News
Increase in snipe sightings
Sightings of common snipe are increasing throughout the reserve. Photo: Romney Turner These wildlife sightings are a record of what one warden/WWT guide has seen on a morning walk of our site. Thurs 25 O
29 October 2018
Recent Sightings €- 29th October 2018
The following count was taken from the reserve and estuary at low tide today. The winter birds are still showing well on the estuary. There are still impressive numbers of Brent geese on the lough and the flocks of duck and wader are impressive. Estuar
29 October 2018
First Bewick's Swan returns
Indri- this bird favours the Big Pen, look out for it among the flock of resident pre injured/rehab Bewick's Swans. Rushy Hide 31 Pochard and 40 Pintail among the Mallards, Teal and Tufted Ducks. A single Little Grebe and Redshank also on the pond. Tack
29 October 2018
Latest sightings - Monday 29th October
The temperature remains below zero this morning resulting in some of our ponds being partially frozen. Good numbers of whooper swans on the whooper pond again this morning as well as a new family of mute swans with 4 cygnets. Wigeon numbers also conti
29 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 29/10/18
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Teal 48 Snipe 5 Herring gull 3 Black-headed gull 128 Kestrel 1 Shelduck 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Teal 23 Curlew 1 Black-headed gull 4 Snipe 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 1 Robin 2 Bullfinch 3 Willow
29 October 2018
Todays sightings
Great White Egret Snipe Pintail Pochard Teal Wigeon Marsh Harrier Canada goose Greylag goose Black tailed Godwit Coot Moorhen Fieldfare Shell duck Tree sparrow
29 October 2018
Wildlife sightings for 29th October 2018
1 Short-eared Owl - marsh 0810hrs, then later flew up high circling the site 1 Dunlin - main lake 2 Peregrine - hospital perch 1 Kestrel - marsh 5 Snipe - marsh 5 Siskin - sheltered lagoon, 1 flew SW October bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Sheldu
29 October 2018
A few more White-fronts
Rushy Hide Further increases in the duck numbers as we begin to feed the lake to settle the birds in for the winter. 38 Pintail, 11 Pochard (5 drakes), c45 Tufted Duck and 45 Shelduck on the lake. A flock of 16 Ruff were roosting on the lower ponds island
28 October 2018
Bearded Tits!
Top news today with at least 8 Bearded Tit seen ~150m to the left of the Harrier Hide on the inner Reed Bed Walk. Over the last 20 years we have had a few single observer sightings of birds that have never hung around so we are quite excited by this news!
28 October 2018
Today's sightings
Whooper swans Greylag Canada goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail (x6) Wigeon Teal Pochard (x5) Cormorant Moorhen Grey heron Great egret Curlew (x5) Black-tailed godwit (60+) Ruff (x3) Redshank Snipe Lapwing Golden plover Black-headed gull Starling Kin
28 October 2018
Wildlife sightings for 28th October 2018
1 Merlin - sheltered lagoon (09:55) 1 Curlew - grazing marsh 7 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 86 Lapwing - main lake, wader scrape 1 Grey Wagtail - otter enclosure 2 Skylark - flew over heading West 1 Peregrine - perched on hospi
28 October 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swans Whooper swans Greylag Barnacle goose Canada goose Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard (x3) Cormorant Coot Moorhen Crane (x3) Grey heron Great egret Bittern (Lyle hide) Curlew Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank (x3) Snipe Lapwing Golden
27 October 2018
Wildlife sightings for 27th October 2018
1 Short-eared Owl - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 70 Wigeon - main lake, reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 14 Fieldfare - flew over heading South East 32 Redwing - flew over heading West 6 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kestr
27 October 2018
Saturday 27th Octobers Sightings
Rushy Pintail 25 Teal 70 Snipe 1 Redshank 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Holden and Walkway Whitefronted Goose 1 ad 2 juvs Wigeon 70 Teal 250 Curlew 46 Snipe 1 Peregrine 2 Chiffchaff 1 (withy bed) Fieldfare 12 passing over South Lake Pochard 14 Tufted Duck 63 Shoveler
27 October 2018
Latest Sightings - Saturday 27th October
Even colder this morning, but it seems some of the Whooper Swans have found food elsewhere as there were just 40 on the Whooper Pond at 8:30 as opposed to the 120 we had yesterday. Keep an eye on the fields in the area as they could be feeding out there.
27 October 2018