SE136421
| Nearby
Sites |
Specialities |
| Yellowhammer |
| Stonechat |
| Meadow Pipit |
| Short-eared Owl |
| Grey Partridge |
| Oystercatcher |
| Wheatear (passage) |
| Redshank |
| Sedge Warbler |
| Golden Plover |
| Lapwing |
| Moorhen |
Weecher encomposes the area around the reservoir, and the adjoining fields and tracks towards Faweather Grange on the edge of Sconce, and the training area for race-horses. It's always worth checking this location at all times, Yellowhammers congregate on the triangle of ground by Birch Close Farm before they disperse to their breeding area on the nearby moorland. Flocks of Golden Plover use the fields in winter and spring and an occasional Short-eared Owl can often be seen hunting over the ditches and scrub.
Notable
Sightings - 2005 |
| 15th January 2005 The year’s highest total of seven Yellowhammers, with three there a fortnight later. |
| 24th July 2005 50 Linnets at Faweather Grange. |
| 10th December 2005 200 Greenfinch roosting in the clump of trees at by Birch Close Lane. |