Todays Sightings
A beautiful day on the reserve the first few swallows are hunting over the ponds, a lovely male yellow wagtail is showing off his magnificent yellow feathers on the bank standing proudly on a mole hill, 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.
The signs of spring are definitely here.
Todays sightings 70 species so far
Little grebe
Great-crested grebe
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Goldeneye pair
Mallard
Gadwall
Pintail
Shelduck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Tufted duck
Moorhen
Coot
Avocet 30
Little ringed plover 4
Redshank
Lapwing
Black-tailed godwits 90
Curlew
Snipe
Oystercatcher
Golden plover 100 Lady Fen
Ruff 4
Dunlin
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
Marsh harrier
Sparrowhawk
Peregrine
Barn owl
Blackbird
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Starling
Blue tit
Great tit
Long-tailed tit
Dunnock
Robin
Wren
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Reed bunting
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Cetti’s warbler 10 singing
Chiffchaff
Swallow
Skylark
Meadow pipit
Pied wagtail
Yellow wagtail
Also seen today
Peacock butterflies
Small tortoiseshell
