WeirWood mid afternoon visit. At the west end there were 53 Teal, 3 Gadwall and 4 Lapwing all under the heronry. Plus 5 Snipe and 3 Mandarins in the narrows. Along Pintail bank 2 more Teal but nothing else of note. In the area 15 Great-crested Grebes plus a couple of Kingfishers zooming about. In… Read more: 14th October 2026 seen by Nigel Driver (via WhatsApp)

West End:- 9 x Mute Swan, 10 x Egyptian Goose, 1 x Mandarin Duck, 3 x Gadwall, 49 x Mallard, 10 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Common Pheasant, 1 x Stock Dove, 10 x Common Woodpigeon, 3 x Common Moorhen, 3 x Northern Lapwing, 4 x Common Snipe, 1 x European Herring Gull, 8 x… Read more: 13th October 2026 seen by Linsey Gooding

WeBs highlights with Bob Dam end 9 Mute Swans (1ad,8 immatures) flew in over dam and landed,189 Canada Geese,1 Grey Wagtail,1 Kingfisher,5 Meadow Pipits on dam slope,37 Chaffinches NW,3 Redwing,1 Mistle Thrush,2 Jay,1 Greenfinch in tree in paddock,1 GBB Gull. West end 5 Snipe,2 Lapwing,13 Teal,3 Gadwall,17 Egyptian Geese,50 Greylags,Geese,2 Kingfisher,2 Grey Wagtails,7 Skylarks (2… Read more: 11th October 2026 seen by Alastair Gray and Bob Johnson (via WhatsApp)

West End:- 51 x Greylag Goose, 5 x Canada Goose, 1 x Mute Swan, 4 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Gadwall, 2 x Eurasian Wigeon, 8 x Eurasian Teal, 2 x Stock Dove, 5 x Common Woodpigeon, 1 x Water Rail, 2 x Northern Lapwing, 4 x Common Snipe, 18 x Great Crested Grebe, 11… Read more: 10th October 2026 seen by Linsey Gooding

West End:- 35 x Greylag Goose, 8 x Canada Goose, 5 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Gadwall, 67 x Mallard, 9 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Common Pheasant, 6 x Stock Dove, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 6 x Common Moorhen, 2 x Northern Lapwing, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little… Read more: 9th October 2026 seen by Linsey Gooding

Brief visit to west end this afternoon with Nigel. 1 Great white Egret,4 Snipe,10 Teal,20 Egyptians 1 Mute Swan & 2 lapwings

WeirWood from a rainy midday, firstly at the west end, here 2 Great Egrets were present from 13:30hrs sadly only briefly before they flew off south west. Of note were 39 Teal, 3 Gadwall and 4 Mandarin all around the heronry area. 3 Snipe were also here plus a Lapwing. A Kingfisher was seen zipping… Read more: 7th October 2026 seen by Nigel Driver (via WhatsApp)

Hazel Dormouse in one of the small nest boxes in the study area. Seen with Bob D.

Weir Wood Reservoir – Dam end:- 15 x Mallard, 4 x Common Moorhen, 31 x Black-headed Gull, 2 x European Herring Gull, 1 x Great Black-backed Gull, 17 x Great Crested Grebe, 12 x Great Cormorant, 2 x Grey Heron, 1 x Common Buzzard, 3 x Common Magpie, 1 x Carrion Crow, 3 x Pied… Read more: 6th October 2026 seen by Linsey Gooding

West End:- 2 x Greylag Goose, 9 x Canada Goose, 9 x Egyptian Goose, 3 x Gadwall, 38 x Mallard, 9 x Eurasian Teal, 1 x Common Pheasant, 9 x Common Woodpigeon, 7 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 3 x Common Snipe, 1 x Black-headed Gull, 14 x Great Crested Grebe, 7 x… Read more: 6th October 2026 seen by Linsey Gooding

