Wildlife Sightings for 6th December 2024
Two Water Pipit on the marsh, along with some Stonechat. Repoll on the south route.
2 Water Pipit - Marsh
2 Stonechat - Marsh
1 Pintail - wildside
1 Redpoll - South Route
1 Common Snipe- Wildside hide
1 Sparrowhawk- Main Lake
1 Peregrine Falcon- Hospital
25 Siskin - South Route
4 Chiffchaff - South Route
1 Kestrel - over Wildside
2 Little Grebe - Wader Scrape and Marsh
40 Lapwing - Main Lake
45+ Wigeon - Wader Scrape and Marsh
The November Water Rail survey found 17 calling birds across the reserve - reedbed, reservoir lagoon, main lake, sheltered lagoon, wildside and scrape. Bitterns can be found either on the north shore of the reservoir lagoon or any of the main lake shores where there is a reed fringe. Look for Siskins and Redpolls feeding in birch or alder trees (particularly wildside and sheltered lagoon).
