Happy New Year everybody, from all at Rye Meads!
Despite a shocking start to the year weather-wise, here's what's been spotted out on the reserve today:
TRAILS
Blackbird, Great Tit, Robin, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Magpie, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan, Chaffinch, Pheasant, Dunnock, Wren, Bullfinch
GADWALL HIDE
Lapwing (c.200), Coot, Gadwall, Shelduck, Mute Swan, Teal, Shoveler, Starling, Cormorant, Moorhen, Magpie, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe
TERN HIDE
Coot
DRAPER HIDE
Pochard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Little Grebe
KINGFISHER HIDE
Mallard
ASHBY HIDE
Mallard, Coot
WARBLER HIDE
Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Teal, Crow
LAPWING HIDE
Snipe, Canada Goose, Cetti's Warbler, Stock Dove
FROM THE CAR PARK
Peregrine, Grey Heron, Golden Plover, Collared Dove, Snipe
A total of 38 species in all.. a great start to the new year!