Wildlife Sightings for 8th March 2025
Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape. Red Kite flying over. Stonechat in the main reedbed.
1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape
1 Little Egret - wader scrape
1 Red Kite- flying over
2 Oystercatcher - main lake
1 Stonechat - main reedbed from Wildside Hide
99 Shoveler - marsh, wader scrape
75 Wigeon - marsh, wader scrape
18 Chiffchaff - across the site
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.
Water Pipit will be either on the marsh fields or the flooded wader scrape.
