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Sightings Saturday 10th December
All hides remain open apart from Allport hide, Summer walk still open to first corner. Sightings so far today: Whooper swan Mute swan Pintail Pochard Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Wigeon Great white egret (Lady fen) Little egret Black-tailed Dunlin Redshank B
10 December 2016
Saturday Sightings- Otter and Little stint
A damp and cloudy start to the day gave some great views of the birds on site as well as an otter which was showing very well between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning from the Zeiss Hide. It was last seen going into the reed beds in front of the hide, althou
10 December 2016
Wildlife Sightings 10/12/16
a.m. Tide level: mid Wader lake Shelduck - 8 Teal - 46 Redshank - 32 Herring Gull - 2 Black-headed Gull - 18 Saline lagoon Curlew (Meadow) - 27 Redshank - 11 Teal - 10 Hawthorn Wood Jay - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Coal
10 December 2016
Latest Sightings - 10th December - better visibility
A better morning on the reserve, the rain and mist has lifted to give good visibility. A few good flocks of Barnacle Geese around the Avenue Tower this morning. The Green-winged Teal is on the Folly Pond as usual, but we haven't seen the American Wigeon s
10 December 2016
Wildife sightings for 10th December 2016
1 Bittern - main lake close to Headley hide 6 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 1 Stonechat - wader scrape 2 Peregrine - over river November bird highlights: Bittern, Jack Snipe, