Observations
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23 February 2025
Fox Wood Beck 3 by Jane Stanbury
Birds - tree creepers, long tailed tits, yellow wagtail flying along the watercourse. Rat/water vole splashing about in the Beck - need to get a better look! It's usually there when I arrive. Quite a bit of litter in the Beck today.
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22 February 2025
Wyke Beck 1 by Hilary Asoko
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21 February 2025
Great Heads Beck 3 by Cecily Jarvis
Water is noticeably cloudy. No colour at all showing for phosphate test so have recorded nil
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20 February 2025
Upper Lake West by Susan Tuffin
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20 February 2025
Upper Lake East by Susan Tuffin
Several species of water fowl, swans, coots, mallard ducks
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16 February 2025
Waterloo Lake East by Christopher Holmes
Seen: Swan, Coot, 6 gulls, no other life - fleas / snails etc grass growing in water Cormorants nearby, flying over water
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16 February 2025
Waterloo Lake: NW Corner by Christopher Holmes
quieter than previous testing date. Heard: tits, robin blackbird Seen: Long tailed tit, Mandarin duck, Mallard Other: Member of public mentioned a kingfisher has been seen several days in a row recently, but not sighted today.
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30 January 2025
Waterloo Lake : Concrete Ramp by the dam outlet by Mary Clayton
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30 January 2025
Waterloo Lake : Landing stage by cafe by Mary Clayton
Swans, canada geese, ducks all around the landing stage
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26 January 2025
Wyke Beck 2 by Hilary Asoko
Litter, including plastic waste, in the vegetation on the banks of the beck.
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26 January 2025
Great Head Becks 1 in Addyman Woods by Mark Baxby
Note. Dissolved oxygen not tested.
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26 January 2025
Wyke Beck 1 by Hilary Asoko
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26 January 2025
Waterloo Lake East by Christopher Holmes
Coots in water (4 or 5). 2 terns in water, swans ~50m away. Holly, birch, oak growing nearby. dead branches underwater. very busy with public and dogs. dogs entering water. no wildlife - no insects, water-fleas, snails etc no vegetation growing in water or on rocks. note - first time testing and first time using equipment.
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26 January 2025
Waterloo Lake: NW Corner by Christopher Holmes
no wildlife in the immediate location at all. no insects at all. Heron on other side of lake. Could hear (but not see) blue tits. no ducks Nearby plant species: oak, birch, cherry, bramble. lots of leaf litter in water. outflow nearby active and flowing, water looked clear. litter on path and in the water note - first time testing and first time using equipment. very busy - lots of people and dogs walking along the path.
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26 January 2025
Upper Lake West by Susan Tuffin
Very thin ice over part of surface. Ducks and swans on Lake. People walking and running on paths. Dogs. Dead branches in water. Fountains not operating. Leaf litter
