This morning a Water Rail showed well in front of the Causeway benches. Further out in the water a Yellow-bellied Slider was seen. A female Marsh Harrier hunted for a short while over the Slurry Lagoon reed-beds and a Bittern was seen crossing the water from one reed-bed to another. Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard and Teal were all present on the Slurry Lagoon, but no diving ducks. Several groups of warblers and tits were seen about the site, small numbers of Swallows were passing through to the south and over fifty Siskins, in small flocks, were also flying south. PS.