Category: Sighting

34 Pochards,5 Tufted Duck,37 Mallards,4 Mandarins,4 Coots,Great white Egret,Little Egret & 2 Ravens.

West End: 52 Pochard, 1 x Great White Egret.

Reed bed at dusk with Bob and Johnathan
2,300+ Starlings and 25 Reed Buntings in to roost, Great white Egret flew over twice, 2 Water rails calling, Peregrine and Goshawk over.
Then 2 Woodcock, 4 Snipe, 3 Teal flew over finally 3-4 Tawny Owls calling.

West End with Alastair. Goosander, 25 Pochards, 8 Wigeon, 2 Teal, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 3 Mandarins, 2 Coots, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Canada Geese, Water Rail, Marsh Tit, hundreds of Starlings and Woodpigeons, 50+ Redwings, 10 Fieldfares.

14:30-15:30

Great Egret still, 22 Pochards, 4 Wigeon, 2 Mandarin, 1 Tufted Duck. Female Goshawk showed well looked a near adult.

Arrived at West end car park at 11.00am , bit grey and murky to start but gradually brightened up. 28 Gc grebes 2 Egyptian geese 18 Pochard and a few mallard only ducks showing 2 coot 1 Kingfisher 3 Little Egret 1 GW Egret 1 Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk 5 very vocal Buzzards together, all the usual Tit species including 2 Marsh 50+Fieldfares flew across from North bank and landed in the trees around carpark to be joined by a steady flow of Redwings 30+ Linnets in stubble field along the road . Left at 1.00pm.

A few bits I forgot to put on my list from this morning, 2 Goldcrests in the c/pk that came so close I could almost touch them , 1 Nuthatch searching through the lichen just above me and a Chiffchaff .

West End:- 7 x Canada Goose, 25 x Greylag Goose, 5 x Wigeon, 32 x Mallard, 13 x Pochard, 1 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Pheasant, 100+ x Woodpigeon, 2 x Coot, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 3 x Herring Gull, 9 x Cormorant, 4 x Grey Heron, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Magpie, 3 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 8 x Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Nuthatch, 1 x Treecreeper, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Blackbird, 2 x Robin, 1 x Chaffinch

West End this afternoon. Water rail calling from in front of the hide, 41 GC Grebes, 16 Pochards, 3 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 1 Tufted Duck fem, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Redwing, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Tree Creeper, Goldcrest, Chaffinch.

WeirWood after a few quiet days here, todays arrival was pre-dawn. First bird was a Tawny Owl on the fence of the trapping area which gave prolonged views before it departed into the woods. It was a lovely clear but frosty morning. From the c/pk 15 Pochard, 8 Teal and 5 Wigeon. On the feeders Marsh and Coal Tits as usual. A Little Egret was still present as was a Kingfisher. At Whillett’s a Water Rail was heard and 5 Reed Buntings were present. Back at the c/pk 2 Fieldfares flew in, then from here I visited the dam. Here plenty of Black-headed Gulls, 250+, were joined by 4 Common and 6 Herring Gulls. 46 Great-crested Grebes were present this end and a Little Grebe here too. On the dam a Grey Wagtail with 14 Meadow Pipits and a male Linnet which was a little out of place. In the c/pk 2 Goldcrests plus a Coal Tit with a small tit flock and below the dam 4 Redwings and a Fieldfare noted.

West End:- 3 x Canada Goose, 23 x Greylag Goose, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Wigeon, 9 x Mallard, 16 x Pochard, c30 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Coot, 1 x Little Grebe, 2 x Black-headed Gull, 14 x Cormorant, 1 x Little Egret, 3 x Grey Heron, 1 x Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 5 x Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 4 x Redwing, 1 x Robin

This afternoon still 17 Pochards,plus 6 Teal,5 Wigeon and a single Crossbill flew E over the car park calling at 2pm.