Saturday, 31st

- 2 dark geese flew silently over - possible Pink-feet? Perhaps just odd-looking Greylags
- Mistle Thrush in full song
- Willow Tits calling

(Ed Wilson)

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Friday, 30th

- Despite a large number of gulls (easily 500+), there were only Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Herring & Black-headed Gulls...
After a while 1 ad. Yellow-legged Gull did drop in & just before I left a juv. Great Black-backed Gull... No white-wingers!

On the far SE side of the pool a female Ruddy Duck

(Jason)

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Saturday, 24th

- a 1st winter Iceland Gull around midday

(Jason Buckley)

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Friday, 23rd

Approx.15:40 - Glaucous Gull

There was also a full adult Yellow legged gull present.

(Richard Vernon)

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Tuesday, 20th

- Juvenile Glaucous Gull present from 10:15 till 11:00 when it moved to Granville landfill site; also juvenile Iceland Gull.

(Observer Unknown - reported on Birdguides at 11:14)

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Thursday, 15th

At:15:50

- Adult winter Mediterranean Gull this afternoon at priorslee around 3.50pm. It flew off over the old factory site presumably to roost at Belvide Reservoir.

(Andy Latham)

At : 14:30 - 15:30?

- 2 adult Yellow legged Gulls (plus 2 other possibles - dark before eye, pure white head and neck, flat crown)

c.200 large gulls flew off as I arrived

- 3 Great Black-backed Gulls
- 20 Herring Gull
- 100 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 80 Black-headed Gulls

- 2 + 2 Mute Swan
- c. 60 Tufted Duck
- 3 male + 6 female Pochard

(Mike Cooper)

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Wednesday, 14th

- An adult Yellow-legged Gull on ice, at front of Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls flock through fog 13:00 – 13:30

(Mike Cooper)

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Friday, 9th

- 2 Great Black-backed Gull (3rd winter,1st winter)
- 1 Common Gull
- 2 Raven
- No sign of the 2nd winter Iceland Gull seen by Paul the previous day.

(John Isherwood)

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Thursday, 8th

- 2nd Winter Iceland Gull present at 13:24 and 14:26.

(Paul King)

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Sunday, 4th

- 2nd Winter Iceland Gull present on ice from 11:10 this morning for several hours.

(Paul King)

Not seen the Caspian Gull or the Iceland Gull but there were 3 adult Yellow-legged Gulls standing on the ice at 09:00 04 Jan when they flew off together

Early morning gulls have been erratic: 01 Jan there were >8000 when it was hard to find anything; 02 Jan there were <100; 04 Jan there were none to find until after 08:00

Also at the lake this morning
- 1 Little Grebe
- 12 Great Crested Grebes
- 10 Swans - 8 flew off: birds left were not the resident pair (ring details sent to Martin Grant)
- 1 Greylag, 97 Canada, 1 Greylag x Canada Geese
- 1 drake Shoveler
- 11 Pochard
- 44 Tufted Ducks
- 122 Coots
- 12 Starlings left a roost
- 34 Siskins

Also recently
- Willow Tits near Teece Drive gate daily
- Siskin daily - up to 25

Late last year I added Woodcock and Linnet(!) to my year-list for the lake to take it to exactly 100. Already half-way there for 2009

(Ed Wilson)

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Friday, 2nd

- Water Rail (upto 3 birds present)
- pair Wigeon

(Ed Wilson)

- Caspian Gull at 1430hrs. There were a large number of gulls present on the water and ice. After a few minutes, the majority were disturbed by a passer-by wanting to take photos of birds in flight. We picked up the Caspian Gull right at the back of the flock on the water at 14:45hrs and it was present to approx 15:15hrs. It was an adult like bird with a rather dull bill and strong sub-terminal markings and could well be a fourth-winter individual.

We stayed until 1605hrs by which time the number of large gulls had dwindled as they headed off to roost. We also saw an adult Yellow-legged Gull. We spoke to two birdwatchers who arrived (and departed) later in the afternoon that had seen a Caspian Gull earlier.

(Dawn Balmer & Peter Wilson)

- Iceland Gull

(Observer Not Known)

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Thursday, 1st

- 4 Great Black-backed Gull (2 Adult,2 1st Winter)
- 1 Gadwall (M)
- 1 Water Rail seen by Ed Wilson along North shore ditch.
- Redpoll over

(John Isherwood/Ed Wilson)