Friends of Weir Wood Society

Author: Linsey Gooding

  • 30th April 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobbies, 8 adult Mediterranean Gull, 33 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 363 Herring Gulls, 1 Swallow, 3 Mandarin.

  • 28th April 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 2 Egyptian Geese.
    Dam End:- 3 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Common Terns, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 8 Swallows, 2 Reed Buntings, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 2 Garden Warblers, 5 Whitethroats, 1 Blackcap, 2 Coots, 2 Grey Wagtails, 5 Bullfinch.

  • 27th April 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:-1 Hobby, 5 Common Terns, 1 Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Garden Warblers, Mistle Thrush, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20 Herring Gulls, 30 Sand Martins.
    West End:- 3m+2f Tufted Ducks.

  • 25th April 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Terns, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 14 Herring Gulls, 30 Sand Martins, 20 House Martins, 10 Swallows, 8 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Grey Wagtails.

  • 24th April 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Terns, 1 Lapwing, 2 Common Whitethroats, 1 Kestrel, 3 Female Mallard seen with 5,7 & 8 ducklings.

  • 20th April 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    Dam End:- 25 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Mandarin Duck, Common Buzzard, 2 Coot on Lagoon, 5 Herring Gull, 2 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 15 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 2 Mistle Thrush, Blackcap, Chiffchaff.
    West End:- 11 Cormorant (2 pairs nesting in heronry), Heronry now has 19 nests with young seen, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1f Mallard with 8 chicks, 1 Buzzard, Stock Dove heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap & Chiffchaff heard, Nuthatch, 2 Raven flew over calling.
    Whillet’s:- 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, pair of Mandarin, 1 Song Thrush, Willow Warbler heard. Also 1m Orange Tip & 1 Comma butterfly.

  • 20th April 2017 from Work Team

    Today we finished the winter bird feeding and took the bird feeders down for the summer. We will start bird feeding again in late October.

  • 18th April 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 1 Common Tern, 1m Shoveler, 5 Sand Martin, 20 Swallows, 10 House Martins.
    North Bank:- 1m+1f Common Redstart.

  • 8th April 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    West End:- 1 Common Tern, 3 Swallows, 4 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Moorhen, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, Heronry still very active, Tufted Duck.
    Whillet’s:- Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff heard, 1 Common Whitethroat.

  • 17th April 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1m Blackcap, 1 Skylark, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Goldfinchs, 1 Swift, 35 Swallows, 1 Common Gull, 2 Common Terns, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.
    North Bank:- 3 Common Whitethroats, 3 Chiffchaffs, 3 Bullfinch, 2 Reed Buntings, 5 Swallows, 4 House Martins, 1 Sand Martin.