Sightings Saturday 30th December
Bright mild start to the day, there is now flood water on the reserve so wellies are a must for getting to the hides which are all open apart from Reedbed hide which is closed due to the flooding.
However there are quite good numbers of birds to see, with three cranes passing over this morning as well as sightings of Great white egret (3), Merlin and Water rail.
Full sightings for today:
Mute Swan
Whooper swan
Canada goose
Greylag goose
Gadwall
Goldeneye
Mallard
Pintail
Pochard
Teal
Tufted duck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Crane
Great white egret
Grey heron
Little egret
Coot
Moorhen
Water rail
Cormorant
Black-tailed godwit
Curlew
Dunlin
Golden plover
Lapwing
Redshank
Ruff
Snipe
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
House sparrow
Long-tailed tit
Meadow pipit
Pied wagtail
Redwing
Reed bunting
Robin
Starling
Stonechat
Tree sparrow
Wren
Carrion crow
Collared dove
Jackdaw
Magpie
Pheasant
Wood pigeon
Black-headed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Buzzard
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Merlin
