Several pairs of Song Thrush in full song
Plenty of bird song this morning, plus Water Pipit, Bittern and a pair of Shelduck. An Icelandic race Redwing was spotted in the afternoon in the entrance lake area
2 Bittern - main lake SE shore, reservoir lagoon N shore
2 Water Pipit - marsh
2 Shelduck - scrape (prospecting for nest sites)
7 Snipe - main lake (3), marsh (4)
1 Redwing (Icelandic race) - entrance lake
5 Song Thrush - singing from sheltered lagoon, entrance area, wildside and scrape/sheltered lagoon
7 Cetti's Warbler - singing from wildside, south route, reservoir lagoon, main lake, reedbed, sheltered lagoon
5 Reed Bunting - reedbed, main lake
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.
