Month: April 2026

West End:- 9 x Canada Goose, 3 x Egyptian Goose, 5 x Mandarin Duck, 5 x Mallard, 2 x Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 6 x Woodpigeon, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Snipe, 27 x Cormorant, 36 x Grey Heron, 1 x Kingfisher, 2 x Magpie, 5 x Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Coal Tit, 9 x Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, Present x Willow Warbler, 5 x Chiffchaff, 2 x Blackcap, 3 x Wren, 1 x Nuthatch, 1 x Song Thrush, 3 x Blackbird, 2 x Robin, 5 x Dunnock, 1 x Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 2 x Chaffinch, 3 x Goldfinch

Tuesday Work Party sightings Whillet’s – 2 Lge Red Damselfly at Meadow Pond and Common Lizard.
West End – 2 Med Gulls calling, 3m Shoveler dropped in, kingfisher & Barn Swallow.
Orange tip, brimstone, green veined, peacock & holly blue bflys all seen around west end.

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 6 x Canada Goose, 11 x Egyptian Goose, 5 x Mallard, 2 x Pheasant, 9 x Feral Pigeon, 5 x Woodpigeon, 2 x Little Ringed Plover, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 4 x Buzzard, 1 x Magpie, 1 x Raven, 2 x Chiffchaff, 1 x Wren

West End:- 12 x Canada Goose, 4 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Mandarin Duck, 5 x Mallard, 1 x Pheasant, 3 x Stock Dove, 4 x Woodpigeon, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Herring Gull, 18 x Cormorant, 32 x Grey Heron, 1 x Kingfisher, 5 x Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Marsh Tit, 12 x Blue Tit, 4 x Great Tit, 1 x Swallow, 2 x Long-tailed Tit, 5 x Chiffchaff, 1 x Blackcap, 1 x Wren, 1 x Blackbird, 2 x Robin, 3 x Dunnock, 2 x Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 2 x Chaffinch, 8 x Goldfinch

West end from 3.00pm. Plenty of Buzzards about and busy displaying. Female Kingfisher sat for ages close to the nesting holes. The male arrived and sat alongside her for a while before disappearing, to return 10 minutes later with a good size fish , which after some posturing he then gave to her followed by mating. Also two very vocal Marsh tits around the feeders.

Lovely terrapin under the kingfisher bank, Brimstone in the car park.

Dam end

2 Common Sandpipers & 2 Little ringed Plovers on dam, Mistle Thrush on grass slope.
Mute Swan,4 Mandarins & 1 Black headed Gull.

West end

Snipe,2 Mandarin,2 BH Gulls on rafts + flock of 16 W,Great Black Backed Gull E, Egyptians with 6-8 young, 10 Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker.
Orange Tip & Peacock butterflies

Weirwood dam end mid afternoon, windy conditions down that end, but a minute after arriving saw a male Goshawk over North bank stirring up the pigeons, later a male and female Goshawk were seen towards Admirals wood.Also seen were 3 Sand Martins, 6 GCG , Red Kite, numerous Buzzards 2 LRPs on the Dam.
At the West end 3 GCG 1Black Headed Gull 1 Little Egret 6 Mandarin 1 Egyptian Goose , on the feeders were the usual crowd including Coal and Marsh Tit, around the c/pk Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch.

WeirWood early afternoon at te west end. 4 Sand Martins were present near the canoeist beach, also a Barn Swallow. Male Goshawk was seen over Admirals wood again plus a Great Egret flew over the heronry. The only gull was a Black-headed on one of the nest platforms and only 2 Great-crested Grebes were seen, but no ducks of note. The feeders were as usual busy inc’ Nuthatch, Marsh and Coal Tit and a Siskin male. 2 Kingfishers were around the nesting holes looking very interested indeed. At Whillett’s 4 Greenfinches, a Grey Wagtail and Reed Bunting. No sign of the egret here though.