Water Pipit feeding close to the Peacock Tower
Peregrine soaring through the wind
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon (opposite wildside hide)
2 Shelduck - main lake
4 Pintail - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon
81 Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh
1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh
1 Redwing - South route
1 Peregrine - over the main lake
The grazing marsh and scrape are best for watching wintering Shoveler, Teal and Wigeon. Listen for bird song across the reserve with Song Thrush, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Robin and Cetti's Warbler being particularly vocal at the moment.
February bird highlights: Bittern(3), Goldeneye, Yellow-legged Gull, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, Water Rail, Jack Snipe, Water Pipit(2), Siskin, Chiffchaff.
Reptiles: Common Lizard recorded 1st February.
Early flowering plants: Marsh Marigold, Cowslip, Ragwort, Daisy, Winter Aconite, Snowdrop, Hazel, Primrose, Stinking Hellebore, Butcher's Broom, Gorse, Early Crocus, Meadow Buttercup, Wild Plum, Blackthorn, Sallow.
Insects: (January) Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red Admiral, Non-biting Midge species.
