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Bright and breezy
The weather is gradually changing from the warm and sunny clear blue skies we've seen for the last few weeks, to overcast and rather windy at times. It is a bank holiday afterall! South Lake Hides A first-winter Little Gull was present this morning, muc
14 April 2017
Today's Highlights
Goldeneye-female on Lady Fen Gadwall Teal Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Wigeon Redshank Avocet Oystercatcher Snipe Lapwing Little ringed plover Great white egret Little egret Whooper swan Greylag goose Cormorant Heron Buzzard Kestrel Goldfinch Chaffinch P
14 April 2017
Wed 12 - Fri 14 Sightings
Mallard ducklings by Jamie MacCallum Look out for mallard duckling and greylag goslings now hatching out around the reserve. Friday 14 April Ramsar & Sand Martin hide: lapwing, shelduck, greylag geese, black-he
14 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 14th April 2017
1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Ringed Plover - main lake 6 Redshank - grazing marsh 1 Glaucous Gull - 2 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 2 Swallow - main lake 4 House Martin - main lake
14 April 2017
Latest sightings - 14th April
Some early drizzle has passed and things are brightening up now. Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers are singing all the way down the Avenues, and we are seeing more Swallows around the reserve. Blackthorn bushes are in full flower now, bright white against t
14 April 2017
Robin chicks hatching
Robin chick Awww look at it's....'HAIR'!!! This newly hatched chick is sporting an impressive head of 'hair', some might say it is a baby only a mother could love. This was the first robin chick to have hatched in t
13 April 2017
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrows Great white egret-3-Reedbed/Lady Fen/Friends hides Little egret-4 on Lady Fen Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank Lapwing Little ringed plover Chiffchaff Blackcap Willow warbler Cetti's warbler Sedge warbler Moorhen and chicks-below café wi
13 April 2017
Wildlife sightings - 13/04/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet 18 Black-tailed godwit 26 Lapwing 26 Oystercatcher 4 Ringed plover 2 Common snipe 6 Redshank 5 Saline Lagoon Avocet 4 Lapwing 2 Hawthorn Wood Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Nuthatch 1 Bullfinch 10 Greenfinch 4 Goldfinch
13 April 2017
Update, Thursday April13th
Last year's pair of Ospreys are now established on their usual nest; we are privileged to have good quality live images beamed to to the screen in our visitor centre. One overflew the reserve yesterday, presumably having been fishing offshore. Marsh Harr
13 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 13th April 2017
1 Curlew - main lake 2 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 4 Redshank - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 1 Glaucous Gull - grazing marsh 4 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 60c Sand Martin - 9 Willow War
13 April 2017
Sightings
The Med Gull bonanza continues with at least 10 birds in the last 2 days, including the 'polish' ringed male and female which are looking increasingly like they are getting ready to nest which would be a first for the reserve and possibly a first for any
12 April 2017
Simon Barnes visit WWT Steart Marshes
Alys Laver, WWT Steart Marshes Site Manager, today hosted a visit from the well-known Author and Journalist Simon Barnes who was visiting the site as research for an article on Working Wetlands that Simon is writing for a piece in the Sunday Times due to
12 April 2017
Today's Highlights
Avocet Oystercatcher Shelduck Lapwing Greylag goose Little egret Moorhen Coot Redshank White wagtail Pied wagtail Kingfisher Marsh harrier Cetti's warbler Ringed plover Pintail Black-tailed godwit Gadwall Shoveler Pochard Black-headed gull
12 April 2017
Recent Sightings - 9th April 2017
The following sightings were recorded today at Castle Espie. As spring approaches we are seeing more and more of our summer visitors returning. A blackcap has returned to the woodland in full voice and the first swallows of spring were spotted flyi
12 April 2017
Wildlife sightings - 12/04/17
AM, mid tide Wader Lake: Ringed plover 3 Avocet 21 Common snipe 5 Redshank 6 Oystercatcher 2 Pied wagtail 1 Black-tailed godwit 31 Kestrel 1 Northern lapwing 25 Stock dove 2 Saline lagoon: Black-tailed godwit 1 Avocet 4 Shoveler 2 Oystercatc
12 April 2017