Friends of Weir Wood Society

Author: Linsey Gooding

  • 9th May 2017 photos by Richard Lowe

    Nesting Cormorants 09-05-17
    Slow Worm 09-05-17
    Osprey 09-05-17
    Grey Wagtail 09-05-17
    Grass Snake and Short-tailed Vole 09-05-17
    Young Field Mice 09-05-17

  • 8th May 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    Rikki Cooper, a fisherman, reported seeing a Black Tern this afternoon at the Dam End, his description was accurate.
     Brendan Lanigan saw an Osprey at the Dam End this morning. 
    West End:- 3m+1f Tufted Duck, 1 Lapwing, Pied Wagtail adult feeding recently fledged young.
    Whillet’s:-  2 Mandarin, Bullfinch & Reed Warbler heard.
     Dam End:-  7 Common Tern, 1 Hobby, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 4 Herring Gull, 33 Great Crested Grebe.

  • 8th May 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 8 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 10 Common Terns, 200 Swallows, 50 House Martins.
    West End:- 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorants still on nests.

  • 6th May 2017 message from Alastair Gray

    So far 98 Bird Species have been recorded around the Reservoir in 2017.

  • 6th May 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Whillet’s Meadows:- Reptiles: 5 Grass Snakes (photo), 4 Common Lizards, 1 Toad. Butterflies : 3 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Red Admiral. Birds: 1 Kestrel, 1 Reed Bunting, singing Reed Warblers, Garden Warblers and Whitethroats.

  • 4th May 2017 seen by Richard Woods

    West End:- Tufted Duck (m), 2 Greylags.
    Dam End:- Osprey flying (heading NE), 4 Terns (probably common), 2 Common Sandpipers, Swifts, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtails, Goldfinches, Buzzard.

  • 2nd May 2017 seen by Work Party

    Seen during our Work Party activities.

    Photos by Richard Lowe.

  • 2nd May 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Common Sandpipers and 1 Dunlin.

  • 1st May 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 4 Common Sandpipers, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Coots, 7 Chiffchaffs, 4 Garden Warblers, 6 Whitethroats, 6 Bullfinch, 4 Blackcap, 2 Reed Buntings, 1m Tufted Duck, 1 House Martin.
    Osprey headed North over Dam (09:30) and Red Kite over Admirals Wood.

  • 1st May 2017 seen by Roger Jackson

    West End:- 2 Common Terns briefly at West End flew back towards the Dam End at 16.15hrs.