Category: Sighting

West End: 6 x Greylag Goose, 5 x Mandarin Duck, 1 x Mallard, 5 x Common Pochard, 15 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Eurasian Coot, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x Common Gull, 6 x Great Crested Grebe, 33 x Great Cormorant, 5 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 4 x Common Magpie, 7 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Coal Tit, 1 x Marsh Tit, 3 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 2 x Great Tit, 6 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 3 x European Robin

2m Common Pochard, pair Mandarins, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Coot, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Tit and 2 Mistle Thrushes.

West End: 4 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Egyptian Goose, 2 x Northern Shoveler, 2 x Gadwall, 8 x Mallard, 1 x Common Pheasant, 17 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 9 x Black-headed Gull, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 8 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 2 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Eurasian Jay, 1 x Common Magpie, 11 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 4 x Carrion Crow, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 2 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock

West End:-  1 white feral duck, pair of Pochard, 1F Shoveler, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Buzzard, 2 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch.

WeBS October 2024

All reservoir:- 36 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 6 Grey Heron,  5 Egyptian Geese, 23 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 11 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Marsh Tit, 2 Coal Tit,
Dam End: 2 white farmyard geese, 2 Gadwall, 1 Kestrel,  22 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull + 13 flyover, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail,  1 Goldcrest, 4 Long-tailed Tit,  2 Jay, 5+ Rook, 4 Crow, 1 Raven.  
West End:- 86 Greylag, 6 Canada Geese, 1 Canada/Greylag hybrid Goose,  3 white feral/Greylag hybrid Geese, 1 Buzzard, 1 Snipe.
Whillet’s:- 2 Song Thrush, 19 Starling, 3 Bullfinch.

West End:- 1 Great White Egret flew east, 10 Redwings, 10 Starlings, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Coot, 49 Greylag Geese, 2 Raven, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk

2 female Goshawks, adult and immature, chasing each other, male Peregrin very high, Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk and usual Buzzards. 2 Siskin, 3 Chaffinch.

Whillet’s:- 2 female Goshawks, male Peregrine high over, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Buzzards, 2 Siskins, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Jay, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Red Fox, 1 Small White, 2 Red Admiral and 1 Small Tortoiseshell.

West End:- Northern ridge (09:45-11:45) 613 Redwings, 17 Starlings, 4 Song Thrushes, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Chaffinch, 7 Linnets, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Siskin, 2 Reed Buntings, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinches and 2 Ravens all flying west.
A Kestrel was hunting above me and after several attempts caught a vole.
2 Sparrowhawks,1 Jay and several Meadow Pipits.
3 Gadwall and a Coot on the reservoir.

Whillet’s:- 16 Reed Buntings roosted, 2 squealing Water Rails, 1 Moorhen, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Mistle Thrush, 8 Redwings, 4 Mandarin, 4 Teal, 1 Mallard, 1 Barn Owl hunting in meadow 2 at 18:05, 2 Tawny Owls heard plus 3rd sat on wires near Crossroads.
West End:- 1 Gadwall.