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Wildlife sightings for 4th August 2016
2 Garganey - main lake 5 Shoveler - main lake 13 Teal - scrape, main lake 10+ Tufted Duck broods - mostly resr lagoon, scrape 34 Lapwing - main lake 20 Swift 1 Kingfisher - resr lagoon 25 Goldfinch - marsh, scrape July bird highlights: Little Egret, She
4 August 2016
Quick update, Thurs Aug 4th
Folly Pond similar to yesterday, with 120+ Curlew, a single summer plumaged Black-tailed Godwit, and 12 Teal. A Marsh Harrier was over Saltcot Merse this morning. Small flocks of Dunlin were moving on the tide yesterday though the visibility was very poo
4 August 2016
Latest Sightings
Overcast with low cloud turning very windy for the time of year on Wednesday. Interesting to note that the low cloud cover on Tuesday produced a small fall of passerine locally. On the reserve a Willow Warbler in the tit flock was probably part of that fa
3 August 2016
Wildlife sightings - 03/08/16
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 8 + 2 juvenile Lapwing 190 Redshank 3 Common sandpiper 1 Black tailed gowdit 1 Oystercatcher 2 Common tern 60 Black headed gull 62 Grey heron 10 Gadwall 1 + 10 young Shoveler 2 young Saline Lagoon Lapwing 50 Grey her
3 August 2016
Todays Sightings
Wood Sandpiper (last night, main observatory) Whooper Swans- Cygnets Little Egret Common Tern Lapwing Redshank Ruff Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Black tailed Godwits Dunlin
3 August 2016
3rd August sightings...
South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 140, Ruff-1 male and 3 female, Dunlin 6, Redshank 42, Lapwing 59, Grey Heron, Green Sandpiper. Zeiss Hide 12 Avocet, 3 Green Sandpiper, 24 Shoveler, 34 Teal, Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Yellow Wagtail and 3 Crane GCP. Ho
3 August 2016
Reserve Update Wednesday 3rd August - Waders Galore!
Folly Pond is the place to be this morning. After a fairly quiet few weeks, the recent field cutting and wet weather has seen an influx of waders onto the surrounding field and muddy edges with 143 Curlew, 22 Lapwing, 2 Snipe and 1 Black-tailed Godwit p
3 August 2016
Wildlife sightings for 3rd August 2016
2 Garganey - main lake (11th day) 4 Black-tailed Godwit - flew E from main lake 1 Hobby 1 Willow Warbler - wildside (singing) 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 4 Stock Dove - marsh c30 Goldfinch juveniles - wader scrape July bird highlights: Little E
3 August 2016
Wildlife sightings 02/08/2016
a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 8 + 2 young Common tern 50+ (Both avocet and common tern numbers are decreasing as the breeding season comes to a close) Lapwing 74 Common sandpiper 1 Black-tailed godwit 1 Eurasian teal 6 Pied wagtail 1 Grey heron 7
2 August 2016
Tuesday 2 August sightings-24 Green Sandpiper!
Rushy Pen Hide We still have three Little-ringed Plover on the mud (lower pond) but water levels are rising quickly after rain, this mud shelf may disappear later or tomorrow. Also present were 7 Green Sandpiper, 4 Black-tailed Godwit and 5 Redshank (of w
2 August 2016
Latest Sightings - 2nd August - Tawny Owl back
A busy morning with farmers on site early to continue baling and wrapping silage in the fields. The Meadow will be cut for hay soon, so if you want to see the wild flowers come down this week! Tawny Owl is once again in its tree along the Folly Hide path.
2 August 2016
Spoonbill!
Spoonbill 1 - The bird has been seen distantly on the estuary but is now regularly being seen on the scrapes in front of the British Steel Hide Greenshank 32 Black-Tailed Godwit 364 Whimbrel 11 Curlew 40 Spotted Redshank 1
2 August 2016
Wildlife sightings for 2nd August 2016
5 Common Tern - main lake 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Garganey, Hobby, Whimbrel, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Li
2 August 2016
Todays sightings
Wood sandpiper Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Greenshank Dunlin Ruff Snipe Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank Lapwing Shelduck Teal Shoveler Gadwall Mallard Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Sedge warbler Reed warbler Reed bunting Tree sparrow Sand martin Ho
1 August 2016
Latest Sightings
The arrival of August heralds a further increase in migration activity with more species leaving the breeding grounds and heading South. On the reserve it will generally be the waders that are obviously changing although many passerines also can pass thro
1 August 2016