Alastair Gray: Weir Wood Reservoir Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 118 of 118 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 124 on 12/09/21 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 323 on 06/09/21 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 on 18/09/21 4 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 on 11/12/21 5 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 32 on 14/02/21 6 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/04/2021 Flying along North Bank Female 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 4 on 29/08/21 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24 on 14/02/21 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 6 on 09/02/21 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 73 on 14/02/21 11 Teal Anas crecca 5 on 14/03/21 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 10 on 11/02/21 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 on 09/02/21 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19/04/2021 Drake 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 16 Swift Apus apus 24/04/2021 29/08/21 17 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 18 Stock Dove Columba oenas 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 18/09/2021 21 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Reed Bed Adult + Juv 29/08/21 22 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23 Coot Fulica atra 7 on 03/10/21 24 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 4 on 17/01/21 & 2 + 3 young on Lagoon 23/05/21. 25 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 56 on 24/06/21 26 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 24/04/2021 1 on 01/08/21 27 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2021 2 on 09/04/21 28 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 14/02/2021 12 + 40 flew west 29 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 21/04/2021 6 flew E over Dam at 10:30,1 flew E calling over Dam at 07:30 on 24/04/21,1 flew E calling over Dam at 07:15 on 03/05/21.2 landed briefly on Dam at 06:50 then flew E at 07:10. 30 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/09/2021 2 flew west 31 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 24/04/2021 10 on Dam early morning then flew E 32 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/02/2021 2 feeding under trees at Whillets during freeze. 33 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 6 on 01/01/21 34 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2021 5 on 06/09/21 35 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 11/04/2021 36 Redshank Tringa totanus 09/06/2021 37 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/04/2021 2 at West End on 23/04/21,1 on Dam 24/04/21,1 on dam 12/09/21 38 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/02/2021 Dam 1 on 09/05/21 39 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 06/08/2021 40 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 19/04/2021 Juvenile 25/08/21 41 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2021 42 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 28/04/2021 2 flew through on 28/04/21 43 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 44 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/03/2021 West End Adult,4 on 19/04/21.17 on 20/04/21,2 on 24/04/21. 45 Common Gull Larus canus 46 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 47 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 13/06/2021 48 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 49 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 53 on 11/04/21,15 active nests in Heronry 50 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2 on 07/03/21 51 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 33 Active nests in Heronry 52 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/03/2021 1 on 22/08/21 53 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 54 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 17/01/2021 2 on 21/03/21 55 Red Kite Milvus milvus 3 on 21/03/21 56 Buzzard Buteo buteo 57 Barn Owl Tyto alba 17/01/2021 Whillets 58 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 05/09/2021 Whillets Heard only 59 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 60 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 61 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 62 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 63 Hobby Falco subbuteo 25/03/2021 64 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/03/2021 Adult female 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 6 on 30/05/21 71 Coal Tit Periparus ater 72 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 73 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 74 Great Tit Parus major 75 Skylark Alauda arvensis 09/10/2021 5 on 09/10/21 76 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 26/03/2021 31/08/21 77 Swallow Hirundo rustica 28/03/2021 11/10/21 78 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2021 11/10/21 390 south on 26/09/21 79 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 80 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 23/08/2021 81 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 28/02/2021 11/10/21 82 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/08/2021 83 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 24/04/2021 84 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/04/2021 11/10/21 85 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 24/04/2021 86 Whitethroat Curruca communis 16/04/2021 87 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 88 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 89 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 90 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 91 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 5,325 roosted on 25/11/21. 92 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 93 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 19 south 23/08/21 94 Redwing Turdus iliacus 21/03/21 95 Blackbird Turdus merula 96 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 21/03/21 97 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 12/09/2021 98 Robin Erithacus rubecula 99 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 09/06/2021 Male singing on NorthBank 100 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/08/2021 Behind Dam 1 on 06/09/21,1 on 12/09/21 101 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 13/06/2021 2 on 13/06/21 102 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2021 1 on Dam 07/05/21,1 on dam 12/09/21 103 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 5 on 11/04/21 104 Dunnock Prunella modularis 105 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2021 Male on Dam 10/05/21.1 on 05/09/21,1 on 12/09/21 106 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 107 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 108 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 91 South on 26/09/21 109 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 110 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/11/2021 111 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 112 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/08/2021 113 Linnet Linaria cannabina 07/11/2021 50 in stubble field 114 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 115 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 116 Siskin Spinus spinus 117 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 118 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 74 roosted on 17/11/21