A sunny but cold day as I walked around the reserve.
Lots of teal around a small patch of open water near the reserve entrance.
no birds to be seen from the Turret hide.
Pheasant, blackbird, chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch and female brambling at the feeders.
A buzzard flew across the reserve from the main road.
The dragonfly ponds are full of water and a robin was hopping about on the ice on this one.
Just 4 mute swans on reed bed lake. In a field to the right of the path were 2 Egyptian geese
From the corner where I usually look for a tawny owl, I noticed that a tree had fallen down, and perched on one of the branches was a red kite.
Siskins, long, blue and great tits were at the feeders along the path, and as I got a little further along I saw a green woodpecker on the ground looking for food.
Not a brilliant picture but this was as close as I got before the bird flew off. In front of the new hide there is a patch of open water and lots of birds were on it.
From the hide itself I could see mute swans, mallard, teal, wigeon, pochard, gadwall and tufted duck. Several little grebes were also swimming about while lots of coots were feeding on the grass. I could also see the red kite from a different angle.
I then walked to the new viewing screen, from where I could see shelduck, teal, wigeon and a single black tailed godwit. The lagoon in front of the East hide was frozen and no birds on it, a kingfisher flew past the hide.
48 birds on my day list, including 10 year ticks.
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