Well firstly the footpath is usable unfortunately the first people to use it are dog walkers and within day we are having to clear of dog mess from this new path. It makes me very cross that we have to constantly harp on about this with signs on site to remind people and personally I hate the countryside being littered with signs and as a dog owner my self that comes to work with me I clean up and take it home and bin it. That's my moan of the month.
While working on the path we have had the clerk of works inspecting making sure we are doing it right.
Actually joking apart this year we have seen more robins on the reserve than normal with along this 300m foot path 4 seeming to hold a quasi territory. Lots of chaffinches and blackbirds utilizing the wealth of berries that have come this season. This month saw a big influx of redwings and fieldfares with some mistle thrush and song thrush.
On the wader front curlew, redshank, oystercatcher on lagoon 1 and 5. Little egrets have been utilising lagoon 1 and the saltmarsh with 27 being the best count so far and at the northern end of the reserve big bird visited for the first week of November a great white egret.
Thanks to William Cluckie for the Photo