Category: Sighting

West End :- 1 x Canada Goose, 4 x Egyptian Goose, 4 x Gadwall, 13 x Eurasian Wigeon, 10 x Mallard, 15 x Eurasian Teal, 19 x Common Pochard, 10 x Tufted Duck, 2 x Common Pheasant, 1 x Stock Dove, 2 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 1 x Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 x Great Crested Grebe, 15 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Little Egret, 9 x Grey Heron, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 x Common Magpie, 8 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Great Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 1 x Common Chaffinch

West End (Late morning) :- pair of Goosanders, Red Kite, 2 Buzzards, Jay, 23 Pochards, 17 Wigeons, 9 Teal, 4 Tufted duck, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebes, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Coot, 6 Moorhen, Water rail (heard), 34 Canada geese, 1 Greylag, Song Thrush, 2 Marsh tit, Bullfinch (heard) and Mandarin (heard).

West End:- WeirWood on a gloomy early morning produced the by now usual duck inc’ a pair of Goosanders. The Great and 2 Little Egrets were noted leaving the roost plus the Great-crested Grebe were out early displaying. The feeders once again played host to Coal and Marsh TIt amongst others. At 8:10 a rather early morning female Goshawk was seen from the beach area looking towards Admirals Wood. A superb powerful bird spooked the Wood Pigeons as it went on its way.

Whillett’s:- a Water Rail was noted plus 2 Reed Buntings and a male Bullfinch.

West End Heronry survey: 21 Active Heron nests & 6 Active Cormorant nests noted with still quite a few nests not yet properly occupied but still very early in the season.

West End: 1m+1f Goosander, 23 Pochard, 17 Wigeon, 10 Teal, 8 Mallard, 6 GC Grebe, 2 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 2 Egyptian & 2 Canada Geese, 13 Greylag,  1 Buzzard, 1 GS Woodpecker.

The feeders were very busy mainly Blue Tits but Great, Coal and a Marsh Tit were all noted, several Goldfinch plus Chaffinch.

West End :- 11 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 14 x Eurasian Wigeon, 8 x Mallard, 20 x Common Pochard, 1 x Tufted Duck, 2 x Common Pheasant, 2 x Stock Dove, 3 x Common Moorhen, 35 x Black-headed Gull, 18 x European Herring Gull, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 9 x Great Cormorant, 4 x Little Egret, 1 x Great White Egret, 15 x Grey Heron, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Common Magpie, 2 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Marsh Tit, 9 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 3 x Great Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Treecreeper, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 2 x Common Chaffinch, 5 x European Goldfinch

West End: Quick look mid afternoon both Shovelers were asleep under the Heronry, Great white Egret flew in. Single Little Grebe and Mandarin noted, still 22 Pochards, 3 Teal and 10 Wigeon seen, more were deeper In under the trees.

A Sparrowhawk flew low in front of us while we were having lunch. Two Goshawks flew over the reservoir in the early afternoon. Earlier in the day, a Mistle Thrush was heard singing from top of a nearby tree. 

West End :- 7 x Canada Goose, 2 x Northern Shoveler (2M), 7 x Eurasian Wigeon, 7 x Mallard, 2 x Eurasian Teal, 16 x Common Pochard, 6 x Tufted Duck, 3 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 13 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Little Egret, 12 x Grey Heron, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 x Common Magpie, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Marsh Tit, 5 x Great Tit, 1 x Song Thrush, 2 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock, 8 x European Goldfinch

WeirWood (West End) at first light and little had changed. The mixed flock of mostly Pochard inc’ Teal, Wigeon, Tufted Duck, a Gadwall and the 3 Goosanders. The Great and a Little Egret were noted plus Little Grebe and a Water Rail near the feeders on the waters edge. A vocal Buzzard flew over the c/pk whilst a Kingfisher put in a brief appearance. The heronry and Cormorants were busy this morning with lots of alarm calls as the Great Egret flew over. 2 Marsh Tits were present on the feeders and 2 Lapwings flew over south. At the dam a couple of Mistle Thrushes, a showy Buzzard and 3 Jays on the grassy slope also 14 Common Gulls with the Black-headed. Again a Goshawk was noted, over the Rookery this time a nice male causing absolute havoc.

West End:- Great white Egret, 3 Little Egrets into roost plus 67 Cormorants, 23 Pochard, 2 Tufted, 2 Gadwall, 17 Wigeon, 9 Mandarins, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested grebes, 3 Coot, 4 Moorhens & male Sparrowhawk.