Nature Notes January

The weather continued to be wet and windy, with the occasional dry period. Nationally, rainfall was twice the normal January average resulting in extensive waterlogging on the Reserve.

SIGHTINGS 
Birds:   Jackdaws, Jays, Carrion Crows, Magpies, Wood Pigeons, Stock Doves, Black-headed Gulls, Buzzards, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Siskins, Redwings, Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Robins, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits, Wrens, Goldcrests, Dunnocks, Nuthatches, Treecreeper, Bullfinches, Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches.
Mammals:   Wood Mice, Grey Squirrels, Fox.
Plants in flower:   Gorse.
Insects:   Bees.

A flock of Redwings were seen in the woodland at Kingfisher Creek.