The reserve has been very quiet lately what with 2 Pergrines hanging around and chasing everything away, also the local farmer has dumped a load of potatoes up by Dallows Lake formally known as Spoonbill Pit by some, it's just north of the north pit and is being used by The British Carp Study Group (BCSG). The potatoes are attracting many wildfowl except when disturbed by the farmer or fishermen, they can be viewed distantly from the Drayton canal footbridge.
On the reserve today were 5 Little Egret, 13 Snipe, 1 Dunlin on NP, 1 Common Gull, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff and 3 Stonechat.
On the 23rd December I saw my 2nd Lesser Spotted Woodpecker of the year in Mill Plantation.
Geoff