Category: Sighting

East End. Little Grebe, 8 GC Grebes, 100s of gulls on the water mid reservoir. Behind the dam, 6 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Green Woodpeckers, Mistle Thrush, Jay, Redwing.

Very wet morning at the westend – 7 herons on the heronry – 32 mandarin displaying in the rain – 2 GC grebes – 22 mallard

Afternoon at the West End. Red Kite, male Peregrine, 2 Buzzards, Water Rail underneath the feeders by the hide, 15 Mandarins, pair of Wigeon but no other ducks apart from Mallards, 23 Herons in the heronry some carrying sticks, Little Egret, 2 Little Grebes, 7 GC Grebes, 40 Greylags, 4 Chaffinches, Treecreeper, Marsh Tit.

West End:- 3 x Canada Goose, 1 x Egyptian Goose, 9 x Mandarin Duck, 9 x Mallard, 1 x Pochard, 6 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 8 x Woodpigeon, 2 x Coot, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 1 x Snipe, 12 x Grey Heron, 1 x Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Coal Tit, 2 x Marsh Tit, 12 x Blue Tit, 6 x Great Tit, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 1 x Chaffinch

West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 12 x Mandarin Duck, 4 x Wigeon, 25 x Mallard, 4 x Teal, 2 x Pochard, 6 x Tufted Duck, 2 x Stock Dove, 21 x Woodpigeon, 1 x Moorhen, 3 x Coot, 2 x Little Grebe, 3 x Great Crested Grebe, 33 x Black-headed Gull, 7 x Cormorant, 12 x Grey Heron, 1 x Goshawk, 1 x Buzzard, 1 x Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Kestrel, 1 x Magpie, 3 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Raven, 2 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 9 x Blue Tit, 4 x Great Tit, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Goldcrest, 1 x Nuthatch, 2 x Treecreeper, 2 x Blackbird, 1 x Robin, 2 x Dunnock

A late morning visit to West End whilst passing 6 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 6 Teal, 7 Wigeon, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Mandarin – Where were the ducks yesterday when we did the WeBS?

This morning with Bob at West end:- 17 Mandarins, 7 Tufties, 2 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 1 Pochard, 3 Little Egrets, 4 Little Grebes, 2 Marsh Tits, 2 Ravens, Sparrowhawk, 2 Goshawks(M& F) 5 Egyptians, 38 Greylags, Chiffchaff in front of the hide.
Whillets:- Mistle thrush, 2 Reed Buntings & Green Woodpecker.
Dam end:- 4 Lesser Redpolls, Fieldfare, 8 Redwings, 3 Bullfinch.

Whillets this afternoon. 2 Water Rails, 3 Teal, 7 Reed Buntings, 5 Starlings, 65 Redwings, 2 Mistle Thrushes, 2 Ravens, 3 Little Egrets, 3 Buzzards, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, Green Woodpecker. I’ve never seen the river so high and wellies are essential in the meadows.

WeirWood from dawn. At last something of note although there was little to speak of on the water, a single Pochard and 7 Tufted Ducks plus a few Great-crested Grebes. A young White-tailed Eagle was seen at 8:30 flying overhead heading north east over the c/pk, magnificent to see. On the feeders a small flock of 5 Long-tailed Tits along with all the normal crew plus a female Siskin and Great spotted Woodpecker. In the calm bright conditions Fieldfare could be heard nearby whilst 25 Redwings were also noted. Add to this Red Kite and 2 Ravens, things were definitely looking up. Moving on to the set aside field there were 45 Goldfinches, 11 Chaffinches and 4 Yellowhammers. Back to Whillett’s and a squealing Water Rail was added. A male Goshawk was seen, again in switchback display near the rocks but sadly not for too long. Nice to see though. Then on to the dam where it was in contrast to the west end and nothing of note was seen except for Grey Wagtail and a Jay on the dam. A count of 10 Great-created Grebes, Herring and Black-headed Gull, one each. In the c/pk it was a different story with Goldcrest and Coal Tit plus a single Brambling in the trees by the cafe. I left the area late in the morning. Great day.

Only bird of note this morning was a Water rail screaming at the Reed bed