Not quite as cold as yesterday and thankfully no fog to hinder the morning's hide rounds.
7 February 2020
It has been a frozen and foggy start to the morning but the weather has cleared to reveal a glorious winter day bathed in sunshine and blue skies
6 February 2020
South LakeThe male Goldeneye returned to the deep lake and was even displaying to the female, the Cattle Egret was present early morning and again after midday, it spent some time on the Tack Piece. The Black-tailed Godwit flock was present at the south e
5 February 2020
Estuary TowerThe wintering Merlin was out on the Middle Point fence this morning with an immature Peregrine on fenceposts along the foreshore, Buzzard and Sparrowhawk in the Tack Piece and Marsh Harrier viewable on posts in the Bottom New Piece. A pair of
3 February 2020
The weekend of 1-2 February has been very good for wader watching, we haven't got the really high numbers of some recent winters but it has been impressive nonetheless. The Tack Piece, Estuary Tower and Kingfisher Hide have been the best spots to see larg
2 February 2020
A fabulous flock of 1900 Golden Plover were seen from the Estuary Tower this morning, flying over the North of the reserve. Another highlight for the day was the Cattle Egret returning to the causeway on South Lake.South LakeTowards the South was a nice f
31 January 2020
Some of the highlights from this lovely crisp and clear morning include the drake Green-winged teal spotted on the Top New Piece from Zeiss Hide.Tack PieceLooked very busy this morning with high numbers of 1500 grazing wigeon, 500 Golden Plover and 150 Bl
28 January 2020
Highlights for today includedThe male Goshawk returned to the Top New Piece and caught a duck. Drake Green-winged Teal still on the Top New Piece-viewed from the Zeiss HideCattle Egret once again on the South Lake islands8 Pink-footed Geese and the Russia
27 January 2020
A male Goshawk was seen hunting from the Zeiss Hide this afternoon, as well as a Marsh Harrier hunting across the Tack Piece and Dumbles. The lovely Green-Winged Teal was also seen again on the Top New Piece.Tack PieceLooking spectacular this morning with
24 January 2020
A drake Green-winged teal was found on the Top New Piece by a visiting birder this afternoon, it showed from the Zeiss Hide for a time but moved to the the distant flood in the Bottom New Piece. It could be seen (with a scope) from the Kingfisher Hide. Ki
23 January 2020
Thank you to all who attended the Wild Winter Event last weekend, we were very fortunate to have two splendid winter days and clear visibility. The ice and frost didn't linger all day which allowed the winter birds to feed once it had thawed a little. We
22 January 2020
Cracking day for the 2020 Wild Winter celebration. Superb weather forecast for the whole w/e do come along and take advantage of all the walks talks and displays among a stunning congregation of wintering birds. The flight of the swans film will be screen
18 January 2020
Although we're gearing up for our Wild Winter Weekend tomorrow there are already signs of Spring across the reserve.
17 January 2020
13 January 2020 Wetland Bird Survey results182 Mute Swan84 Bewick's Swan128 Russian White-fronted Geese8 Pink-footed Geese511 Greylag Geese581 Canada Geese201 Barnacle Geese452 Shelduck3312 Wigeon111 Gadwall1402 Teal813 Mallard829 Pintail265 Shoveler172 P
14 January 2020
The Top New Piece flood hosted a female Goosander this morning, this record hot on the heels of the trio seen last week. The Bottom New Piece held grazing Canada Geese this morning but the ever increasing flock of Egyptian Geese, now up to nine wasn't qui
5 January 2020