West end :- 4 Lapwing now flown, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 10 Mandarins, small parties of House and Sand Martins following heavy rain, 2 Kingfishers, 1 Swift, 1 Red Kite, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Sighting
Just a single Common Sandpiper on dam mid afternoon
West End:- 4 x Mandarin Duck, 6 x Mallard, 2 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 35 x Black-headed Gull, 3 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 1 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Common Magpie, 19 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Marsh Tit, 6 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 3 x Sand Martin, 5 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Willow Warbler, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 3 x European Robin
Dam end, dodging the rain :-1 Hobby, 1 Common Sandpiper, 23 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 2 Jays with acorns, Kingfisher, Marsh Tit, Bullfinch.
Dam End :- 39 Great crested grebes, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 Swallow, 7 Pied Wags, 1 Great black backed gull.
West End:- 3 x Egyptian Goose, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 13 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 21 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 1 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 3 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Marsh Tit, 6 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Barn Swallow, 5 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Treecreeper, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 3 x European Robin
All Reservoir: 42 GC Grebe, 8 Cormorant, 10 Grey Heron, 50 Mallard, 2 C Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 9 Swallow, 21 House Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Crow, some Starling migration noted,
Dam End: 19 Canada Geese, 2 Canada/Greylag hybrid Geese, 2 White Domestic Geese, 1 Mandarin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 119 BH Gull, 2 LBB & GBB Gulls, 3 Herring Gull, 2 flyover Collared Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 2 GS Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 flyover Greenfinch.
West End: 1 Little Grebe,1 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Coot, 4 Green & 2 more Common Sandpipers, 1 Stock Dove.
Whillet’s: Gren … Read the rest
Today very early morning where the WeirWood, after some decidedly disappointing days recently it was nice to have both Osprey and juv’ female Goshawk at the dam ca11:00hrs. The Osprey was quite distant over the north bank but the Goshawk showed very well. Not a lot else of note, the collection of gulls remained the same, but no Common Sands. A Buzzard was the only other bird noted. At the west end Marsh Tilt was in the c/pk, several Mandarins were around, Kingfisher and Little Egret.
West end:- 1 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Mandarins, 1 Coot.
Whillet’s:- 2 Jay, Bullfinch, Whitethroat, Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaffs.
Dragonfly’s:- 1 Golden ringed dragonfly, 3 Southern Hawkers, 108 Willow Emeralds, 1 Blue tailed Damselfly.
Butterfly’s:- 1 Peacock, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Meadow Brown, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Common Blue, 2 Clouded Yellows, 2 Large White, 3 Small Whites, 6 Green-veined Whites, 12 Small Copper, 5 Rush Veneer Moths.
3 Grass Snakes, 3 Common Lizards, 3 Field voles.
WeirWood midday a Wheatear juv’ was on the dam, 2 Common Sands still, 222 Black-headed, 2 Great Black-backed ad’s and a juv’ and ad’ Herring Gull were around. 250+ Barn Swallows plus 50 or so House and 15 Sand Martins. The conditions were very changeable so counting was hard. A Little Egret was on the north shore. In the c/pk Marsh Tit and Goldcrest plus several Chiffchaffs. At the turning to the dam c/pk I had to stop the car rapidly as I’d found a Spotted Flycatcher juv’ on a branch over the road. Try as I might when it … Read the rest