Weir Wood Reservoir and Cuckmere Haven

Tuesday 4th January 2022

Weir Wood Reservoir a.m.

Wet weather today so I cut my losses and headed to Weir Wood Reservoir.

• Bird of the day was the lovely Grey Wagtail I saw in the channel at the dam end.
• Not far behind in the voting was the Marsh Tit seen at the feeders from the car park at the west end.
• Other species seen included Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, Great Spotted Woodpecker,  Green Woodpecker, Jay and Meadow Pipit.

Cuckmere Haven  p.m.

I decided to go down to Cuckmere Haven for the gull roost, arriving late afternoon.  

• Unfortunately the gulls were in 2 locations with only about 25% in the usual place.  The rest were down towards Exceat Bridge and too far from me to watch even with my scope.  There were no obvious Caspian Gulls in the group I watched.
• I did however see the Short-eared Owl hunting over the field on the eastern side of the river.
• I also added Canada Goose to my year list.

Year total =  68

Another really nice visit, brought to a premature close by the weather!