We spend the weekend at Cudrefin (arrived there yesterday around 16:30). It was really awesome, though a tad cold. We stayed in the hotel next to the bird centre, and had dinner there at the restau too. The hotel had nice rooms, very quiet and we had a great night. Just before dark on Saturday, we walked up and down the jetty on the Vaud site with about 30 species seen or heard. I repeated that this morning at 7:00, while my wife stayed in bed
There were both Water and Meadow Pipits, loads of Reed Buntings a Yellow Hammer and my first ever Swiss Egyption Geese. The only slight disappointment was that the hoped for waders at the sand banks in the Lac de Neuchatel were simply not there. Just Yellow Legged Gulls and some Carrion Crows, with a few distant Black Headed Gulls. This was compensated though by my first ever Otter sighting this morning, very stoked for that one!!
We visited the bird center after breakfast, as all Swiss Bird Centers I visited so far, very nice hides, but rather small. This one claims to be knows for it Kingfishers; it displayed quite well indeed, but not better than I've seen in other. There was a variety of ducks and a Green Sandpiper. We then walked along the canal on the Bern side, and went up an observation tower there. Lots and lots of Mute Swans, quite a few Greylag Geese and the Egyption Geese had been joined by a number of equally exotic Ruddy Shelduck.
With al the reeds on both sides, I had hoped for some Penduline Tits, but no luck on that front, but I think overall at least 100 Reed Buntings seen

Then at the far end, between the Gulls on the sand banks we saw one wader.... had to look at the enlarged photos I shot here at home to make out a Curlew.
Overall, a very pleasant weekend with a grand total of 55 species, definitely worth a visit!! For sure, we will go again!!