Redwing around the sheltered lagoon
Pintail and Goldeneye also on the sheltered lagoon
2 Bittern - main lake (South East corner), reservoir lagoon
5 Pintail - sheltered lagoon, main lake, reservoir lagoon
1 Goldeneye - sheltered lagoon
10 Redwing - sheltered lagoon, entrance lake
2 Water Pipit - main lake, grazing marsh
4 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake
January bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Brent Goose, Bittern, Goldeneye, Yellow-legged 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.
