Wildlife Sightings for 9th February 2025
Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper heard. Fieldfare and Redwing at the entrance. Oystercatcher and Shelduck on the main lake.
1 Common Sandpiper - heard calling by WWF Hide
1 Green Sandpiper - flew over to main lake
1 Oystercatcher - marsh, main lake
2 Shelduck - main lake
13 Redwing - entrance lakes
2 Fieldfare - entrance lakes
1 Little Grebe - wader scrape
60+ Lapwing - main lake
The February Water Rail survey found 22 calling birds across the reserve - reedbed, reservoir lagoon, main lake, sheltered lagoon, south route and wildside.
Bitterns can be found either on the north shore of the reservoir lagoon, or any of the main lake shores where there is a reed fringe.
Look for Siskins and Redpolls feeding in birch or alder trees (particularly wildside and sheltered lagoon). The south route feeders are attracting plenty of mixed finch species daily.
Wintering Bearded Tits arrived in December and can often be found in the main reedbed or the north shore of the main lake.
