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Wildlife sightings for 12th December 2016
2 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Water Pipit - wader scrape 1 Bittern - main lake N shore 6 Water Rail - sheltered lagoon, wildside, south route 5 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 3 Peregrine - perched on Charing Cross Hospital
12 December 2016
Missing Tundra Bean Goose
Rushy Pen At feed times, 0800hrs and 1600hrs the lake is alive with birds. Over 100 Bewick's Swans are on site, most of them can be seen here. The flock dispersed to the road fields, Dumbles and out to the estuary at low tide during late morning/early aft
11 December 2016
Recent sightings - 11th December
The following sightings were recorded today by Maurice Turley, Jenny McKee and Toni Castello, near high tide, and as part of our monthly contribution to the WEBs counts, which we perform in coordination with other counters around Strangford Lough. Thi
11 December 2016
Sightings Sunday 11th December
Whooper swan Bewick's swan Mute swan Pintail Pochard Shoveler Wigeon Black-tailed godwit Dunlin Golden plover Lapwing Redshank Ruff Great white egret Buzzard Marsh harrier Cetti's warbler Stonechat
11 December 2016
Wildlife sightings for 11th December 2016
1 Black-tailed Godwit - scrape, marsh 3 Water Pipit - scrape 2 Jack Snipe - marsh 2 Bittern - main lake N shore, near Headley Hide 14 Meadow Pipit - flew W+SW; a few feeding on the marsh 2 Kingfisher - south route, then flew towards main lake 4 Siskin -
11 December 2016
Wildlife Sightings 11/12/16
a.m. Tide level: low Wader lake Lapwing - 1 Curlew - 4 Kestrel - 1 Shelduck - 4 Redshank - 5 Redwing (Along Footpath) - 8 Blackbird - 12 Teal - 18 Saline lagoon Curlew - 18 Wigeon - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Blue Tit - 5 Chaffinch - 3 Coal
11 December 2016
Sightings Saturday 10th December
All hides remain open apart from Allport hide, Summer walk still open to first corner. Sightings so far today: Whooper swan Mute swan Pintail Pochard Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Wigeon Great white egret (Lady fen) Little egret Black-tailed Dunlin Redshank B
10 December 2016
Saturday Sightings- Otter and Little stint
A damp and cloudy start to the day gave some great views of the birds on site as well as an otter which was showing very well between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning from the Zeiss Hide. It was last seen going into the reed beds in front of the hide, althou
10 December 2016
Wildlife Sightings 10/12/16
a.m. Tide level: mid Wader lake Shelduck - 8 Teal - 46 Redshank - 32 Herring Gull - 2 Black-headed Gull - 18 Saline lagoon Curlew (Meadow) - 27 Redshank - 11 Teal - 10 Hawthorn Wood Jay - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Coal
10 December 2016
Latest Sightings - 10th December - better visibility
A better morning on the reserve, the rain and mist has lifted to give good visibility. A few good flocks of Barnacle Geese around the Avenue Tower this morning. The Green-winged Teal is on the Folly Pond as usual, but we haven't seen the American Wigeon s
10 December 2016
Wildife sightings for 10th December 2016
1 Bittern - main lake close to Headley hide 6 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 1 Stonechat - wader scrape 2 Peregrine - over river November bird highlights: Bittern, Jack Snipe, Curlew, Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, Goldeneye,
10 December 2016
Bird News
A very dull but mild day today. A small flock of Fieldfare were in the car park this morning, as well as 20 or more Chaffinches and at least 40 Goldfinches. On the Mere, variety was the order of the day - Tufted Duck (at least 7), Pochard, Goldeneye (a si
9 December 2016
Today's Highlights
Great white egret obligingly close to café window, fishing on the pool on Lady Fen with a pair of Little egrets for comparison. Redshank Curlew Snipe Black-tailed godwit Moorhen Cormorant Wigeon-masses down by Reedbed hide end Pochard Teal Cormorant Kest
9 December 2016
Wader watching
Now that temperatures have started to rise again we're seeing some of our waders return, particularly the Golden Plover. Today's best wader action is out at the Zeiss Hide with 7 species of wader recorded. Zeiss Hide The Spotted Redshank has retu
9 December 2016
Today's sightings 9/12/16
a.m. Tide level: mid Wader lake Lapwing 60 Redshank 3 Eurasian teal 2 Shelduck 2 Saline lagoon Wigeon 1 Curlew 40 Eurasian teal 4 Kingfisher (river reedbed viewed from Lagoon View Hide) 1 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 12 Chaffinch 15 Bullfinch 9 Robin 1 Coal tit
9 December 2016