Recent Sightings at Dilworth Reservoir
16th May 2024
Great Crested Grebe, 2, pair, (Peter Sharples)
Garden Warbler, 3, males
singing birds at north end in scrub and bushes
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