Autumn is over and winter is coming and the reserve opening hours are now 9.30am to 4.30pm from 1 November through to the 31 January but we are still currently closed on Mondays. Sunsets this time of year can be epic...

Picture by Howard Vaughan

It's been nice for wildlife recently - the cattle egrets are showing nicely, wintering duck numbers are building up - and we had the Dartford Warbler showing over the weekend!