31st Jan

Flashes: Pink footed Goose (1), Canada Goose (30).
PS Careful you don't get locked in, handle not working from inside the hide.
*Handle on flashes hide now fixed.*

River Pool: Teal (50), Shoveler (2), Water Rail (calling), Siskin (8) along path with Goldfinch flock

Woods: Buzzard over, Nuthatch, GS Woodpecker (2), Green Woodpecker (3), Goldfinch (10)

The Scrape: Shoveler (2), Teal (2)

Railway Bridge: Little Egret

25th Jan

Feeding Station: Nuthatch (2), Willow Tit (2), Coal Tit (1), Jay (1), Treecreeper (2), Chaffinch (10)

Main Pool: Teal (2), Little Grebe (1), Tufted Duck (2), Water Rail (calling)

River Pool: Wigeon (2), Teal (14), Little Grebe (1), Siskin (8), Chaffinch (20+)

Flashes: Bullfinch (2)

17th Jan

Car Park Feeders: Reed Bunting (2), Bullfinch (2), GS Woodpecker

River Pool: Teal, Wigeon, Little Grebe

Main Pool: Teal, Wigeon

The Scrape: Teal (8), Shoveler (2), Little Grebe

The Feeding Station: Lesser Redpoll (1), Nuthatch (2), Coal Tit (1), Willow Tit (2), Sparrowhawk (1 male), GS Woodpecker (1 female), Chaffinch (11), Robin (5)

Woods: Green Woodpecker (2), Redwing/Fieldfare flock (40+)

The Flashes: Canada Goose (8), Stock Dove (2)

Wednesday Jan14th

Freezing fog this morning. Nyger seed feeder moved away from tree. It suffers squirrel damage when moved off tree.
Many blue/great tits, coal and willow visiting. Chaffinch, robin, blackbird, jay, magpie, pheasant, nuthatch, treecreeper, GSW (M & F), goldfinch (7), dunock. Long Tail tit in trees. Wren and siskin seen last Monday.

11th Jan

Car Park Feeder: Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, Blue/Great Tit, Robin

Feeding Station: Coal Tit (1), Nuthatch (1), Willow Tit (1), GS Woodpecker (1), Blackbird (4), Chaffinch (8), Reed Bunting (1m), Great/Blue Tit (30+), Goldfinch (2)

Flashes: Common Snipe (5), Stock Dove (4), Canada Goose (70+)

Woods: Bullfinch (1m)

Car Park Field: Redwing (23), Fieldfare (4), Meadow Pipit (1), Buzzard (1), Kestrel (1)

Monday Jan5th

Went down to top up the feeders. Thank you to all who are contributing this year, no food is provided by the trust so any help from visitors ensures that supplies are maintained.

At the feeding station, jay, nuthatch, chaffinch, dunock, robin, GSW, blackbird, pheasant, blue, great, coal and willow tit. A water rail ran through the back of the feeding station.

Walked up the road to the river and saw 2 buzzard, snipe, lapwing, bullfinch, gadwall, mallard, teal, widgeon, moorhen and all the little grebes which have moved from the frozen water in the reserves.

3rd Jan

All Pools Frozen

Feeding Station: Nuthatch, Coal Tit

Woods: Bullfinch (2), Siskin (8), GS Woodpecker (1m), Goldfinch (6), Jay (2)

Car Park Feeder: Reed Bunting (3)

2nd Jan

Feeding Station:
Nuthatch, Jay, Robin, Bullfinch, Redwing (P.Satch) (Photos by P.Satch)