotted Chaser (Top)

Brown Hawker

Broad Bodied Chaser (Female top Male bottom)

Black Tailed Skimmer (Male)

Southern Hawker (Male)

Migrant Hawker (Male)

Emperor Dragonfly (Male)

All these Dragonflies can be found regularly around the pool at the right time of the year,with the Emperor being 1 of the 1st on the wing & the Migrant Hawker the last on the wing upto mid-late October in a warm Autumn

4th December

1 Water Rail showing in the marshy cut off pool by the point,walked across the footpath right in front of us also 1 female Wigeon,1 male shoveler & 1 Common Buzzard

(D.Hutton,R.Dawkins)