 The main reedbed on the site is known as Newlands , an extensive area forming the eastern end of the reserve . Together with other areas in the West Marsh , the total area of reedbed is now around 25 hectares ( 61 acres ) . A wind @-@ powered water pump is currently installed to lift water from the flood plain to irrigate a further 9 hectare ( 22 acre ) area near the Visitor Centre . This project is part of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan which has targeted the creation of 1 @,@ 200 hectare ( 3 @,@ 000 acres ) of reedbed nationwide . The reedbeds support a number of <unk> warblers such as the reed warbler , sedge warbler and marsh warbler as well as others such as grasshopper warbler , and it was the first recorded breeding site in the region for Cetti 's warbler . There is a long @-@ term plan to have an endangered species , the Eurasian bittern , breeding here by 2014 and regular sightings of the species have already occurred , with up to three individual birds being sighted during late 2009 . A new hide overlooking Newlands , named after Brandon volunteer Ted Jury who died in 2009 , was opened in 2014 . 
