The working week ends with good numbers of bramblings under the feeders, occasional siskins and redpolls at the hide and a feel of the spring to come at times, with a red admiral on the wing today, lots of drumming great-spotted woodpeckers, noisy green woodpeckers and nuthatches and several treecreepers showing signs of pairing up.
A few yellowhammers and reed buntings are popping on to the reserve from the much larger flocks on the seed crop field on Sandy Heath.
Fieldfare and redwing numbers are starting to build up on Sandy Ridge, a sure sign that thoughts of their return journey's to Scandinavia and the far north are on the horizon!
Images Ray Piercy.