West end this afternoon,2 Hobbies together,Red Kite,Raven & Buzzard.
1 Snipe,1 Common Sandpiper & 1 Lapwing, single Little Grebe was asleep drifting around.
201 Canada Geese & 167 Greylags, flock of Starlings W and a Collard Dove over.
2 Tufties noted
Dam end
Very busy, still GBB Gull,1 Herring Gull,6 Black Headed Gull,9 Egyptians,4 Swallow,10 House Martins and 10 Starlings W.
WeirWood at the west end midday was fairly quiet with 11 Lapwings, 4 Tufted Ducks and 4 Mandarins. A highlight was a female Goshawk over Pintail bank. 2 Greenshank were on the canoeist beach but that was about it other than 100’s of geese, 2 Teal and a Common Sandpiper.
At Whillett’s 2 Sedge Warblers, Reed Warbler, 3 Greenfinches and a male Reed Bunting.
West End:- 89 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Canada Goose, 2 x Mute Swan, 4 x Egyptian Goose, 24 x Mallard, 4 x Eurasian Teal, 3 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Stock Dove, 4 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 11 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Snipe, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Little Grebe, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 25 x Great Cormorant, 10 x Grey Heron, 2 x Eurasian Goshawk, 1 x Common Magpie, 4 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 4 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 3 x European Robin, 1 x Grey Wagtail
Afternoon visit to West End – 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Teal, 7 Moorhen, 3 Coot, pair of Mandarin, 1 Little Grebe, 9 Grey heron, 2 Mute Swan, 8 Lapwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Buzzard, Mallard GCGrebe Cormorant & Greylag seen but no counts
West End beach by Sand Martin box 8 x Lapwing – 12 x Mallard – 2 x Little Grebe under heronry – zero geese – 8 Grey Heron, one more Lapwing, 1 x Manadrin, 5 x G C Grebe – 3 Coots, 14 Cormorant, 1 Crow
Dam End – 8 x Egyptian Geese, 1 xxGBB Gull, 2 x H Gull, 60 + BH Gull – numerous Pied Wagtails & too much wind for my scope
East End – Yellow Wagtail with horses in paddock behind dam, ad m Goshawk over n bank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 31 GC Grebes, party of 150+ House Martins, 20 Swallows, 2 GBB, 16 Herring, 75 BH Gulls, 9 Egyptian Geese, 43 Canadas, Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtails, Treecreeper, Jay, 4 Chiffchaffs.
Whinchat just now by meadow pond at Weir Wood 🙂
Reported by John Edwards, work party
West End:- 58 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mute Swan, 7 x Egyptian Goose, 43 x Mallard, 7 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Snipe, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little Grebe, 12 x Great Crested Grebe, 8 x Great Cormorant, 8 x Grey Heron, 1 x Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 x Common Magpie, 3 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 4 x Rook, 3 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x European Robin, 1 x Grey Wagtail
West end: I have a wood sandpiper under the heronry this evening
Also had a hobby fligh over – several king fishers – and the little grebe is our and about
WeBS count today.
All reservoir Dam & West counts: 43 GC Grebe, 14 Cormorant, 18 Grey heron, 2 Mute Swan, 13 Egyptian Geese, 49 Mallard, 1 domestic Mallard, 2,Common Sandpiper.
Dam End: 6 Canada Geese, 94 B H Gull, 2 GBB & 3 Herring Gulls, 2 Swallow, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Jay,
West End: 1 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 88 Greylag, 1 White domestic Greylag, 1 Tufted Duck, 2 Buzzard, 5 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 1 C Snipe, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Whillet’s was quiet, nothing of note seen for WeBS.
