Month: September 2026

East End – pretty quiet. 26 GC Grebes, 43 Canadas, 11 Egyptian Geese, Mute Swan, 33 BH, 4 Herring, 2 GBB Gull, 6 Meadow Pipits on grass behind dam, Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtails, Feral Pigeon, Marsh Tit, Kestrel, Buzzard.

West end

494 Greylags,373 Canadas.

1 Pintail,11 Teal,2 Gadwall,1 Shoveler,13 Moorhens,3 Snipe,1 Lapwing,1 Mute Swan,5 Chiffchaffs.

Treecreeper in car park.

West end with Linsey this morning.

Ducks-66 Mallards,11 Teal,5 Shovelers,2 Gadwall & 2 Mandarins.

Geese-481 Greya,353 Canadas & 18 Egyptians.

Only waders on show were 3 Common Snipe & 1 Lapwing.Kingfisher showed briefly on stick in front of hide.3 Jays,11 Meadow Pipits,23 Starlings flew West,3 Mistle Thrush and 11 House Martins East.

Raptors,we had a Hobby which went south,3 Kestrels up together probably juveniles,2 Red Kites went east together and 7 Buzzards plus Sparrowhawks noted.3 Chiffchaffs.18 Long tailed Tits around car park.

Only gulls a single Great black backed gull,5 Black headed gulls,4 Herring Gull and an immature Lesser black backed gull.

Raven over Heronry,and hundreds of Jackdaws,Rooks,Stock Doves around the fields.

Whillet’s

3 Stonechats in 2 nd meadow,1 Greenfinch,1 Blackcap,1 Bullfinch,3 Song Thrushes & 2 Chiffchaffs in hedges.

Butterflies in cloudy conditions

1 Clouded Yellow,7 Small Coppers,1 Speckled Wood.

West End:- 481 x Greylag Goose, 353 x Canada Goose, 11 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 5 x Northern Shoveler, 2 x Gadwall, 48 x Mallard, 11 x Eurasian Teal, 30 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 7 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 3 x Common Snipe, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 4 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Great Cormorant, 8 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 3 x Red Kite, 7 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 x Common Kestrel, 1 x Eurasian Hobby, 3 x Eurasian Jay, 2 x Common Magpie, 17 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 7 x Western House Martin, 5 x Common Chiffchaff, 18 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 15 x Common Starling, 3 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Song Thrush, 1 x European Robin, 8 x Meadow Pipit

Mid afternoon with David at the west end, Juvenile female Goshawk landed in trees opposite after flying low across the reservoir.

Only other raptor was a male Sparrowhawk.

2 Snipe, 1 Lapwing, 11 Teal, 1 Tufted duck, 311 Canada Geese and 300+ Greylags.

At least 42 Stock doves flying around fields opposite hide.

West End:- 250 x Greylag Goose, 275 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mute Swan, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 21 x Mallard, 3 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Tufted Duck, 5 x Common Pheasant, 6 x Stock Dove, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 10 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 2 x Common Snipe, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Little Grebe, 26 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Great Cormorant, 9 x Grey Heron, 1 x Red Kite, 2 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 56 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 49 x Rook, 1 x Common Raven, 4 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 3 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock

WeirWood from 8:00hrs was completely shrouded in thick fog. So I decided to walk the north bank. Well worth the effort with Marsh Tit, several Chiffchaffs, Reed Bunting, 4 Jays making quite a din and Great spotted Woodpecker. A nice Lesser Whitethroat was around the picnic site plus to my delight a Lesser spotted Woodpecker seen here mid level in the trees for some 5 minutes around 8:30hrs. A nice find and my first for a while, picked up calling. A Green Woodpecker rounded off a nice trio plus a Spotted Flycatcher in the field near the Admirals Bridge Road. On my return it was still very misty but in the c/pk a Goldcrest and 2 Coal Tits were added to the tally. Much better than yesterday’s efforts.

Late morning short visit noted the following. West End: 1 GW Egret, 1 Lapwing, 9 Moorhen, 3 Buzzard, 6 Grey Heron, 250 Canada Geese, 145 Greylag + 3 Hybrids, 9 Egyptian Geese, 3 Herring Gull, many Mallards but no other ducks noted. Few Grebes, Cormorant & BH Gulls.

At Whillet’s: 2 Ravens & 40+ Jackdaw.

West End:- 15 x Greylag Goose, 7 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 35 x Mallard, 6 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Common Pheasant, 5 x Stock Dove, 9 x Common Woodpigeon, 7 x Common Moorhen, 9 x Northern Lapwing, 21 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 4 x Great Cormorant, 7 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 6 x Common Magpie, 53 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 35 x Rook, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 2 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 2 x Grey Wagtail

West End this afternoon with Alastair. Peregrine low over putting up the corvids and lapwings, 3 Shovellers, 5 Teal, Tufted Duck and 100s of geese.