Water Rails calling from the reedbeds
7 Water Rail calling from the reedbed and wildside
2 Bittern - main lake SE shore, reservoir lagoon E shore
8 Snipe - marsh, scrape, main lake, reservoir lagoon (just below the wildside hide)
1 Shelduck - main lake
2 Argentatus Herring Gull (N.European race) - main lake
7 Water Rail - reedbed, wildside, south route
2 Water Pipit - marsh
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.
