Author: Linsey Gooding

Dam end-242 Herring Gulls,64 Black headed Gulls,17 Lesser black backed Gulls,2 Great black backed Gulls,3 Sandwich Terns,1 Common Tern,1 Common Sandpiper,8 Pied Wagtails,3 Swift,1 Swallow.
West end 1 Great Egret,1 Mute Swan,2 Mandarin 1 Moorhen seems more Tern chicks beginning to hatch.

WeirWood from 6:40hrs on a lovely morning. At the west end the usual crowd on the nesting platforms plus a very young tern chick on the right hand platform. The Great Egret was again in the narrows just right of the heronry plus 5 Little Egrets and a Lapwing on Pintail bank. 2 Mute Swans and 15 Great-crested Grebes were present. In the c/pk area Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker and Reed Warbler were noted. 2 Kingfishers were seen zooming around in front of the hide. At Whillett’s 3 juv’ Reed Warblers, Great spotted Woodpecker and 2 Reed Buntings plus the Little Egrets flew over too. At the dam 3 Common Sands on the dam plus 75 Black-headed, 13 Herring and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls. A Red Kite yet again plus 2 Buzzards and a male Sparrowhawk. Little else however. I left at 8:30hrs.

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 28 x Greylag Goose, 54 x Canada Goose, 5 x Greylag x Canada Goose (hybrid), 9 x Egyptian Goose, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Swift, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 77 x Black-headed Gull, 5 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 1 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 x Common Tern, 4 x Great Crested Grebe, 6 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 4 x Grey Heron, 1 x Red Kite, 1 x Eurasian Green Woodpecker, 1 x Common Kestrel, 2 x Common Magpie, 1 x Carrion Crow, 5 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 6 x Barn Swallow, 2 x Western House Martin, 3 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 4 x Song Thrush, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 2 x Grey Wagtail, 6 x Pied Wagtail, 5 x European Goldfinch

West end mid morning

1 Common Sandpiper
1 Lapwing
1 Mute Swan
Also second pair of Grebes have at least 1 young behind island.
Other young still in bay near lay-by.

West End – Ad male Goshawk, Raven high over south bank, party of LT Tits in car park, Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcaps, Marsh Tit, 2 Treecreepers, one of them a youngster, just 2 Swallows, still a Mute Swan.

West End-1 Mute Swan

Whillets,3 Reed Warblers including 2 fledged young,Kestrel,Jay,Whitethroats & Kingfisher.

Butterfly

5 Comma
21 Gatekeeper
20 Green veined White
1 Holly Blue
5 Large Skipper
1 Large White
6 Marbled White
67 Meadow Brown
1 Painted Lady
1 Peacock
7 Red Admiral
38 Ringlet
7 Small Copper
31 Small Skipper
2 Speckled Wood
1 Six spotted Burnett
3 Grass Snakes

Dragonfly

Brown Hawker
Broad bodied chaser
Golden ringed dragonfly
Emperor
Black tailed Skimmer

West End:- 42 x Greylag Goose, 4 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mute Swan, 9 x Mallard, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Swift, 1 x Common Moorhen, 6 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 x Common Tern, 23 x Great Crested Grebe, 24 x Great Cormorant, 8 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Common Kestrel, 1 x Common Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 3 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 3 x Common Reed Warbler, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 3 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x Dunnock, 5 x European Goldfinch

West End from 8am. A lot of different sp. contact calls. A Treecreeper sat above the sign calling for 15 minutes. Couldn’t see it 🤷🏼‍♂️ Teenage Tern looking good out doing feather maintenance. No raptors.

Great White Egret just flew across from the Snipe’s favourite spot to far bank – Common Terns doing well & female Mandarin clearly visible near Kingfisher bank.

64 Herting Gull, 3 x Lesser Black Backed – 30+ BH Gulls, 1 x Grey Heron, 1 Swallow, 1 x Pied Wagtail at Dam end.
More Pied Wags rear of the dam – no visible waders.

Little egret, Great White egret, 2 Cattle egrets, goldcrest, tree creeper, 10 cormorant, 2 Canada geese, 7 common terms, Black headed gull, 10+ great crested grebes, chiffchaff, 2 blackcap, goldfinch, wren, wood pigeon, jackdaw, lesser black backed gull, rook, carrion crow, Great spotted woodpecker & tawny owl heard.