The trouble with frost

Until this week, we've had 3,000 Golden Plover on the reserve. They feed on the wet grassland, and roost on the causeway. They provide a real spectacle when in the air together as they fly fast in tight flocks, their golden plumage glinting in the sun as they wheel and turn. But, because they feed largely on worms, when the first frosts hit us, they tend to move on. It's a sad reminder that Christmas is coming ! More positively, a Bittern was seen in the reeds at Top Tank this week, so they're still here......................