31st December 2025 seen by James (via WhatsApp)

1pm – beautiful afternoon at the west end

9 greylags, 1 manadrin, 7 tufted, 6 widgeon, 6 teal, 34 pochards, 2 moorhen, 3 coots, 5 mallard, 3 GC grebe, 1 little grebe, 3 heron, 1 snipe,

2 buzzards soring, 1 sparrowhawk and 1 goshawk flyovers

Fieldfare, redwings and starlings in the trees across the hide

Longtailed, blue, great, marsh and coal tits on the feeders – as well as a great spotted, stock dove bellow feeders today, tree creepers in the carpark too