Friends of Weir Wood Society

Category: Sighting

  • 13th May 2017 seen by Sharon & Richard Rooth

    Ringing a young Stock Dove during our Members Walk; photo by Sharon & Richard Rooth.

    Stock Dove 13-05-17

  • 14th May 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    WeBS for Weir Wood
    Reservoir totals:- 47 Great Crested Grebe, 36 Mallard + 1 feral hybrid, 8 Canada Geese, 28 Grey Heron, 15 Cormorant (3 pairs nesting), 2 Moorhen, 6 Common Tern, (numerous singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff & Whitethroat but numbers not recorded).
    Dam End:- 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Tufted Duck, 3 Jays, 1 Mistle Thrush, 6 Pied Wagtail, 3 Herring Gull flyover, 1 Green Woodpecker.
    West End:- 1 Lapwing, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove, 40 feral pigeon flyover, 4m Mandarin, Garden Warbler heard.
    Whillet’s:- 1m Reed Bunting, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Willow Warblers heard. (Also Azure Damselfly, 2 Burnet Companion Moths, Brimstone and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies noted).

  • 12th May 2017 seen by Richard Woods

    West End between 12.10 and 12.40 pm
    2 Egyptian Geese on Pintail
    Common Tern on raft
    Tufted Duck ( m ) still here.

  • 11th May 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    Whillet’s:- Birds heard singing: Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler & Song Thrush. Also seen 1m Reed Bunting, 1m Great Spotted Woodpecker. 2 Large Red Damselfly & Cardinal Beetle (See pic). Small Copper, 2 Peacock and a suspected Green Veined White butterfly.
    West End:- 1 Lapwing, 2 Cormorants nesting (See pic)
    Dam End:- 3 Common Tern, 1 Grey & 6 Pied Wagtails and a Redshank on Dam wall. 4 Canada Geese with 6 young goslings, 1 Coot, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

    Cardinal Beetle 11-05-17
    Cormorants 11-05-17

  • 9th May 2017 photos by Richard Lowe

    Nesting Cormorants 09-05-17
    Slow Worm 09-05-17
    Osprey 09-05-17
    Grey Wagtail 09-05-17
    Grass Snake and Short-tailed Vole 09-05-17
    Young Field Mice 09-05-17

  • 8th May 2017 seen by Bob Johnson

    Rikki Cooper, a fisherman, reported seeing a Black Tern this afternoon at the Dam End, his description was accurate.
     Brendan Lanigan saw an Osprey at the Dam End this morning. 
    West End:- 3m+1f Tufted Duck, 1 Lapwing, Pied Wagtail adult feeding recently fledged young.
    Whillet’s:-  2 Mandarin, Bullfinch & Reed Warbler heard.
     Dam End:-  7 Common Tern, 1 Hobby, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30+ Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 4 Herring Gull, 33 Great Crested Grebe.

  • 8th May 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Dam End:- 8 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 10 Common Terns, 200 Swallows, 50 House Martins.
    West End:- 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorants still on nests.

  • 6th May 2017 message from Alastair Gray

    So far 98 Bird Species have been recorded around the Reservoir in 2017.

  • 6th May 2017 seen by Alastair Gray

    Whillet’s Meadows:- Reptiles: 5 Grass Snakes (photo), 4 Common Lizards, 1 Toad. Butterflies : 3 Peacock, 1 Comma, 1 Red Admiral. Birds: 1 Kestrel, 1 Reed Bunting, singing Reed Warblers, Garden Warblers and Whitethroats.

  • 4th May 2017 seen by Richard Woods

    West End:- Tufted Duck (m), 2 Greylags.
    Dam End:- Osprey flying (heading NE), 4 Terns (probably common), 2 Common Sandpipers, Swifts, Green Woodpecker, Pied Wagtails, Goldfinches, Buzzard.