Category: Sighting

Dam End:- 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Green Sandpiper on dam, Greens just flown to overflow.

West End:-  All the usuals noted Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Canada Geese, 1 Greylag, 25 Cormorant nests plus 45 Heron nests many with young now showing, 5 Mandarin, pair of Wigeon, 3 Teal, Red Kite & Sparrowhawk noted, 2 Common Snipe on Pintail, 1 Lesser Black Backed & 1 Herring Gull, several Stock Dove, 4 Swallows, 1 Pied Wagtail, Several Blackcap & Chiffchaff seen and heard including 1 Willow Warbler & Goldcrest heard, Marsh Tit & Coal Tit seen in study area, Great Tit & Goldfinch mainly on feeders,

Also seen were 2m+1f Orange Tip & 1 Peacock butterflies. Marsh Valerian & Marsh Marigold now in flower plus many spring flowers starting to show.    

Whillet’s:  2 Buzzards, Green Woodpecker heard. Also Comma, Peacock & Orange Tip butterflies noted. False Oxlip, Snakeshead fritillary & Cowslip now in flower.

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.

At Whillett’s 2 Reed Buntings were seen plus a Grasshopper Warbler was heard reeling in the background, however I couldn’t locate it from the road. Moving on to the pumpkin field, here a couple of Yellowhammers were present.

I then went back to the c/pk at the west end. From here 2 Buzzards were noted plus a Red Kite again and a male Sparrowhawk dashed through causing alarm at the feeders. A pleasant early morning after a few quiet visits.

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 Goldfinch

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 showing plus Reed Bunting male and another Blackcap, whilst at the pumpkin field still at least 2 Yellowhammers and a Linnet were present with the few Chaffinches. Along the north bank another year tick was added with House Martin flying over plus a few noisy Nuthatches in the area. Another Marsh Tit was noted as was another Blackcap to round off.