On the way into work today I saw a bittern fly into the reedbed at the back of Longrock Pool, a very nice start to the day. The pair of shoveler are also still on the pool.
Incredibly, the grey heron’s are already starting to gather nesting material and are building nests in the reedbed. One pair is nesting north of the railway and can be seen from the railway bridge as you look towards Cheshire Homes, they are rebuilding an old nest in a small willow tree. The second pair have selected to nest on the ground, on an island in the sanctuary area. You can see these birds from the pavement if you stand east of the viewing lay-by looking north-west over the Cornish hedge. We usually have six to eight breeding pairs so there will be plenty of opportunity to see the herons over the coming months.
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