Monthly Sightings Summary - September 2023

September picked up where August left off in terms of birds being seen on the reserve. We still had the Glossy Ibis with us most days but migration really began to pick up with waders moving through of quite a few species. PIck of the bunch was a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper which only occurs every few years on average and a Wood Sandpiper which is less than annual.

White Stork seen on Ferry a couple of times during September - Henry Cook

Birds of note this month:

• Glossy Ibis - throughout the month, favouring Ferry island
• Little Ringed Plover - 2 on Ferry on 3rd
• Ringed Plover - 7 on Ferry on 3rd
• Greenshank - Ferry on 3rd and 11th
• Red-crested Pochard - Ferry on 3rd
• Ferruginous Ducks - 4 on Moore on 3rd - these would be in bold letters except for the fact they were likely escapes from a collection near Dernford Reservoir
• White Stork - unringed bird back on Ferry on 4th-5th
• Pintail - Moore on 4th
• Black Tern - Ferry on 5th
• Hobby - 4 juvs seen on 8th
• Siskin - first birds migrating over on 9th
• Dunlin - Moore on 10th, 2 on Ferry on 30th
• Great Egret - 8 on Moore on 11th, rising to 16 by 23rd
• Goldeneye - back on Moore on 11th
• Wood Sandpiper - Ferry on 11th
• Snipe - 8 on Ferry on 11th
• Curlew Sandpiper - Ferry island on 19th, stayed until the month's end
• Knot - Ferry on 19th
• Cattle Egret - 15  on Ferry on 19th
• Osprey - juvenile fishing on Holywell on 20th and presumably same bird on Ferry on 28th
• Garganey - Moore on 24th
• Yellow Wagtail - 9 following cattle around on Ferry on 25th
• Whinchat - 2 on Ferry on 29th, 1 on 30th
• Wheatear - Ferry on 30th
• Whooper Swan - Moore on 30th