Month: February 2022

West End:- Late morning above the northern ridge 6+ Buzzards including a lovely pale bird, Red Kite, female Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and 3 Ravens.
6 Canada Geese, 5 Greylag Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Coot, 10 Mallard, 28 Grey Heron, 46 Cormorants, 7 Stock Dove, 8 Magpie, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Common Gull, 46 Black-headed Gull, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Coot.

West End:- Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mallard, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Marsh Tit, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Buzzard, Goldfinch, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Treecreeper, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Redwing, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Moorhen.

West End:- Egyptian Goose, Long-tailed Tit, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Woodpigeon, Great Crested Grebe, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Coal Tit, Goldfinch, Magpie, Dunnock, Robin, Common Gull, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Nuthatch.

West End:- 1 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Pheasant, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Stock Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Coot, 50 Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 25 Cormorant, 13 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, 2 Rook, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch.

West End:- male Sparrowhawk caught a tit at the bird feeders, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Mandarins, 2 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 2 Egyptian Geese, 6 Canada Geese, 2 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Chaffinch, Collard Dove flyover, 2 Stock Dove flyover, 24 Blue Tits at feeders.

WeBS February
All Reservoir:-  8 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mandarin, 4 Gadwall, 16 Mallard, 4 Buzzard,  2 Moorhen, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker,  3 Wren, 9 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 33 Redwing,  2 Goldcrest, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Marsh Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Carrion Crow, 6 Chaffinch.
Dam End:- 5 Canada Geese, 3 Egyptian Geese, 6 white domestic geese, 2 Tufted Duck, 10 Black-headed Gull,  1 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull flyover, 42 Wood Pigeon, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Robin, 2 Fieldfare, 22 Rook flyover, 20 Starling flyover, 20 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll.
West End:-  38 Cormorant, 27 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan,  3 Coot, 10 Snipe, 3 Common Gull, 6 Stock Dove, 2 Dunnock, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 40+ Jackdaw flyover.
Whillet’s:-  Water Rail heard, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull flyover, 1 Jay, 1m Bullfinch.

West End:- 2 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 8 Mallard, 1 Pheasant, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Stock Dove, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Coot, 2 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 29 Cormorant, 20 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 40 Jackdaw, 40 Rook, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Wren
1 Blackbird, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch.

West End:- 2 Mute Swan, 3 Greylag, 2 Canada Geese, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 90 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 6 Long-tailed Tit.
Whillet’s:- 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard, 1 Goldcrest, 40 Jackdaw and 2 Crow flyover. Also 3 Fallow Deer.