2 Shelduck on site this morning
4 Pintail, Bittern on the main lake N shore and 2 Water Pipit also noted so far today.
1 Bittern - main lake N shore
4 Pintail - reservoir lagoon
2 Shelduck - main lake, wader scrape
2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh, main lake
5 Snipe - grazing marsh
8 Mandarin - wildside
January bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Brent Goose, Bittern, Goldeneye, Yellow-legged Gull, Iceland Gull, Water Rail, Water Pipit, Siskin, Chiffchaff. Colour-ringed gulls recorded recently include a Norwegian Common Gull and a Danish Black-headed Gull.
Early flowering plants: Marsh Marigold, Cowslip, Ragwort, Daisy, Winter Aconite, Snowdrop, Hazel, Primrose, Stinking Hellebore, Butcher's Broom, Gorse, Early Crocus.
Insects: (January) Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red Admiral.
