Dam End:- 1 x Greylag Goose, 13 x Canada Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 6 x Mallard, 3 x Eurasian Teal, 3 x Stock Dove, 2 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x European Herring Gull, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 x Red Kite, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 5 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 1 x Barn Swallow, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 3 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 2 x Pied Wagtail, 7 x European Goldfinch

West End:- All I could add were a pair of Gadwall,2 pairs of Teal, also Green Woodpecker and Jay flew over Reed bed plus calling Water rail.3 male Blackcap and male. Orange Tip butterfly.2 LBB gulls went east. Swallow North.

WeirWood at a bright calm dawn was quiet at the dam with very little of note. However a Blackcap was singing amongst the many Chiffchaffs now in. On the water 2 male Mandarins and a couple of Herring Gulls.

At the west end a pair of Marsh Tits were displaying a Kingfisher was noted plus Little Egret and Great spotted Woodpecker on the feeders. In the narrows a Green Sandpiper was seen flying around and was a first for me this year. 3 more Mandarin males were around plus a female but little else on the duck front.

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West End:- this afternoon with Johnathan and Bob.
Male Sparrowhawk,Swallow,2 LBB gulls,2 Tufted duck,3 Mandarins,4 Teal,1 Coot,9 GC Grebes, Kingfisher.

West End:- 7 x Canada Goose, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 4 x Gadwall, 9 x Mallard, 2 x Tufted Duck, 3 x Stock Dove, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 27 x Great Cormorant, 34 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Eurasian Jay, 5 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Blackcap, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 1 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x Pied Wagtail, 2 x Common Chaffinch, 5 x European … Read the rest

West End:- 3 Black headed Gulls sitting on the rafts.

WeirWood was decidedly quiet yesterday at lunchtime, so an early visit this morning was undertaken. At the dam 2 Blackcaps in song plus several Chiffchaffs around. On the grassy slope Mistle Thrush and Green Woodpecker. The water was quiet with just a male Mandarin and 5 Grey Lag Geese. At the west end 6 more male Mandarins, Kingfisher, 4 Swallows, just a single Little Egret and a Red Kite out early. On the feeders the usual Marsh Tit. A Great spotted Woodpecker was drumming in the c/pk plus a single Redpoll was noted. At Whillett’s a Water Rail again was … Read the rest

West End:- 4 Shoveler (2 pairs), 4 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 4 Mandarin, 18 Canada Goose, Swallow, Red Kite, Marsh Tit.

Whillet’s:- 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaffs, Jay, Green Woodpecker heard, male Reed Bunting,

Tins:- 2 Grass Snakes, 6 Common Toads, 1 Common Shrew.

Butterflies:- 1 Brimstone, 1 Comma, 2 Peacocks 1 Small Tortoishell

As there wasn’t much at the west end this morning just a Pair of Gadwall,8 GC Grebes and a Kingfisher,I watched from the bottom corner of the stubble field by lay-by.
2 pairs of House Sparrows nesting in right side of school roof,pair of Linnets,1 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting,2 Chaffinch and a Goldfinch flew over stubble field.
2 Pied Wagtails in field,2 Chiffchaffs singing a Little egret flew towards Heronry and 4 Buzzards up on thermals.

Red Kite and a Swallow through too