Bittern on the wing
Water Rail calling and Pintail showing well this morning
1 Bittern - main lake (took a flight around the lake before landing on island 21)
2 Shelduck - main lake
2 Peregrine - landed on main lake island after flying across the river
1 Goldeneye - main lake
2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon
6 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape
4 Water Rail - calling from the main reedbed and wildside
1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh
1 Kestrel - entrance lake
December bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Yellow-legged Gull, Pintail, Water Rail, Caspian Gull, Stonechat, Skylark, Water Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Chiffchaff.
Amphibians: Smooth Newt found on 20th December (not usually seen until the spring).
Unseasonally early flowering plants: Marsh Marigold, Cowslip, Ragwort, Daisy.
