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Recent Sightings €- 6th August 2018
The following sightings were recorded today at High-High tide from the reserve at Castle Espie. A very wet start to the day but it improved as the morning went on and we gat a chance to see some of the wildlife at Castle Espie. There was a nice roost of
6 August 2018
Wildlife sightings for 6th August 2018
2 Garganey - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Common Tern - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Water Rail - main reedbed 20 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir l
6 August 2018
Today's Highlights
House martins congregating on the Centre building ready to migrate soon Swallow Tree sparrow Pied wagtail Yellow wagtail Starling Sedge warbler Reed warbler Rook Carrion crow Stock dove Grey heron x 5 Little egret Snipe x 3 Avocet Coot Moorhen Lapwing Gre
5 August 2018
Common Scoter
The bird of the day on Saturday was a male Common Scoter on the Mere early morning only. This is only the 3rd or 4th record for the reserve of this sea duck, which is easy to see off coastal sites such as Blackpool which has up to 20,000 birds wintering
5 August 2018
Wildlife sightings for 5th August 2018
1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh, scrape 2 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Little Grebe - main lake 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Kingfisher - wildside 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 10 S
5 August 2018
Clear blue skies
It's another gloriously sunny day on the reserve with plenty to see, not least our Crane chicks on the South Lake who are starting to exercise their wings more and more, even taking their first short flights. It hopefully won't be long before they're ai
5 August 2018
Today's Highlights
Grey heron Avocet Redshank Black-tailed godwit Dunlin Lapwing Moorhen Coot Snipe Common sandpiper-Main Obs Green sandpiper-Main Obs Wood sandpiper-Lyle hide Ruff Common tern Pink footed goose Greylag goose Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick's swan Mallard Grea
4 August 2018
A set of Sandpipers
Rushy A good hot spot this morning single Wood and Common Sandpipers and 11 Greens. A dozen Black Tailed Godwiits with 1 Dunlin and a cracking group of 5 Snipe showing well. Still 4 young Avocets, Juvenile Pied Wagtails all over and 5 Cormorants on the ma
4 August 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 04/08/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 19 (8 adult, 8 juvenile & 3 chicks) Lapwing - 220 Curlew - 1 Common Sandpiper - 1 Common Tern - 20 Grey Heron - 7 Godwit - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 2 Redshank - 16 Common Sandpiper - 1 L
4 August 2018
Wildlife sightings for 4th August 2018
2 Black-Tailed Godwit - main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Kingfisher - main lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kestrel - hunting along South route 1 Hobby - main lake July bi
4 August 2018
Bird News update
Apologies for the recent lack of updates - normal service will resume this weekend ! Wader passage is picking up at the moment, with Ruff numbers building, and more Black-tailed Godwits appearing daily. As many as six Green Sandpipers have been seen, wit
3 August 2018
Back to being dry
Since the rain a few days ago we're back into a period of dry weather but thankfully many of our pools and scrapes are in a great shape attracting lots of birds. The Curlew Sandpiper from earlier in the week remain, hanging out with the Black-tailed God
3 August 2018
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Greylag Mallard Coot Moorhen Grey heron Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Avocet Snipe Common sandpiper Lapwing Starling House martin Swallow Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Blackbird Stock dove Wood pigeon Ro
3 August 2018
Recent Sightings (1st-3rd August)
British Steel Hide (and Grounds) Autumn passage seems to be beginning now, with quite a nice mixed flock of waders beginning to build up on the saline lagoons. On the 3rd there were 2 Spotted Redshanks, 35 Greenshank, 78 Black-tailed Godwits, 76 Redshank
3 August 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 03/08/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 22 (10 adults, 10 juveniles & 2 chick) Little Ringed Plover - 3 (2 adult & 1 juvenile) Ruff (partial summer plumage) - 1 male Redshank - 16 Lapwing - 20 Common Sandpiper - 1 Oystercatcher - 2 (
3 August 2018