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