A quiet day on the reserve - Sunday December 21st

There were only significant numbers of any species on lagoons 2 & 1. I didn't see any waders, raptors or Kingfishers and there was no sign of the Bittern reported early last week in the Lea Marsh area.

L2 TERN HIDE
c. 100 Coot
8 Mute Swans
2 Cormorant
Shoveler
Gadwall
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Common Gulls

L1 GADWALL HIDE
1 Grey Heron
1 Cormorant
c. 65 Teal
c. 24 Shoveler
c.10 Tufted Duck
1 Shelduck
1 Pintail - the long-staying male

The highlight of my day was seeing 2 Water Voles by bridge 2 at about 1300 after I'd put some apples on the feeding platform in the morning. By the end of the day most of one apple had been eaten.