Increasing numbers of wintering duck
Shelducks, Water Pipit, Bitterns and 150+ Teal on the reserve
2 Bittern - main lake SE+NE shores
1 Water Pipit - marsh
150+ Teal - marsh, scrape
3 Shelduck - main lake, marsh
3 Pintail - reservoir lagoon
6 Snipe - marsh, scrape
4 Water Rail - wildside, 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.
