West End: 52 Pochard, 1 x Great White Egret.
Reed bed at dusk with Bob and Johnathan
2,300+ Starlings and 25 Reed Buntings in to roost, Great white Egret flew over twice, 2 Water rails calling, Peregrine and Goshawk over.
Then 2 Woodcock, 4 Snipe, 3 Teal flew over finally 3-4 Tawny Owls calling.
West End with Alastair. Goosander, 25 Pochards, 8 Wigeon, 2 Teal, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 3 Mandarins, 2 Coots, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Canada Geese, Water Rail, Marsh Tit, hundreds of Starlings and Woodpigeons, 50+ Redwings, 10 Fieldfares.
14:30-15:30
Great Egret still, 22 Pochards, 4 Wigeon, 2 Mandarin, 1 Tufted Duck. Female Goshawk showed well looked a near adult.
Arrived at West end car park at 11.00am , bit grey and murky to start but gradually brightened up. 28 Gc grebes 2 Egyptian geese 18 Pochard and a few mallard only ducks showing 2 coot 1 Kingfisher 3 Little Egret 1 GW Egret 1 Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk 5 very vocal Buzzards together, all the usual Tit species including 2 Marsh 50+Fieldfares flew across from North bank and landed in the trees around carpark to be joined by a steady flow of Redwings 30+ Linnets in stubble field along the road . Left at 1.00pm.
A few bits I forgot to put on my list from this morning, 2 Goldcrests in the c/pk that came so close I could almost touch them , 1 Nuthatch searching through the lichen just above me and a Chiffchaff .
West End:- 7 x Canada Goose, 25 x Greylag Goose, 5 x Wigeon, 32 x Mallard, 13 x Pochard, 1 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Pheasant, 100+ x Woodpigeon, 2 x Coot, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 3 x Herring Gull, 9 x Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Magpie, 3 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 8 x Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Nuthatch, 1 x Treecreeper, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Blackbird, 2 x Robin, 1 x Chaffinch
West End this afternoon. Water rail calling from in front of the hide, 41 GC Grebes, 16 Pochards, 3 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 1 Tufted Duck fem, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Redwing, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Tree Creeper, Goldcrest, Chaffinch.
WeirWood after a few quiet days here, todays arrival was pre-dawn. First bird was a Tawny Owl on the fence of the trapping area which gave prolonged views before it departed into the woods. It was a lovely clear but frosty morning. From the c/pk 15 Pochard, 8 Teal and 5 Wigeon. On the feeders Marsh and Coal Tits as usual. A Little Egret was still present as was a Kingfisher. At Whillett’s a Water Rail was heard and 5 Reed Buntings were present. Back at the c/pk 2 Fieldfares flew in, then from here I visited the dam. Here plenty of Black-headed Gulls, 250+, were joined by 4 Common and 6 Herring Gulls. 46 Great-crested Grebes were present this end and a Little Grebe here too. On the dam a Grey Wagtail with 14 Meadow Pipits and a male Linnet which was a little out of place. In the c/pk 2 Goldcrests plus a Coal Tit with a small tit flock and below the dam 4 Redwings and a Fieldfare noted.
West End:- 3 x Canada Goose, 23 x Greylag Goose, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Wigeon, 9 x Mallard, 16 x Pochard, c30 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Coot, 1 x Little Grebe, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 14 x Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 5 x Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 4 x Redwing, 1 x Robin
This afternoon still 17 Pochards,plus 6 Teal,5 Wigeon and a single Crossbill flew E over the car park calling at 2pm.
Whillet’s at dusk
22 Reed Buntings and 327 Starlings roosted,single Water rail heard several times.
Kingfisher perched up in reeds and Little Egret and Snipe flew towards west end.
Second meadow 7 Common Snipe dropped in to feed and a Woodcock flew over at 16:45, 10 pairs of Teal flew west and several Tawny Owls heard calling.
Also male Sparrowhawk hunting the starlings coming into roost, while a female Sparrowhawk was after the Woodpigeons.
