Alastair Gray: Weir Wood Reservoir Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 122 of 122 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 16/11/2020 Same bird on 22/11/20. 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 490 on 26/09/20. 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 460 on 26/09/20. 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 immatures on 22/02/20. 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 on 16/10/20 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 flew W over Reed Bed at dusk 06/11/20. 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 4 on 20/09/20. 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 8 on 30/11/20 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 25/10/2020 4 on 14/12/20 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 50 on 20/09/20 11 Teal Anas crecca 12 on 20/09/20 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 7 on 13/02/20. 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 on 15/03/20. 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 20/03/2020 Drake 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 16 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2020 17 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2020 18 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 19 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 1,153 SW 22/11/20. 21 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 17/04/2020 22 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 24 Coot Fulica atra 2 on 24/08/20. 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 3 on 12/01/20 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 103 on 20/09/20. 27 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 23/03/2020 Dam 2 on 23/03/20. 28 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/06/2020 24 on 17/08/20. 29 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/07/2020 30 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 7 on 23/03/20. 31 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/04/2020 6 on 03/05/20. 32 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/04/2020 3 on 15/09/20 33 Redshank Tringa totanus 29/06/2020 North Bank 34 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/08/2020 35 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/07/2020 36 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 23/08/2020 37 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/08/2020 Juvenile 38 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 19/04/2020 39 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 23/03/2020 40 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 3,900 out of roost 14/12/20. 41 Common Gull Larus canus 42 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 43 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 44 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 45 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 53 on 06/03/20. 46 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/08/2020 Juvenile 47 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 5 on 24/07/20. 48 Great White Egret Ardea alba 07/10/2020 49 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 31 on 02/02/20. 50 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/06/2020 51 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 07/06/2020 52 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 53 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 06/12/2020 Immature male 54 Red Kite Milvus milvus 55 Buzzard Buteo buteo 56 Barn Owl Tyto alba 26/04/2020 1 on 06/12/20 in Whillets at dusk. 57 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 3 Heard from Reed Bed 05/11/20 58 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 59 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 60 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 61 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 62 Merlin Falco columbarius 06/01/2020 High Over Northern Ridge before stooping,dropping fast onto farmland then lost to view. 63 Hobby Falco subbuteo 15/05/2020 64 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/01/2020 Immature 65 Jay Garrulus glandarius 66 Magpie Pica pica 67 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 68 Rook Corvus frugilegus 69 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 70 Raven Corvus corax 71 Coal Tit Periparus ater 72 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 73 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 74 Great Tit Parus major 75 Woodlark Lullula arborea 09/08/2020 One flew low over Dam calling heading N having come from ploughed field by sailing club. 76 Skylark Alauda arvensis 77 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2020 60+ 78 Swallow Hirundo rustica 1 south on 02/11/20 79 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/04/2020 80 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 81 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 82 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/03/2020 12/12/20 x2 83 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/08/2020 84 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/04/2020 85 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 10/08/2020 86 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 17/04/2020 87 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 19/04/2020 88 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2020 89 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2020 90 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 91 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 92 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 93 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 94 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 3,000 roosted in Reed Bed on 01/01/20. 95 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 96 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 30 over Whillet’s 19/09/20. 97 Redwing Turdus iliacus 28/09/2020 98 Blackbird Turdus merula 99 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 100 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/08/2020 101 Robin Erithacus rubecula 102 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 23/04/2020 Whillet’s 103 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17/08/2020 1 on 30/08/20 in Whillets. 104 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1 Behind Dam & 1 Whillet’s 18/10/20) 105 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/04/2020 106 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 26/05/2020 Male singing at Waterworks. 1f by Meadow pond 30/08/20. 107 Dunnock Prunella modularis 108 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 31/08/2020 1 on 06/09/20 flying south. 109 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 110 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 111 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 74 around Meadow Pond,Whillet’s 12/09/20. 112 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/09/2020 One south 113 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 114 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 115 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 12 on 02/08/20. 116 Linnet Linaria cannabina 18 in field behind sailing club 18/10/20 117 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 118 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 06/07/2020 6 NE over Dam 11/07/20,6 E over Whillet’s 16/08/20.8 NE over Sailing Car Pk 23/08/20,8 E over Whillet’s 19/09/20.12 at Whillet’s 20/09/20.8E Whillets on 27/09/20. 119 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 120 Siskin Spinus spinus 121 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 122 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 140 Roosted 06/12/20.