Morning everyone!
I hope you are well.
Did you enjoy your Christmas Day and Boxing Day?
The reserve is open as usual so you can get out of the house and enjoy a nice stroll!
This morning Keith (Leads Volunteer) and myself went for a little wander and I thought I would let you know what we've seen:
Draper hide - shoveler, teal, gadwall, tufted duck, coot, moorhen, mute swan, black headed gull, magpie, crow and pigeon.
Ashby hide - gadwall, tufted duck, coot, moorhen, cettis warbler. A visitor heard a 'plop' as a creature went into the little ditch that you cross to go to the hide... it could have been a watervole (it has been quite mild so they might still be around. They don't hibernate, but usually spend winter underground in a set of tunnels to avoid the bad weather.)
Lagoon hides (Tern and Gadwall) - gadwall, teal, mallard, tufted duck, shelduck, shoveler, cormorant, grey heron, coot, moorhen, black headed gull, magpie, crow, blue tit, great tit, wren, and 77 lapwing!
Trails - robin, starling, blackbird, song thrush, fieldfare, blue tit, great tit, long tailed tit, chaffinch, wren, green woodpecker, pigeon, crow, magpie, mute swan, mallard, and cormorant.
Happy spotting!Lou