Category: Sighting

West End:- 8 Blue Tit; 2 Coal Tit; 1 Dunnock; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 13 Grey Heron; 5 Mallard; 1 Moorhen; 1 Pheasant; 1 Robin; 3 Chaffinch; 3 Cormorant; 5 Great Crested Grebe; 2 Great Tit; 1 Long-tailed Tit; 1 Marsh Tit; 1 Nuthatch; 1 Redpoll; 2 Woodpigeon.

West End:- 1 Red Kite (11:10), 2 Sparrowhawks, 5 Buzzards, 2 Tufted Ducks, 2 Gadwall, 1 Coot, 5 Mandarins, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Siskin, 1 Chiffchaff.

West End: 1 Osprey showing at 8am/9:30/11:40/12:40/15:30/16:30, 1 Red Kite 10:30, 5 Swallows, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Buzzards, 2 Gadwall, 1 Tufted Duck, 5 Mandarins, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Reed Buntings, 90 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 1Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tits, 1 Coot, 2 Moorhens. See “Photos” tab for more pictures.

West End:- This morning there were two pairs of Mandarins right in front of the hide. Then five of us watched an Osprey for about 15 minutes across the far side of the lake.  It was mobbed by crows then reappeared giving good views on two more occasions. Hopefully it will stick around for a few days allowing others to see it.

West End – evening:- To my surprise, a small group of Barn Swallows (3 or 4) came swooping in and spent about 5 minutes catching insects over the water before moving on. I think that’s about the earliest I’ve ever seen myself. (This is the first reported sighting for Weir Wood this year; Ed)

Dam End:- 1 Dunlin, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Skylark, 3 Goldcrest, 15 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay.

West End:- 12 Mandarins, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 Snipe, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Lapwing, 2 Sparrowhawks, 4 Buzzards, 1 Reed Bunting on feeders,1 Treecreeper and 2 Brimstone butterflies.

West End: 2 Snipe,1 Kingfisher.

Dam End- 1M Common Scoter ,2 Greylag Geese, 1 Kestrel, 15 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Skylark, 3 Goldfinch.

West End – 2 Buzzards, 1 Coot, 4 Gadwall, 6 Canada Geese.

Whillet’s – 1M Teal, 6 Meadow Pipits, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers and 2 Toads.

Dam End: 2M + 1F Common Scoter, 3 Mandarin, 19 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Coal Tits, 4 Herring Gulls, 1 Linnet, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Jay, 8 Mallard, 36 Redwings, 26 Starlings, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers,1 Green Woodpecker heard.

West End: 1M Tufted Duck, 1M+1F Teal, 4m+4F Gadwall, 7 Mandarin, 1 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 2 Canada Geese, 1 Buzzard, 8 Common Gull, 216 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Mallard, 12 Great Crested Grebes.