Month: September 2025

WeirWood. A fruitful visit to the west end this evening with fem’ Peregrine, Little Egret and a couple of Snipe to start. Also 11 Teal, Red Kite and 2 Kingfishers. A Raven flew over as did 5 Siskins, 3 Redpolls a dozen Crossbills, all SW, amazing stuff. At Whillett’s nice to have Water Rail back with one seen after a lot of squealing.

51 Great Crested Grebes total, 1 Common Sandpiper still on the dam plus a Siskin over.
At west end immature female Peregrine and a Hobby, 16 Teal and 3 Chiffchaffs in car park.
Whillet’s:- 1 male Stonechat in right hedge of second meadow, pair of Crossbills flew west at 1pm and 2 Greenfinch around, 2 Jays, 2 Bullfinch and Green Woodpecker.

Last butterfly count of the year found 1 Common Blue,2 Small Coppers,1 Red Admiral and 4 Green veined whites. 10 Willow Emeralds,5 Migrant Hawker,Southern Hawker and 10+ Common Darters.

This morning at the dam end some lovely sights of House Martins 700, swallows 200+ dropping in for a drink then heading off east, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Wagtails were on the dam.
Couple of Jays below the dam with several calling Chiffchaffs and 6 Pied Wagtails and a Kestrel in the paddock. 58 Greylags flew high west and several small groups of Starlings plus 3 Siskins over. At least 32 Great Crested Grebes,plus 2 Egyptian Geese noted.
At the west end 12 Teal, 2 Mandarins, 22 Great crested Grebes and 3 Chiffchaffs.
Whillet’s 7 Siskins feeding in the … Read the rest

West End:- 42 x Greylag Goose, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 12 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 10 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Stock Dove, 6 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 26 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 10 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock

WeirWood late morning started at the west end. Here a nice group of 34 Great-crested Grebes with a Little Grebe in tow. A Little Egret on the canoeist beach and several phyllosc’s noted. 2 Snipe were on Pintail bank. The duck numbers seem static for now with nothing new of note, but no sign of the Shovellers. At the dam 3 Common Sands and a Ringed Plover on the dam but little else of note other than a very smart male Sparrowhawk and a Red Kite over.

WeirWood was decidedly gloomy early this morning and the dam held very little. A Common Sandpiper was on the dam and other than Black-headed Gulls and Great-crested Grebes nothing. The west end was somewhat better with Great Egret that flew over the heronry towards Whillett’s, Little Egret, Snipe, several Mandarins, Wigeon, 2 Shovellers 10 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 Kingfishers and in the c/pk Marsh Tit again. A few Barn Swallows were noted plus 2 flyby Jays.

West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Northern Shoveler, 16 x Mallard, 9 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Stock Dove, 1 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 2 x Little Grebe, 4 x Great Crested Grebe, 5 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Common Magpie, 1 x Common Magpie (Eurasian), 1 x Common Raven, 2 x Great Tit, 1 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x European Goldfinch

West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 4 x Egyptian Goose, 16 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Gadwall, 27 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 2 x Eurasian Teal, 3 x Common Pheasant, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 14 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little Grebe, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 17 x Great Cormorant, 7 x Grey Heron, 3 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Barn Swallow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x European Robin