Spoonbill Visit

Our highlight of the week has been a visit from a spoonbill on to the floodground. It is amazing watching them use their 'spoon' to feed. We have also had a pochard appear briefly and we currently have some redpolls on our feeders. Signs of breeding is well underway with lapwings chicks been seen in the fields, the pied wagtail which has nested in the Campbell hide has hatched and tree sparrow chicks have been seen poking out of their nest box.

Photo credit: Alex Hillier

Species around the Reserve

Mute Swan

Pink-footed Geese

Greylag geese

Canada Geese

Shelduck

Mallard

Gadwall

Shoveler

Wigeon

Teal

Goosander

Pheasant

Cormorant

Little Egret

Grey Heron

Buzzard

Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Moorhen

Oystercatcher

Lapwing

Common Sandpiper

Redshank

Black-tailed Godwit

Curlew

Snipe

Black-headed Gull

Common Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black Backed Gull

Wood Pigeon

Collared Dove

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Skylark

Sand Martin

House Martin

Barn Swallow

Meadow Pipit

Pied Wagtail

Dunnock

Robin

Wheatear

Song Thrush

Blackbird

Blackcap

Whitethroat

Sedge Warbler

Willow Warbler

Chiffchaff

Wren

Great Tit

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Long-tailed Tit

Treecreeper

Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Raven

Starling

House Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

Chaffinch

Linnet

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Reed Bunting

Hare

Roe Deer

Weasel

Stoat

Fox

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