Month: October 2025

Lunch time at west end, nothing to add except 2 Shovellers, 1 imm Mute Swan and a terrapin. Unable to locate the Pochard.

West End:- 2 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mute Swan, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Gadwall, 22 x Mallard, 1 x Domestic Mallard, 10 x Teal, 1 x Pochard, 2 x Pheasant, 4 x Woodpigeon, 3 x Moorhen, 1 x Coot, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 3 x Cormorant, 1 x Grey Heron, 1 x Buzzard, 2 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Magpie, 1 x Jackdaw, 4 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Raven, 1 x Marsh Tit, 10 x Blue Tit, 6 x Great Tit, 2 x Chiffchaff, 2 x Goldcrest, 3 x Wren, 2 x Nuthatch, 3 x Robin, 1 x Chaffinch

No sign of the Rock Pipit but 22 Meadow Pipits feeding in grass back of the dam.
Common Sandpiper still, immature Mute Swan dropped in. 8 Pied Wags in Paddock and 6 Mandarins around. 11 Swallows went east.

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.