Category: Sighting

Goshawk over Whillets this morning, 6 Blackcaps, 3 Whitethroats, 16 House Martins, 3 Marsh Tits, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker.

Whillets:- adult Sedge warbler by meadow pond, 2 Reed Buntings, 3 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroats, Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, Marsh Tit.
West End:- 3 Lapwings, 4 Mandarins, Little Egret.
Dam End (with Johnathan):- Greenshank flew west calling but remained unseen, Juvenile Common Gull, 2 Great Black Backed gulls, Kestrel, Hobby, Common Tern, 2 Starlings, 2 Ravens, Kingfisher, 3 Whitethroats probable Sedge warbler in meadow sweet, Moorhen, 58 Canada Geese.

West End:- 6 x Mandarin Duck, 32 x Mallard, 3 x Stock Dove, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 8 x Northern Lapwing, 30 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 x Great Crested Grebe, 8 x Great Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 4 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 1 x Marsh Tit, 15 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Sand Martin, 21 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x European Robin

Just 2 Common Sandpipers on the dam this afternoon and a Green Woodpecker and male Bullfinch below dam.
Good news they’ve cleared all the trees/weeds from the dam.

West End:- 3 x Mandarin Duck, 16 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 2 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Northern Lapwing, 19 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Common Gull, 4 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 x Common Tern, 5 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Kingfisher, 10 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 13 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 2 x European Robin, 2 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x Eurasian Bullfinch

WeBs highlights today included 301 Black headed Gulls,7 Lesser black backed gulls,2 Great Black backed gulls,4 Common Terns,7 Common Sandpipers,2 Green Sandpipers,2 Lapwings,46 Great crested Grebes,2 Kingfisher,1 Grey Wagtail,8 Mandarins,8 Moorhens,44 Mallard,1 Little Egret,5 Egyptians,Sand Martin,2 House Martin,11 Swallows,Kestrel,Spotted Flycatcher,Garden Warbler,Reed Bunting,5 Common Whitethroats,18 Long tailed tits & Willow warbler.

Not long at dam end but 2 Cmn Sands and a constant movement of hirundines, mostly Barn S bit some Sand Martins too.

West End:- 56 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mandarin Duck, 27 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 4 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 x Common Tern, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 2 x Little Egret, 1 x Red Kite, 3 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Common Magpie, 6 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 2 x Barn Swallow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Wren

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 23 x Canada Goose, 5 x Egyptian Goose, 26 x Mallard, 7 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Common Sandpiper, 101 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 3 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 x Common Tern, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 6 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Magpie, 2 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 3 x Common Raven, 2 x Western House Martin, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Blackcap

WeirWood from 6:30hrs. After some rather uninspiring days recently it was fairly good this morning. At the dam 2 Common Sands were joined by an Oystercatcher until 7:00hrs when it flew off noisily south, also the first Osprey for a while at 6:50hrs over the dam and chased off by an aggressive ad’ Great Black-backed Gull. It flew south over Admiral’s wood. Other birds inc’ Buzzard sat on the fence on the dam slope, Mistle Thrush here too. Below the dam a Lesser Whitethroat juv’ was seen in the bushes, another Common Sandpiper in the overflow with 5 Wrens, a lovely Grey Wagtail plus there were a couple of Willow Warblers noted in the bushes here. A nice sight was the 20 or so Goldfinches feeding here, very pleasant. At the west end it was a much quieter affair with the Lapwing again and an ad’ Lesser Black-backed Gull with 2 juv’s. A few Mandarins, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Little Egret, crazy views of a Marsh Tit down to a few feet and a Kingfisher was seen and that was about it here.