Water Pipits busy feeding on the marsh
Redwing in the wildside tree blocks
1 Bittern - main lake South East corner
2 Shelduck - main lake
2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon
7 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape
5 Redwing - wildside
2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh
1 Peregrine - perched on charing cross hospital
1 Red Kite - over the reserve
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.
