Author: Linsey Gooding

West End/Wjillets:- 37 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 41 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 16 x Mallard, 1 x Teal, 2 x Tufted Duck, 5 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Coot, 34 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Snipe, 11 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Herring Gull, 28 x Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 3 x Grey Heron, 3 x Grey Heron, 2 x Buzzard, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Jay, 1 x Magpie, 4 x Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 11 x Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 6 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Chiffchaff, 1 x Treecreeper, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 24 x Redwing, 2 x Blackbird, 2 x Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 1 x Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 1 x Chaffinch, 1 x Goldfinch, 2 x Goldfinch, 5 x Reed Bunting

West End:- 20 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 237 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Mandarin Duck, 10 x Mallard, 1 x Teal, 23 x Pochard, 45 x Woodpigeon, 2 x Coot, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Black-headed Gull, 4 x Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 5 x Magpie, 2 x Raven, 2 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 4 x Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 2 x Wren, 1 x Blackbird, Present x House Sparrow, 1 x Goldfinch

15 Wigeon, 15 Mandarins, 7 Pochards, 3 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Coots, 5 Moorhen, 3 Water Rails, 5 Egyptians, 249 Greylags, 1 Bar-Headed, 41 Black Headed Gulls, 4 Pied Wags, 1 Grey Wag, 2 Kingfishers, Great Crested Grebe 42 at dam 36 at West end, Great white Egret flew west, 2 Chiffchaffs, 24 Fieldfares, 8 Song Thrush, 30+ Redwings, 1 Siskin, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Siskin ,21 Linnets by pumping station, 4 Meadow Pipits, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Skylark, 27 Starlings, 3 Buzzards, 2 Red Kites, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 21 Reed Buntings and 3,850 Woodpigeons.

West End this afternoon. Good variety of ducks but small numbers. 3 Shovellers, 7 Pochards, 2 Tufted Ducks, 1 Gadwall, 4 Mandarins, 2 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 162 Greylags, 26 Canadas, Bar-headed Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese, 51 GC Grebes, 3 Coots, 2 Moorhens, 2 Domestic Geese (from the other end?), Kingfisher, Fieldfare, 2 Marsh Tits, 2 Coal Tits and other regulars.

West End:- 18 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 112+ x Greylag Goose, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Shoveler, 7 x Mallard, 6 x Teal, 7 x Pochard, 2 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Pheasant, 3 x Stock Dove, 15 x Woodpigeon, 2 x Moorhen, 2 x Coot, 22 x Great Crested Grebe, 26 x Black-headed Gull, 8 x Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Sparrowhawk, 1 x Red Kite, 3 x Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 4 x Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 2 x Long-tailed Tit, 2 x Goldcrest, 2 x Wren, 3 x Redwing, 1 x Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 1 x Chaffinch, 2 x Goldfinch

WeirWood was dark and gloomy at 7:45hrs and at the dam it was pretty quiet. Still the usual grebes and gulls inc’ a Little Grebe and 4 Common Gulls. On the dam Grey Wagtail and 4 Meadow Pipits. In the c/pk 5 Jays, 2 Goldcrests, a Fieldfare and 2 Siskins. At the west end 4 Pochards, 2 Shovellers and the usual collection of geese inc’ the Bar-headed Goose, with a few hundred birds involved. 2 Kingfishers were chasing around and on the feeders still Coal and Marsh Tit plus a male Great spotted Woodpecker. A female Sparrowhawk flew through spooking all those on the feeders, calm was soon restored though. Again a Raven flew over, its distinctive calls alerting me to its presence. In the stubble field all was quiet with everything seemingly moving on.

Late afternoon the Bar headed goose was making a lot of noise, interesting listening to it. 197 Greylags, 40 Canadas, 4 Pochard, 2 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 3 Coot, Kingfisher and 63 Cormorants.
Flying around were 100+ Woodpigeons, 67 Redwings, 30 Starlings and a Kestrel.
Around the feeders 2 Coal Tits, 2 Marsh Tits, Chaffinch & Goldcrest.

Only Shovellers, Bar-headed Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese and Kingfisher to add.

West End:- 9 x Canada Goose, 4 x Wigeon, 16 x Mallard, 3 x Teal, 4 x Pochard, 2 x Pheasant, 150+ x Woodpigeon, 1 x Moorhen, 2 x Little Grebe, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 33 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 x Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 5 x Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 1 x Chiffchaff, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Blackbird, 1 x Fieldfare, 2 x Robin, 2 x Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 1 x Goldfinch

WeirWood from 8:00hrs on a rather gloomy morning. In the dam c/pk 2 Goldcrests and a Coal Tit noted in a small tit flock. On the dam 6 Meadow Pipits and a Green Woodpecker. Whilst on the aerator around 45 Black-headed and an ad’ Common Gull. Plenty of Great-crested Grebes today with 42 at the dam. Back in the c/pk 22 Fieldfares and 6 Redwings noted, also 4 Redpolls over. The west end at 8:40 a White-tailed Eagle sub ad’ flew over heading north along the north bank flanked by a flock of corvids. Looked like it landed but I couldn’t relocate it. Patch tick for me. Also of note several Mandarins mostly gaudy males, 4 Pochards, 7 Teal and 3 Common Gulls all ad’s. A Raven again flew over the west end. Lastly a Kingfisher was present too. I left at 9:00hrs