Bittern in the reedbeds

1 Bittern - main reedbed (channel next to wildside hide)

7 Water Rail - main reedbed, wildside, main lake

3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh

1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh

15 Redwing - wildside

2 Stonechat - wader scrape

2 Peregrine - perched on hospital

December bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Pintail, Water Rail, Caspian Gull, Stonechat, Skylark, Water Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Chiffchaff.

Fungi: (November) Hairy Oysterling (photo below), Hawthorn Twiglet, Pink Domecap, Yellow Stainer, Dewdrop Bonnet, Fatal Dapperling, Bay Polypore, Common Puffball, Tuberous Polypore, Slender Club, Weeping Bolete, Crested Coral, Blushing Wood Mushroom, Fragrant Funnel, Alder Woodwart, Blistered Cup, Common Bird's Nest, Stubble Rosegill, Yellowing Knight.

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