It's time once again to update you about what is being seen around the reserve at the moment and thanks again to all of you who continue to come into the centre and tell us what you are seeing here also.
The Kingfishers continue to be the stars of the reserve and yesterday a male was reported to have caught and eaten upto 8 fish infront of visitors which was an enthralling sight for everyone.
Smews and goosander are ever growing in number on main bay and there have been continued sightings of two little egret in the flashes and moat area of the reserve.
The Centre bird feeders are still getting plenty of visiting birds, with tree sparrow, goldfinch, robin, long tailled tit, dunnock, chaffinch and green finch being the most prevelant. We also see willow tits and coal tits quite often.
If you should pay a visit to Pick Up Hide you could see all of these birds plus a pair of brambling and several reed buntings, which have all been showing a lot recently.
In the last few days our visitors appear to have been walking around with their eyes high to the sky because we have had many reports of several buzzards at a time circling the area and frequent reports of red kites as well. Yesterday there were reports of 3 buzzards and 2 red kites.
Yesterday was also a good day for seeing tree creeper, bullfinches, linnet and redpoll along the River Bank and Lin Dike link trails.
It is also as popular as ever to come and see our abundant number of mute swans and mallards who are always in view around the feeding platform at the south end of the visitor car park. Why not come along your self and feed them some special duck and swan food which we sell for £0.50p a bag at the Centre.