Author: Linsey Gooding

Dam just 5 Common Sandpipers and 2 Little ringed Plovers.
West end 2 pairs of Black headed gulls nesting,few Common Terns around us a Little Egret in Heronry.Reed Warbler and Willow warbler.
Whillets 3 Reed warblers,Bullfinch,Mistle Thrush,Green Woodpecker,Garden warbler and 3 White throats.
Butterfly’s 10 Orange Tip 2 Speckled wood,1 Peacock,Brimstone egg laying & 1 Small Copper.
1 Grass snake

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 14 x Canada Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 3 x Mallard, 1 x Common Pheasant, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 6 x Common Sandpiper, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 5 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 3 x Common Tern, 10 x Great Crested Grebe, 2 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 3 x Common Magpie, 4 x Rook, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 1 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x Pied Wagtail

Lovely morning at the dam end again
6 common sands and 1 LRP on the dam
5 mandarins and 6 GCG up this end this end this morning
2 common terns
2 grey wags
House martins and swallows
Little egret flyover

Dam end this afternoon with Alastair. 2 Greenshanks, 19 Common Sandpipers, 2 LRPs, 1 Ringed Plover, Hobby, Red Kite, Kestrel, 4 Common Terns, 2 BH Gulls, Mandarin, 2 Mistle Thrushes.

At dam end there is currently 15 C Sandpiper & 3 LR Plovers feeding along dam wall. Also 2 Greenshank have now arrived on dam wall.

West End:- 13 x Canada Goose, 3 x Egyptian Goose, 7 x Mandarin Duck, 4 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 5 x Common Woodpigeon, 4 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 x Common Tern, 9 x Great Crested Grebe, 23 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 18 x Grey Heron, 3 x Common Magpie, 4 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Common Reed Warbler, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Common Chaffinch, 2 x European Goldfinch

WeirWood on a lovely calm bright early morning at the dam. And so it continues with 3 Common Scoter this morning mid reservoir, these remained until 6:20hrs when they flew north. On the dam Grey Wagtail, 17 Common Sands and still 2 Little-ringed Plovers. The Greenshank having left overnight. 4 Common Terns were around as were 6 Great-crested Grebes. A Goshawk male appeared over the south bank early on at 7:20 with an early Red Kite shortly after. In the c/pk Garden Warbler, a couple of Blackcaps and 4 Goldcrests. Moving on to the west end here the Black-headed Gulls look settled also 2 Common Terns were on a neighbouring platform. 2 Kingfishers were seen whizzing around. I was surprised to see a Great Egret flying over southwards, also a Little Egret in the busy heronry. At Whillett’s Reed Warbler, 3 Greenfinches and a smart male Reed Bunting. I left at 8:10hrs.

At least 17 common sands on the dam this morning – didnt see the LRPs – greenshanks didnt stay or left very early.

20.02 – Now 6 Greenshanks.