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Bittern showing well on the sheltered lagoon

Goldeneye also spotted on the sheltered lagoon

Bittern showing well on the sheltered lagoon

1 Iceland Gull - adult on the main lake from WWF hide

1 Bittern - sheltered lagoon

1 Goldeneye - sheltered lagoon

3 Shelduck - main lake

4 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon

2 Snipe - grazing marsh

1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh

3 Mistle Thrush - Q.E.W.

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, Non-biting Midge species.

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