Todays Sightings
A beautiful day on the reserve the first few swallows are hunting over the ponds, chiffchaffs are singing in the bushes and avocets are mating infront of the main observatory. Also a moorhen has chosen to next on the pond between the car park and the visitor centre so quietly look down off the bridge and you can watch here incubating her eggs :D
The signs of spring are definitely here.
Todays sightings 60 species so far
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Pintail
Shelduck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Tufted duck
Moorhen
Coot
Avocet 30
Redshank
Lapwing
Black-tailed godwits 191
Curlew
Snipe
Oystercatcher
Golden plover
Ruff 1 Nelson-lyle
Cormorant
Grey heron
Little egret
Black-headed gull
Common gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Crow
Rook
Jackdaw
Magpie
Woodpigeon
Stock dove
Collared dove
Pheasant
Red legged partridge
Kestrel
Buzzard
Peregrine
Barn owl
Blackbird
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Starling
Dunnock
Robin
Wren
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Reed bunting
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Cetti's warbler
Chiffchaff
Swallow
Skylark
Meadow pipit
Pied wagtail
