Water Pipits and Snipe on the marsh
A good number of Lapwing on the reserve today
1 Bittern - main lake
2 Pintail - main lake
115 Lapwing - main lake, grazing marsh
4 Snipe - grazing marsh
2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh
4 Water Rail - south route, wildside, reedbed
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.
