Heavy overnight rain has helped to top up some of the scrapes, the South lake is still a bit on the low side.
3 August 2021
Passage migrants continue to arrive and locally fledged young are wandering
2 August 2021
Today has been punctuated with short and sometimes heavy showers, but the birds are benefitting - mostly
30 July 2021
This week we've started work on restoring some of the islands on the Rushy and Tack Piece
29 July 2021
Round up of sightings and reserve work
27 July 2021
We've seen our first returning Snipe of the autumn this week
24 July 2021
It has been a good week for waders on the reserve and the wider estuary as their migration really starts to get going
23 July 2021
The reserve is filling up with ducklings of several species in what is looking like a great breeding season
22 July 2021
The Wild Safaris have resumed with a slightly reduced number of people.
20 July 2021
Dragonflies and Damselflies out in force
18 July 2021
The scrapes are getting busier as adult waders return from breeding grounds, a juvenile Common Sandpiper and a few juvenile Little-ringed Plovers are among them, both of the latter species are from elsewhere but our two home-grown Little-ringed Plover chi
12 July 2021
Great to see good numbers of ducklings on the reserve
11 July 2021
A few more return passage migrants of note included a smart dusky Spotted Redshank
8 July 2021
A few more migrants arrived after a night of heavy downpours.
6 July 2021
Calm after the downpours
5 July 2021