Shelduck showing well on the main lake
Bittern on the reservoir lagoon N shore and Redwing feeding down the South route also this morning.
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon N shore
2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh
1 Shelduck - main lake
5 Redwing - South route
5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape
5+ Water Rail - wildside (main reedbed)
December bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Yellow-legged Gull, Pintail, Water Rail, Caspian Gull, Stonechat, Skylark, Water Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Chiffchaff.
Amphibians: Smooth Newt found on 20th December (not usually seen until the spring).
Unseasonally early flowering plants: Marsh Marigold, Cowslip, Ragwort, Daisy.
