Wildlife sightings for 5th February 2025
22 Water Rail recorded on the site survey
2 Shelduck - main lake
1 Little Grebe - scrape
22 Water Rail - site survey
68 Wigeon - marsh, scrape
4 Snipe - main lake, marsh
70 Lapwing - main lake
16 Siskin - wildside, south route bird feeders
3 Lesser Redpoll - wildside
11 Redwing - south route
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.
