Month: August 2026

Whillets

Grasshopper warbler seen for 20seconds,2 Sedge Warblers chasing each other,stunning Lesser whitethroat,2 Blackcap,2 Whitethroats and 2 Greenfinch.(Why haven’t we got any ringers on site).

WeBs today

Dam
62 Black headed gulls,12 Blackbirds feeding on north shore,156 Canada Geese,4 Carrion Crow,7 Chiffchaffs,3 Common Sandpipers,1 Common Tern,4 Cormorant,1 Egyptian Goose,39 Great crested Grebe + 1 young,Racing pigeon,2 Great black backed Gulls,1 Green Woodpecker,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,5 Grey Heron,2 Grey Wagtails,40 Greylag Geese,1 Herring Gull,2 Jays,1 Kingfisher,2 Magpies,36 Mallards,1 Marsh Tit,2 Mute Swans,8 Pied Wagtails,3 Song Thrush,2 Whitethroats,1 Treecreeper,3 Moorhens.

West end

7 Buzzards,1 Cattle Egret,6 Chiffchaffs,5 Common Sandpipers,6 Common Terns,7 Coots,12 Egyptian Geese,4 Goldfinch,10 Great crested Grebes + 8 young,6 Grey Herons,1 Grey Wagtails,1 Kingfisher,12 Long tailed Tits,12 Mallard,5 Moorhens,1 Raven,1 Sedge Warbler,1 Reed Warbler,17 Swallows,4 Teal,1 Treecreeper,1 White Stork (GBYJ),2 Willow Warbler,1 Red Kite.

Willets

1 Bullfinch,1 Goldcrest,1 Grasshopper warbler,1 Spotted Flycatcher,1 Whitethroat.
7 Grass Snakes,2 Common Lizards.
Butterflies
3 Common Blue
17 Green veined whites
18 meadow browns
1 Painted lady
2 Red Admiral
2 Small copper
2 small Heath
1 small white
5 speckled woods.

Cattle Egret – in front of hide.

WeirWood west end a White Stork was perched up below the heronry. Nice bird with a white leg ring on the right leg. Also of note Teal, at least 6 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper and juv’ Common Tern on one of the nesting platforms plus another flying around. A Buzzard flew around for a short while. Didn’t stay long still recovering from my recent operation.

West end – quiet morning
7 lapwing, 1 common sand
1 mandarin, 3 teal, 3 gcg, 4 swans, 3 coots, 2 moorhen,
3 c. terns, 5 bh gulls
6 herons.

West End:- 21 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Canada Goose, 4 x Mute Swan, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Mandarin Duck, 13 x Mallard, 1 x Common Pheasant, 5 x Stock Dove, 7 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 7 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 5 x Common Tern, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 4 x Great Cormorant, 9 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 5 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Grey Wagtail

Still a Green Sandpiper on the lagoon and Hobby over.

Dam end-4 Common Sandpipers,2 Lapwings,98 Herring Gulls,95 BH Gulls,2 GBB gulls,2 LBB gulls,150 Canada Geese & 2 Green Woodpeckers including one juvenile.
Dam end 10 Lapwings,10 Mandarins,1 Teal,4 Mute Swans,Kestrel.

WeirWood from dawn again. A lovely flat calm day. At the dam 6 Common Sands on and around the dam area. Fewer gulls today with 73 Black-headed a few Herrings and an ad’l Great Black-backed. 15 Great-crested Grebes were scattered about, 2 Kingfishers and on the north shore a Dunlin. On the dam slope 2 Green Woodpecker juv’s, Grey Wagtail and 12 Pieds. Below the dam Whitethroat and a Willow Warbler showed well. A Hobby was perched up behind the waterworks and on the dry lagoon there was a Green Sandpiper. The west end was quiet to start picking up as the morning continued. The half grown tern chicks were looking good, although I only saw 2 today and the Black-headed Gull juv’s were still loafing about with a few of the Common Tern juv’s. Another 3 Common Sands were seen, 7 Lapwings and 2 Green Sandpipers in the narrows where 2 Great Wagtails were also. 5 juv’ Mandarins were noted plus 3 Teal and 7 more Great-crested Grebes. The Mute Swans were still here as was a Little Egret briefly. A few Stock Doves were present on the emerging mud. At Whillett’s Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Buntings, Greenfinch, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher and a Goldcrest.

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 150 x Canada Goose, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 6 x Mallard, 5 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Oystercatcher, 5 x Common Sandpiper, 1 x Green Sandpiper, 45 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Mediterranean Gull, 2 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 10 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Goshawk, 1 x Common Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 10 x Barn Swallow, 3 x Western House Martin, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 3 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x Pied Wagtail