Highlights on the reserve today

GADWALL HIDE
c200 Lapwing - easily spooked
100+ Teal
c. 10 Snipe  - mostly hiding behind one of the islands
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Pintail - male

KINGFISHER HIDE
Kingfisher - female in afternoon, sitting quite still for several minutes, catching a fish, beating it about and dropping it back into the water twice then eventually catching another and eating it successfully.

ON THE TRAILS
Chiffchaff - singing between the Draper Hide and bridge 3.
Goldcrest - near the Draper Hide