West end 48 Teal,3 Snipe,2 Lapwings. Whillets 6 Song Thurshes,2 Bullfinches,1 Greenfinch 3 Chaffinches,2 Blackcap,4 Jays,4 Buzzards,1 Red Kite. Butterflies 3 Clouded Yellow 1 Red Admiral 2 Small Copper 1 GVW 1 Speckled Wood Dam end Pretty dead just 1 Grey Wag 4 Pied Wag,Goldcrest,1 Chiffchaff and another 7 Clouded Yellow Butterflies,

Afternoon visit to add – West End: 2 Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 8 Stock Dove. 150+ Jackdaw. Whillet’s: Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven over. Dam End: 1F/J Wheatear on top of dam wall also 15 Pied Wagtail, 10 Egyptian Geese, 1 GBB Gull, 1 Mute Swan, 45 BH Gull, 2 Herring Gull. Tawny Owl heard… Read more: 4th October 2026 seen by Bob Johnson (via WhatsApp)

GWE flew of very High E just after 1pm,7 Buzzards,Goshawk,Sparrowhawk,Kingfisher,Chiffchaff and 1 Meadow Pipit SW. Only thing on water of note were 3 Gadwall Whillets 7 Stonechats (4 2nd meadow,3 back meadow behind pond),1 Greenfinch,1 Bullfinch,1 Chaffinch,4 Chiffchaff,1 Jay,immature Goshawk 2 Kestrels together and a cracking view of a Hobby coming over the Reed bed… Read more: 4th October 2026 seen by Alastair Gray (via WhatsApp)

West End:- 20 x Greylag Goose, 6 x Canada Goose, 3 x Gadwall, 23 x Mallard, 4 x Eurasian Teal, 9 x Common Woodpigeon, 7 x Common Moorhen, 1 x Northern Lapwing, 1 x Common Snipe, 15 x Black-headed Gull, 36 x Great Crested Grebe, 15 x Great Cormorant, 1 x Great White Egret, 12… Read more: 4th October 2026 seen by Linsey Gooding

Morning visit – West End: 4 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 20 GC Grebe, 13 Grey Heron, 62 Greylag, 8 Canada, 4 Egyptian Geese, 3 Gadwall, 7 Teal, 46 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, Herring Gull, Grey & Pied Wagtail, Marsh tit. Whillet’s: Raven over, Bullfinch, 1F Blackcap, Song Thrush, also 2 Small Copper & 4 Speckled Wood butterflies.

West end 61 Teal,3 Gadwall,3 Snipe,4 Lapwing,Kingfisher, 1 Little Greebe, 1 Hobby and 1 Mistle Thrush.

West End:- 4 x Greylag Goose, 5 x Egyptian Goose, 22 x Mallard, 2 x Stock Dove, 8 x Common Woodpigeon, 15 x Common Moorhen, 4 x Northern Lapwing, 4 x Common Snipe, 3 x Black-headed Gull, 1 x Little Grebe, 7 x Great Crested Grebe, 16 x Great Cormorant, 14 x Grey Heron, 3… Read more: 2nd October 2026 seen by Linsey Gooding

East End – pretty quiet. 26 GC Grebes, 43 Canadas, 11 Egyptian Geese, Mute Swan, 33 BH, 4 Herring, 2 GBB Gull, 6 Meadow Pipits on grass behind dam, Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtails, Feral Pigeon, Marsh Tit, Kestrel, Buzzard.

West end 494 Greylags,373 Canadas. 1 Pintail,11 Teal,2 Gadwall,1 Shoveler,13 Moorhens,3 Snipe,1 Lapwing,1 Mute Swan,5 Chiffchaffs. Treecreeper in car park.

West end with Linsey this morning. Ducks-66 Mallards,11 Teal,5 Shovelers,2 Gadwall & 2 Mandarins. Geese-481 Greya,353 Canadas & 18 Egyptians. Only waders on show were 3 Common Snipe & 1 Lapwing.Kingfisher showed briefly on stick in front of hide.3 Jays,11 Meadow Pipits,23 Starlings flew West,3 Mistle Thrush and 11 House Martins East. Raptors,we had a… Read more: 27th September 2026 seen by Alastair Gray and Linsey Gooding (via WhatsApp)