Friends of Weir Wood Society

Category: Sighting

  • 16th November 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    Walked along North bank this morning to see if I could find any Hawfinches at the Hornbeam wood near the picnic area; but an hour looking over the wood produced none.
     
    There was a pheasant shoot on nearby fields at West End this morning. The noise frightened off most of the ducks & geese.
     
    Dam wall + North Bank:- 30+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 100+ Wood Pigeon, Tawny Owl heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5+ Blackbird, 2+ Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 7 Mandarin, 4 flyover Herring Gull, 1 Meadow Pipit, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll.
     
    West End:- 7 Snipe, 47 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Coot, 6 Moorhen, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Gull, 31 Black-headed Gull, 7 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 5+ Great Tit.

  • 14th November 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    West End late afternoon 14/11:-  The highlight was unusually 2 Daubenton’s bats seen flying over the water feeding, light levels still being good enough to get views.
    2 Little Grebe,  154 Greylag + 1 Greylag/Canada hybrid, 12 Mandarin, 2+ Gadwall, 16 Teal, pair of Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck, 35 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Marsh Tit.
    Dam End:- The work party saw a flock of 50+ Fieldfare fly over, and a Pied Wagtail.

  • 13th November 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 1m Pintail, 6 Gadwall, 40 Teal, 28 Mallard, 4 Mandarin, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebes, 5 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls, 28 Lapwing, 8 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 126 Greylag Geese, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Fieldfare, 2 Coal Tits, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Raven, 1m Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard.
    Dam End:- 62 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Egyptian Geese.

    Great Black-backed Gull 13-11-17
    Pintail 13-12-17

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  • 12th November 2018 seen by Alastair Gray

    West End:- 49 Teal, 9 Tufted Duck, 42 Mallard, 18 Mandarin, 3m+3f Pochard, 2 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, 44 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Coot, 7 Moorhen, 3 Green Sandpipers, 7 Snipe, 44 Lapwing, 3 Ravens, 2 Buzzards, 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 7 Magpies, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Coal Tit.
    North Bank:- 2 Hawfinch, 1 Siskin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 30 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Kestrel, Bullfinch Heard.
    Dam End :- 1 Little Grebe.

  • 9th November 2017 seen by Mark Roberts

    10+ Black-headed Gull, 4+ Blue Tit, 2 Canada Goose, 3+ Coal Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 4 Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, 2 Magpie, Marsh Tit, Pied/White Wagtail, 5 Starling, Tufted Duck, Blackbird, Buzzard, 2 Carrion Crow, 5+ Cormorant, 4+ Great Tit, 2 Grey Heron, 100+ Greylag Goose, 30+ Lapwing, 7 Mandarin Duck, Pheasant, 3 Snipe, 5 Teal, 4 Woodpigeon.

  • 9th November 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Whillet’s:- 113 Reed Buntings and 4 Starlings came in to roost between 14:30-16:15.

  • 7th November 2017 seen by Michael Myszyn

    When checking nest boxes today, we found this store of acorns. The top was fixed down, so all of these have been carried in through the entrance hole. Photo by Michael Myszyn.

    Acorn Store 07-11-17

  • 6th November 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    North Bank:- 3+ Hawfinch feeding in Hornbeams, 3 Yellowhammers, 9 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 3 Collard Doves, 4 Stock Doves, 1,635 Woodpigeons flew south, 84 Redwings, 10 Fieldfares, 10 Song Thrush, 7 Blackbirds, 1 Jay, 21 Meadow Pipits, 88 Starlings, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Egyptian Geese flew North.

    Hawfinch 06-11-17

  • 5th November 2017 seen by The Ringers

    Ringing this morning saw a range of species including: Wrens, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Goldcrests, Bullfinches, Chaffinch, Long-tailed Tits and Great Spotted Woodpeckers (both males).

  • 5th November 2017 seen by BJ, AG and The Ringers

    West End:-  Water levels remain low and starting to attract some new birds to the reservoir.  Highlight was a female/redheaded Goosander and a pair of Shoveler,  7 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, 24 Mandarin, 2 Teal, 71 Mallard,  1 Little Grebe, 52 Great Crested Grebe, 38 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 98 Greylag Geese, 1 Canada Goose, 7 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 31 Lapwing, 16 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 39 Black-headed Gull, 15 Herring Gull, 1 flyover Common Gull, 13 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker heard, 2 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail flyover, 2 Pied Wagtail, Raven heard, 4 flyover Chaffinch.    Feeders:-  4 Goldfinch, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 3+ Great Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit.
    Whillet’s:-  5 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel, 4 Blackbird, 3 Song Thrush, Redwing flyover, Bullfinch heard.
    Also; 1 Red Admiral butterfly.  1 Migrant Hawker Dragonfly ovipositing & 2 Common Darters all at meadow pond.
    Bird ringers caught a male Goldcrest this morning in the study area (see pic).

    Bob Johnson, Alastair Gray and The Ringers.

    Goldcrest 05-11-17