Month: February 2026

WeirWood in light rain produced Great Egret at the west end. A Water Rail was feeding under the feeders with a male Pheasant. Don’t think I’ve seen those two feeding together before. On the water Little Grebe and 7 Wigeon plus 7 Great-crested Grebes. On the feeders the usual crowd were entertaining with their squabblings and the heronry was very busy.

WeirWood mid afternoon nice to see female Goshawk today again. An interesting sighting was 5 Red Kites perched up near the rocks at Whillett’s.

West End. Goshawk, 4 Wigeon, 2 Tufted Ducks, Little Grebe, Water Rail, 26 Herons, 7 GC Grebes, 18+ Redpolls in stubble field on north bank.

West End:- 6 x Canada Goose, 3 x Greylag Goose, 7 x Mandarin Duck, 11 x Wigeon, 18 x Mallard, 6 x Teal, 2 x Pochard, 1 x Stock Dove, 6 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Moorhen, 1 x Coot, 5 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Cormorant, 19 x Grey Heron, 3 x Magpie, 2 x Jackdaw, 1 x Coal Tit, 2 x Marsh Tit, 11 x Blue Tit, 5 x Great Tit, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Nuthatch, 3 x Blackbird, 2 x Dunnock, 2 x Chaffinch

WeirWood, a late morning brief stop at the west end produced a superb pair of Goshawks displaying over and in front of Admirals Wood, also Great Egret flew north towards the dam. Little on the water except 2 Little Grebes but no Goosanders today. Not bad though for 20 minutes.