H&S checks and then a spot of birdwatching before helping with a walk to see the Murmuration.
I went to the Bob Dickens hide to look at the birds on the Main Lake. Lapwing, mute swan, tufted duck, pochard, goldeneye and goosander. I heard a green woodpecker on my way back to the Doug Pickup hide.
From here I saw cormorants and goosander fly towards the Lin Dike end of the reserve. Highland cattle were grazing close to the reeds around the scrape, when I noticed a cattle egret.
Another 3 egrets flew in and started to feed. Blue, great and long-tailed tits were visiting the feeders along with robins, goldfinches and a male bullfinch.
A red kite was hunting over the field to the right of the hide and as I was watching it a great-white egret flew toards the scrape.
Time to go to the visitor centre and meet the people who have booked on the murmuration walk.
It had been raining all day and visibility was not great, so we were not sure what kind of murmuration there would be.
Not a great photo but I think that you might just make out the dark cloud of about 20,000 starlings.
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