Boxing day Bittern
Redwing in wildside tree tops
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon
2 Shelduck - main lake
2 Goldeneye - main lake
2 Pintail - main lake
6 Snipe - grazing marsh
9 Redwing - wildside
2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh
December bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Yellow-legged Gull, Pintail, Water Rail, Caspian Gull, Stonechat, Skylark, Water Pipit, Lesser Redpoll, Chiffchaff.
Fungi: (November) Hairy Oysterling (photo below), Hawthorn Twiglet, Pink Domecap, Yellow Stainer, Dewdrop Bonnet, Fatal Dapperling, Bay Polypore, Common Puffball, Tuberous Polypore, Slender Club, Weeping Bolete, Crested Coral, Blushing Wood Mushroom, Fragrant Funnel, Alder Woodwart, Blistered Cup, Common Bird's Nest, Stubble Rosegill, Yellowing Knight.