Spoonbill Visit
Our highlight of the week has been a visit from a spoonbill on to the floodground. It is amazing watching them use their 'spoon' to feed. We have also had a pochard appear briefly and we currently have some redpolls on our feeders. Signs of breeding is well underway with lapwings chicks been seen in the fields, the pied wagtail which has nested in the Campbell hide has hatched and tree sparrow chicks have been seen poking out of their nest box.
Photo credit: Alex Hillier
Species around the Reserve
Mute Swan
Pink-footed Geese
Greylag geese
Canada Geese
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Goosander
Pheasant
Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Moorhen
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Black-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Snipe
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black Backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark
Sand Martin
House Martin
Barn Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Wheatear
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Wren
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Treecreeper
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
Hare
Roe Deer
Weasel
Stoat
Fox
