Water Pipits feeding on the marsh
As well as Water Pipit there's calling Water Rail, Bittern, Snipe and Shelduck out on the reserve this morning
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon
6 Snipe - scrape, marsh
2 Water pipit - marsh
13 Redwing - wildside
1 Kestrel - over the overflow car park
3 Shelduck - main lake, scrape
5 Water Rail - reedbed, south route, wildside
January bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Brent Goose, Bittern, Goldeneye, Yellow-legged Gull, Water Rail, Water Pipit, Siskin, Chiffchaff. Colour-ringed gulls recorded recently include a Norwegian Common Gull and a Danish Black-headed Gull.
Early flowering plants: Marsh Marigold, Cowslip, Ragwort, Daisy, Winter Aconite, Snowdrop, Hazel.
