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 … Read the rest

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.

Whillet’s Reed-bed counts from 14:50 to 16:30 – 24 Reed Bunting & 94 Starling roosted.

Also 2 Water Rail a Moorhen & Tawny Owl & Green Woodpecker heard, 400+ Wood Pigeon & 150+ Jackdaw & 8 Redwing flew over, 1 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Crow.

East End – 52 GC Grebes, 4 Egyptian, 1 Greylag, 350 Woodpigeons, 84 BH, 2 Herring Gulls, 17 Redwings, 5 Fieldfares, 3 Siskins. I left before the Brent’s would have come through.

West end:- 19 Pochards, 5 Wigeon, 2 Mandarins, Coot, Little Grebe, 253 Greylags, 2 Egyptian, 1 Bar headed goose, flocks of 25 + 28 dark bellied Brent geese SW.

660 Woodpigeons, 3 Fieldfare, 20 Redwings, 15 Chaffinch, 2 Marsh Tits, 6 Grey Herons, 14 Great Crested Grebe.
2 White tailed Eagles over Sharpthorne mid morning.

A wet morning visit to West End hide: 20 Pochard, 21 Mallard+White feral duck, 3 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 3 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 1 Little Egret & Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian, 2 Greylag & 1 Canada Geese, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 of both Marsh & Coal tits, 5+ Gt Tit, 12+ Blue Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch.

Late afternoon with Keith at west end-Now 20 Common Pochards also 15 Teal,8 Mandarins and 2 Wigeon.

West End:- 43 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 269 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Wigeon, 11 x Mallard, 16 x Pochard, 271+ x Woodpigeon, 1 x Little Grebe, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 15 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Grey Heron, 2 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Green Woodpecker, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Nuthatch, 1 x Chaffinch

Late afternoon 16 Pochards,10 Mandarins,Bar-headed Goose,400 Woodpigeons SE,30 Redwings,2 Chaffinches,2 Marsh Tits & 1 Redpoll.

West End:- 20 x Canada Goose, 1 x Bar-headed Goose, 237 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Mandarin Duck, 10 x Mallard, 1 x Teal, 23 x Pochard, 45 x Woodpigeon, 2 x Coot, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Black-headed Gull, 4 x Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 5 x Magpie, 2 x Raven, 2 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 4 x Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 2 x Wren, 1 x Blackbird, Present x House Sparrow, 1 x Goldfinch