Author: Linsey Gooding

West End:- 15 x POchard, 12 x Wigeon, 4 x Coot & a Little Egret.

West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 9 x Wigeon, 9 x Mallard, 5 x Teal, 15 x Pochard, 12 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Moorhen, 1 x Coot, 1 x Little Grebe, 12 x Great Crested Grebe, 5 x Cormorant, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Magpie, 1 x Marsh Tit, 5 x Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 2 x Robin, 1 x Goldfinch

WeirWood on a bright frosty morning, -3oc at 7:15hrs. The first time in days I’ve seen something different. Several 100’s of Black-headed Gulls had amongst them 14 Common and a Little Gull 1st yr before they flew from the roost. On the dam 2 Meadow Pipits and a Grey Wagtail, on the slope a smart Green Woodpecker and Mistle Thrush. Along the north bank a Great Egret was feeding steadily with 2 Grey Herons. Below the dam a Fieldfare and 3 Redwings. At the west end 18 Pochard, 10 Wigeon and 27 Mandarins. On the feeders Coal and Marsh Tit amongst others as usual plus a Great spotted Woodpecker. At Whillett’s 3 Water Rails, 2 seen and another calling nearby. In Legsheath Lane 2 Bramblings were present by the lay-by nearest the c/pk. They were with a Yellowhammer and several Chaffinches.

Dam End:- 69 x Great Crested Grebe, 3 x Tufted Duck

Fields above North Bank:- 100+ finches in game cover fields 100 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 2 Yellowhammers, 8 Reed Buntings, 10 Goldfinches etc.

West End:- 21 Mandarins, 18 Pochards, 5 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 2 Coot + 2 Snipe and male Marsh Harrier.