Mid afternoon with David at the west end, Juvenile female Goshawk landed in trees opposite after flying low across the reservoir.
Only other raptor was a male Sparrowhawk.
2 Snipe, 1 Lapwing, 11 Teal, 1 Tufted duck, 311 Canada Geese and 300+ Greylags.
At least 42 Stock doves flying around fields opposite hide.
West End:- 250 x Greylag Goose, 275 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mute Swan, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 21 x Mallard, 3 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Tufted Duck, 5 x Common Pheasant, 6 x Stock Dove, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 10 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 2 x Common Snipe, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Little Grebe, 26 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Great Cormorant, 9 x Grey Heron, 1 x Red Kite, 2 x Common Buzzard, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 56 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 49 x Rook, 1 x Common Raven, 4 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 1 x Great Tit, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 3 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock
WeirWood from 8:00hrs was completely shrouded in thick fog. So I decided to walk the north bank. Well worth the effort with Marsh Tit, several Chiffchaffs, Reed Bunting, 4 Jays making quite a din and Great spotted Woodpecker. A nice Lesser Whitethroat was around the picnic site plus to my delight a Lesser spotted Woodpecker seen here mid level in the trees for some 5 minutes around 8:30hrs. A nice find and my first for a while, picked up calling. A Green Woodpecker rounded off a nice trio plus a Spotted Flycatcher in the field near the Admirals Bridge Road. On my return it was still very misty but in the c/pk a Goldcrest and 2 Coal Tits were added to the tally. Much better than yesterday’s efforts.
Late morning short visit noted the following. West End: 1 GW Egret, 1 Lapwing, 9 Moorhen, 3 Buzzard, 6 Grey Heron, 250 Canada Geese, 145 Greylag + 3 Hybrids, 9 Egyptian Geese, 3 Herring Gull, many Mallards but no other ducks noted. Few Grebes, Cormorant & BH Gulls.
At Whillet’s: 2 Ravens & 40+ Jackdaw.
West End:- 15 x Greylag Goose, 7 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Mandarin Duck, 35 x Mallard, 6 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Common Pheasant, 5 x Stock Dove, 9 x Common Woodpigeon, 7 x Common Moorhen, 9 x Northern Lapwing, 21 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x European Herring Gull, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 4 x Great Cormorant, 7 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 6 x Common Magpie, 53 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 35 x Rook, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 2 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 2 x European Robin, 2 x Dunnock, 2 x Grey Wagtail
West End this afternoon with Alastair. Peregrine low over putting up the corvids and lapwings, 3 Shovellers, 5 Teal, Tufted Duck and 100s of geese.
WeirWood from 7:30hrs on a beautiful sunny morning. At the west end 10 Lapwings, Green Sandpiper, 4 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, Shoveller, Little Grebe, 11 Great-crested Grebes and several Chiffchaffs noted. At 7:45hrs an Osprey flew over the c/pk headed south east. 2 Snipe eventually emerged from under the heronry plus a Common Sandpiper. The highlight of the day so far was the 2 Spoonbills that flew over headed south west at 8:02hrs. A Kingfisher put in a brief fly by appearance as did 4 Stock Doves. A Red Kite flew over, not seen one for a few days. At Whillett’s a Sedge Warbler again plus more Chiffchaffs and 2 Greenfinches. A Water Rail was squealing here too, nice to know they’re around. Not a bad day by comparison to recent quiet visits. At the dam 74 Black-headed Gulls, a Common Sandpiper on the dam, plus 2 Herring Gulls along the north shore and 15 Great-crested Grebes scattered about. It clouded over by 8:30hrs but it didn’t improve anything here. Generally very quiet. I left soon after happy though.
West End:- 302 x Greylag Goose, 327 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 45 x Mallard, 6 x Eurasian Teal, 8 x Stock Dove, 6 x Common Woodpigeon, 6 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 11 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Snipe, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 4 x Great Cormorant, 5 x Grey Heron, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Eurasian Jay, 2 x Common Magpie, 30 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 21 x Rook, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Common Raven, 3 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Common Chiffchaff, 3 x Common Starling, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Grey Wagtail
West end with Linsey this morning
1 Black headed Gull,2 Buzzard,243 Canada Geese,4 Chiffchaffs,1 Clouded Yellow,7 Egyptian Geese,10 Great crested Grebes,1 Great spotted Woodpecker,13 Grey Heron,242 Greylag Geese,20 House Martins,2 House Sparrows,3 Jays,10 Lapwings,1 Little Grebe,49 Mallard,6 Moorhen,2 Mute Swan,43 Rooks flew SW,16 Meadow Pipits flew SSW,3 Swallow,1 Stonechat,2 Teal.
Whillet’s Reedbed
1 Water Rail,1 Reed Bunting,1 Reed Warbler,1 Sedge Warbler & 10 Chiffchaffs in willows plus 3 Chaffinch a Nuthatch and some Long tailed Tits,4 Buzzards.
Butterfly survey
1 Brown Hairstreak
2 Clouded Yellow
1 Comma
10 Common Blue
6 GVW
1 Peacock
21 Small Copper
1 Small Heath
6 Speckled Woods
25 Common Darters
2 Southern Hawker
12 Migrant Hawker
12 Willow Damselfly’s
West End:- 242 x Greylag Goose, 238 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 6 x Egyptian Goose, 49 x Mallard, 2 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Common Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 5 x Common Moorhen, 10 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little Grebe, 11 x Great Crested Grebe, 4 x Great Cormorant, 13 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Buzzard, 3 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 x Eurasian Jay, 1 x Common Magpie, 18 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 43 x Rook, 3 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Barn Swallow, 5 x Meadow Pipit
