Month: August 2025

West End:- 56 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 27 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 4 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 x Common Tern, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 2 x Little Egret, 1 x Red Kite, 3 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Common Magpie, 6 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Barn Swallow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Wren

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 23 x Canada Goose, 5 x Egyptian Goose, 26 x Mallard, 7 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Common Sandpiper, 101 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 3 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 x Common Tern, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 6 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Magpie, 2 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 3 x Common Raven, 2 x Western House Martin, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Blackcap

WeirWood from 6:30hrs. After some rather uninspiring days recently it was fairly good this morning. At the dam 2 Common Sands were joined by an Oystercatcher until 7:00hrs when it flew off noisily south, also the first Osprey for a while at 6:50hrs over the dam and chased off by an aggressive ad’ Great Black-backed Gull. It flew south over Admiral’s wood. Other birds inc’ Buzzard sat on the fence on the dam slope, Mistle Thrush here too. Below the dam a Lesser Whitethroat juv’ was seen in the bushes, another Common Sandpiper in the overflow with 5 Wrens, a lovely Grey Wagtail plus there were a couple of Willow Warblers noted in the bushes here. A nice sight was the 20 or so Goldfinches feeding here, very pleasant. At the west end it was a much quieter affair with the Lapwing again and an ad’ Lesser Black-backed Gull with 2 juv’s. A few Mandarins, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Little Egret, crazy views of a Marsh Tit down to a few feet and a Kingfisher was seen and that was about it here.

Dam end-Another smart looking Sedge warbler behind the dam this time in a Blackthorn bush,46 Starlings feeding on Blackberries by the Southern water building and 30+ Goldfinch on thistle seeds.
Green Woodpecker heard,few Swallows and House martins around.
Common Sandpiper feeding in the overflow with 2 more on the dam.
2 Little Egrets, 1 Great Black Backed gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed gull, 17 Herring gull and 65 Black Headed gulls.
Highlight was my first Clouded Yellow Butterfly of the year,also 5 male Common Blues and a Holly Blue.
Had Coffee and lovely cake at the cafe too.

Also going NW over the dam was this RAF C-17A Globemaster 111, heading to Brize Norton from Akrotiri .

West End:- 58 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Canada Goose, 5 x Mandarin Duck, 22 x Mallard, 4 x Stock Dove, 9 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 18 x Black-headed Gull, 3 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 x Common Tern, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 10 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 4 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 12 x Rook, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Sand Martin, 2 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Western House Martin, 3 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x Eurasian Bullfinch

Also flock of 49 Blue tits,Marsh Tit,Willow warbler,5 Reed warbler including 3 fledged young,2 Whitethroats and a Green Woodpecker.
Numbers of Swallowd overhead plus at least one Sand Martin.

West end 48 species seen including 5 Kingfishers,2 Teal,3 Mandarin,33 Mallard,4 Mute Swans,1 Coot,3 Moorhen,1 Little Egret,61 Greylags,53 Canada,2 Sand Martin,20 House Martin,1 Swift,6 Swallows,1 Willow Warbler,3 Reed Warbler,6 Chiffchaffs,2 Marsh Tit,2 Bullfinch,11 Goldfinch,Kestrel,Hobby,Sparrowhawk,3 Buzzards,1 Green Woodpecker,1 Jay,18 Rooks,13 Great Crested Grebes,5 Common Terns,2 Lesser black back gulls,1 Red underwing Moth,4 Wasp Spiders in meadows.

Honey Buzzard heading towards the dam (seen from higher ground above the north bank at the west end).

West End:- 56 x Greylag Goose, 28 x Canada Goose, 5 x Mandarin Duck, 9 x Mallard, 2 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Common Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 7 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 6 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x European Herring Gull, 2 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 x Common Tern, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 5 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 3 x Common Buzzard, 5 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Eurasian Green Woodpecker, 1 x Common Kestrel, 1 x Common Magpie, 22 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Marsh Tit, 4 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 1 x Common Reed Warbler, 1 x Sand Martin, 4 x Barn Swallow, 20 x Western House Martin, 1 x Willow Warbler, 6 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Treecreeper, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x European Robin, 14 x European Goldfinch

West End:- 8 x Canada Goose, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 14 x Mallard, 4 x Stock Dove, 7 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Northern Lapwing, 23 x Black-headed Gull, 3 x Common Tern, 13 x Great Crested Grebe, 8 x Great Cormorant, 8 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 2 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Common Magpie, 2 x Rook, 2 x Sand Martin, 5 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x European Goldfinch