Category: Sighting

WeirWood west end a White Stork was perched up below the heronry. Nice bird with a white leg ring on the right leg. Also of note Teal, at least 6 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper and juv’ Common Tern on one of the nesting platforms plus another flying around. A Buzzard flew around for a short while. Didn’t stay long still recovering from my recent operation.

West end – quiet morning
7 lapwing, 1 common sand
1 mandarin, 3 teal, 3 gcg, 4 swans, 3 coots, 2 moorhen,
3 c. terns, 5 bh gulls
6 herons.

West End:- 21 x Greylag Goose, 1 x Canada Goose, 4 x Mute Swan, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 11 x Mandarin Duck, 13 x Mallard, 1 x Common Pheasant, 5 x Stock Dove, 7 x Common Woodpigeon, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 7 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Sandpiper, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 5 x Common Tern, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 4 x Great Cormorant, 9 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 5 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 2 x Grey Wagtail

Still a Green Sandpiper on the lagoon and Hobby over.

Dam end-4 Common Sandpipers,2 Lapwings,98 Herring Gulls,95 BH Gulls,2 GBB gulls,2 LBB gulls,150 Canada Geese & 2 Green Woodpeckers including one juvenile.
Dam end 10 Lapwings,10 Mandarins,1 Teal,4 Mute Swans,Kestrel.

WeirWood from dawn again. A lovely flat calm day. At the dam 6 Common Sands on and around the dam area. Fewer gulls today with 73 Black-headed a few Herrings and an ad’l Great Black-backed. 15 Great-crested Grebes were scattered about, 2 Kingfishers and on the north shore a Dunlin. On the dam slope 2 Green Woodpecker juv’s, Grey Wagtail and 12 Pieds. Below the dam Whitethroat and a Willow Warbler showed well. A Hobby was perched up behind the waterworks and on the dry lagoon there was a Green Sandpiper. The west end was quiet to start picking up as the morning continued. The half grown tern chicks were looking good, although I only saw 2 today and the Black-headed Gull juv’s were still loafing about with a few of the Common Tern juv’s. Another 3 Common Sands were seen, 7 Lapwings and 2 Green Sandpipers in the narrows where 2 Great Wagtails were also. 5 juv’ Mandarins were noted plus 3 Teal and 7 more Great-crested Grebes. The Mute Swans were still here as was a Little Egret briefly. A few Stock Doves were present on the emerging mud. At Whillett’s Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Buntings, Greenfinch, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher and a Goldcrest.

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 150 x Canada Goose, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 6 x Mallard, 5 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Oystercatcher, 5 x Common Sandpiper, 1 x Green Sandpiper, 45 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Mediterranean Gull, 2 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 8 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 10 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Goshawk, 1 x Common Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 10 x Barn Swallow, 3 x Western House Martin, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 3 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x Pied Wagtail

West end 1430 – 7 lapwings and a common sand on the bank by the sand martin box
2 mute swans, canada and greylag along pintail
6 moorhen, 3 coots, 7 mandarin and an egyption tucked under the heronry
10 grebes in total
5 common terns – looks like the juveniles are perched on top of the rafts
The black headed fledglings are moving around the west end now
1 c. buzzard above

x1 lesser black back and x1 green sandpiper

At the Dam end from 3.45pm . 7 Common Sandpipers on the Dam.
56 Herring Gulls, 71 Blackheaded Gulls, 1 LBB, 1 GBB, 12 Swallows, 3 House Martins, 6 Swifts,
5 Commonn Buzzards, 1 Hobby over North Bank heading towards the Dam
70+ Canada Geese,7 Egyptian Geese,mixed flock of Long Tailed and Bluetits with a Willow Warbler in amongst them moving through the trees behind. On the grass at the top of the slope behind the Dam 29 Pied Wagtails, 2 Grey Wagtails, 3 Green Woodpeckers 1 Ad and 2 juvs.
Left 5.45pm.

Early morning at the dam with Nige,6 Common Sandpipers scattered around and 1 Lapwing, later a Green Sandpiper flew over the dam towards the west end.
Dam slope held a Jay,Juvenile Green Woodpecker & 12 Pied Wagtails,2 Grey Wagtails in outflow.
Only 2 Whitethroats in the bushes of note,180 Black headed gulls,21 GCG,1 LBB Gull and a female Tufted duck on water.
2 Swifts,10 Swallows over the Reservoir.

West end
3 More Common Sandpipers,6 Mandarins,2 Mute Swans,6 Moorhens,Coot and 7 Lapwings plus 4 Teal.

added by Nigel:
Can only add male Goshawk and a Marsh Tit early morning