Wildlife at Willey, Warks

Sunday, 7 December 2025

Three WebS counts today-

Mere Lane Lake - held a few Gulls, Mallard, Tufted and Shoveler, plus four Little Grebes.

A Water Rail answered from the drainage pools.

Soar Brook Lake - a good numb er of Gulls, coming and going to the nearby pig fields.

Mallard and Teal, two Mute Swans (sadly a dead one too).

Stanford Hall Lake area - A Great Egret, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Tufted and Little Grebes. Fewer Canada and Greylag Geese.

Red Kite over.

A couple of WeBs counts today at the small sites produced a Water Rail at Magna Park lake.

Stanford Res; afternoon.

Nine Great Egrets, eight Grey Herons, and 3 Little Egrets. Two Goosander and one Goldeneye.

c100 Fieldfares and c50 Redwings on the bushes.

A couple of Reed Buntingsn and Goldcrests, a Treecreeper on the water side willows.

Willey; morning

a Green Woodpecker flew ij to the Church Horse Chestnut tree. A single Stock Dove came to the paddock feed station.

Redwings coming to the Church Yew trees and a few Fieldfares around the pasture behind .

Frolesworth

c50 Red-legged Partridges on arable fields near Sharnford tractors, obviously released birds.

Lilbourne Meadows; afternoon.

As the other day, plenty of Wigeon and Teal on the flood pools, along with c100 Lapwings, Mallard, 8 Gadwall and Shovelers.

Three Tufted Ducks on the island pond, a Little Egret flew over.

c100 Starlings in flocks on the pastures.

Eight Long-tailed Tits are the feeder.

Willey; two Mistle Thrushes around the Church Yews at midday.

Shawell Sandpit/landfill; afternoon.

28 Gadwall, c 40 Teal, a few mallard and Tufted, Little Grebes, two Mute

C20 Red Kites and Ravens.

150 Great Black Black-backed Gulls, plus H, LBB, B-H and Common.

12 Stoc Doves and a few Redwings in the spinney.

Catkins are beginning to develop and to show.

No obs today.