West End:- 42 x Greylag Goose, 4 x Mandarin Duck, 12 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 10 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Stock Dove, 6 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Eurasian Coot, 26 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x Great Cormorant, 3 x Grey Heron, 2 x Common Kingfisher, 1 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 1 x Carrion Crow, 10 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Common Chiffchaff, 4 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Dunnock
Sighting
WeirWood late morning started at the west end. Here a nice group of 34 Great-crested Grebes with a Little Grebe in tow. A Little Egret on the canoeist beach and several phyllosc’s noted. 2 Snipe were on Pintail bank. The duck numbers seem static for now with nothing new of note, but no sign of the Shovellers. At the dam 3 Common Sands and a Ringed Plover on the dam but little else of note other than a very smart male Sparrowhawk and a Red Kite over.
West end:- 12+ Teal, 16 Mandarins, Little Grebe, 5 Coots, 4 Moorhens, Kingfisher, 15 Long tailed tits, Jay, 3 Chiffchaffs and House Martins on the move east.
WeirWood was decidedly gloomy early this morning and the dam held very little. A Common Sandpiper was on the dam and other than Black-headed Gulls and Great-crested Grebes nothing. The west end was somewhat better with Great Egret that flew over the heronry towards Whillett’s, Little Egret, Snipe, several Mandarins, Wigeon, 2 Shovellers 10 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 Kingfishers and in the c/pk Marsh Tit again. A few Barn Swallows were noted plus 2 flyby Jays.
West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 2 x Northern Shoveler, 16 x Mallard, 9 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Stock Dove, 1 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 2 x Little Grebe, 4 x Great Crested Grebe, 5 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Common Kingfisher, 2 x Common Magpie, 1 x Common Magpie (Eurasian), 1 x Common Raven, 2 x Great Tit, 1 x Barn Swallow, 1 x Eurasian Wren, 1 x Eurasian Blackbird, 1 x European Robin, 1 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x European Goldfinch
West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 4 x Egyptian Goose, 16 x Mandarin Duck, 2 x Gadwall, 27 x Mallard, 1 x Mallard (Domestic type), 2 x Eurasian Teal, 3 x Common Pheasant, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Eurasian Coot, 14 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little Grebe, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 17 x Great Cormorant, 7 x Grey Heron, 3 x Eurasian Jackdaw, 2 x Carrion Crow, 1 x Eurasian Blue Tit, 4 x Barn Swallow, 2 x Common Chiffchaff, 2 x Long-tailed Tit, 1 x European Robin
Whillets:- Pair of stonechats seen.
West end:- 1 Great white Egret, 1 Little Egret, 5 Coot, 2 Moorhen ,1 Little Grebe, 4 Kingfishers, 40 Mallard, 11 Teal, 26 Mandarins, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 4 Meadow Pipits south, 4 Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon, Chiffchaff.
WeirWood at a calm bright dawn started at the dam. On the dam a Common Sandpiper and Bar-tailed Godwit, this only stayed for 10 minutes before flying south. Still lots of gulls inc’ an ad’ Common Gull. Also several hirundines inc’ a few House Martins and ca20 Barn Swallows. The west end held female Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 5 Teal, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 4 Mandarins and 2 Snipe. In the c/pk 2 Marsh Tits, a pair of noisy Nuthatches and a Redpoll over.
West end mid afternoon:- 67 Black headed Gulls, 1 Chiffchaffs, 3 Coots, 24 Cormorants, 2 Gadwall, 40 Greylags, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Little Egret, 1 Little Grebe, 12 Mallard, 15 Mandarins, 2 Moorhens, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Swallow, 7 Teal, 1 Wigeon.