The weather has undoubtedly taken on a more wintery feel and after a reasonably dry and mild autumn the chillier weather is bringing more birds to the feeders at the visitor centre. over 20 tree sparrows and 10 yellowhammers are frequently seen from the comfort of the visitor centre along with dunnock, blackbird, great tit, coal tit, blue tit, chaffinch, greenfinch, robin, pied wagtail plus sightings of a sparrowhawk, wigeon and 80+ teal on the water, redshank around the muddy edges and large numbers of barnacle geese in the fields.
Blue tit - Photo credit: Robert Conn
From the hides there has been sightings of barnacle, Canada and greylag geese, lapwing, shoveler, teal, pintail, redshank, water rail, green-winged teal, peregrine and male and ringtail hen harrier.
In the strip of woodland as you approach the Meida hide there has been chiffchaff, bullfinch and woodpecker.
Flocks of greenfinch are often seen around the sand dunes and in the stubble fields there have been flocks of linnet and twite, occasionally joined by a Lapland bunting. There have also been reports of merlin, snipe and buzzard.
Other sightings include badger, fox, roe deer and brown hare.