On the reserve 29/5/13

Not such a nice day - showers and quite chilly but still plenty to see around the reserve

Draper hide

Canada geese and young 3 families two with 6 goslings one with 5

Little Grebe - Tufted Duck - Pochard - Gadwall

Black headed Gull - Common Tern

Lapwing- Little Ringed Plover

Cormorant - Reed Bunting

Pair of Stock Doves sitting on and going inside owl nest box

Female Marsh Harrier flying over the reedbed at the back

Trails

Cettis(H) Blue tit - Great tit - Dunnock 

Chiffchaff -Long tailed tit 

Gadwall Hide

Sedge Warbler - Cormorant - Chaffinch

Black headed gulls nesting on all rafts and still nest buiding

Common Tern

Pochard - Tufted Duck - Magpie - Coot

Kingfisher Hide

Tufted Duck - Gadwall - Coot

Kingfisher bringing fish in to the nest

Warbler Hide

Female Marsh Harrier sitting on posts in meadow ( for at least an hour) -Also saw her trying to have a go at a Mallard

that landed near her - it has been reported that she is a juvenile bird so despite her being seen with nesting material she will not breed this year

Pond in front of hide - excellent views of Reed Warbler - Sedge Warbler - Reed Bunting and Coot with 3 chicks on nest

Little Egret - Heron - Hobby

Lagoon

Great Crested Grebe