Recent Sightings at Dilworth Reservoir
9th May 2024
Tufted Duck, 8, (Geoff Carefoot)
Moorhen, 1
Great Crested Grebe, 2
Reed-bed dry, pair now building on floating weed.
Willow Warbler, 3
Singers
Sedge Warbler, 2, m m
Whitethroat, 1, m
Blackbird, 1, m
Robin, 1, m
2nd May 2024
Mallard, 10, (Peter Sharples)
includes a brood of three ducklings
Tufted Duck, 12
Curlew, 1
over west
Willow Warbler, 4, singing males
Chiffchaff, 2, singing males
Whitethroat, 1, male
in song
18th April 2024
Tufted Duck, 6, (Geoff Carefoot)
Moorhen, 2
Great Crested Grebe, 2
Pair but showing little interest in breeding.
Magpie, 2
Willow Warbler, 3
Robin, 2, m, singers.
5th April 2024
Tufted Duck, 1, male, (Peter Sharples)
Raven, 1
Willow Warbler, 1, male
singing in scrub at north end
Chiffchaff, 2
18th March 2024
Canada Goose, 2, pair
Mallard, 4
Tufted Duck, 4
Great Crested Grebe, 2, pair displaying
Chiffchaff, 2, singing