Latest sightings
4 Bitterns and 3 Jack Snipe!
(Male Reed Bunting with food, Russ Myners) 4 Bittern - main lake (SE shore, NE shore, N shore by Headley Hide) 3 Jack Snipe - scrape, main lake island 21 13 Reed Bunting - main lake, reedbed, south route/main l
24 December 2018
3 Bitterns on the main lake this morning
1 Little Owl - calling from cover near wildside Dragonfly Pond 3 Bittern - main lake (N shore, SE shore, Headley Hide) 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 11 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon Grebe Pool, scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 10
23 December 2018
Yellow-legged Gull returns to the main lake a.m.
1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 20m from Headley Hide 1 Yellow-legged Gull adult - main lake (WWF hide) 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside 13 Redwing -
21 December 2018
Bittern on the south-east shore of main lake
1 Bittern - main lake (SE shore) 4 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Water Pipit - main lake, scrape 5 Snipe - main lake, scrape 23 Redwing - entrance area, wildside plus 14 flew over W December bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Goosande
20 December 2018
Winter Thrushes feeding on the Holly berries
1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Yellow-legged Gull - main lake 3 Pintail - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - wader scrape 12 Redwing - entrance area 7 Fieldfare - entrance area December bird highl
19 December 2018
Bittern & Pintail on the main lake
Bittern by Maria Z. (2) 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 2 Meadow Pipit - flew over heading West December bird highlights: Shelduck, Gold
18 December 2018
Water Pipit and Jack Snipe on the wader scrape
Jack Snipe (c) S Petrek 2 Goosander - flew over NW 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 3 Bittern - main lake 1 Water Pipit - scrape 4 Siskin - wildside December bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Goosander, Bittern, Grea
17 December 2018
Pair of Black-tailed Godwit dropped into the wader scrape
2 Black-tailed Godwit - flew on to scrape from the river a.m. 1 Jack Snipe - main lake island 21 1 Little Owl - entrance bank a.m. 2 Bittern - main lake N+S shores 2 Marsh Harrier - flew high over the wildside 1200hrs 6 Fieldfare - sheltered lagoon 1 Wat
16 December 2018
Whistling Wigeon
93 Wigeon - wader scrape 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 5 Pintail - main lake, sheltered lagoon, marsh 7 Fieldfare - wader scrape bank 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 1 Kestrel December bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Bitt
15 December 2018
Water Rails making themselves heard
2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 11 Mandarin - wildside 3 Water Rail - heard calling from reservoir lagoon, reedbed 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 18 Redwing - South route 2 Pere
14 December 2018
Frosty morning with 2 Jack Snipe feeding on the thawed ground
Jack Snipe - S Petrek 2 Jack Snipe - one flew up from edge of reeds on the south route and headed to the main lake; the other bird was feeding on the scrape 2 Bittern - main lake SE+N shores 2 Shelduck - main l
13 December 2018
Rock Pipit on main lake islands
1 Rock Pipit - main lake island no.1, then flew to the 'gull ridge' island no.20 1 Water Pipit - marsh (west-side) 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 3 Bittern - main lake 27 Redwing - entrance area 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Skylark - flew W over main lake &n
12 December 2018
A great variety of winter birding
1 Bittern - main lake North shore 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 12 Redwing - entrance area November bird highlights:
11 December 2018
Good numbers of Water Rail on this mornings survey
14 Water Rail - site count 2 Bittern - main lake North shore 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 3 Shelduck - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Pintail - main lake 6 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 14 Mandarin
10 December 2018
Snipe showing well in the rain
Snipe by Romney Turner 1 Bittern - main lake North shore 3 Shelduck - main lake 6 Redwing - entrance area 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh November bird highlights: S
9 December 2018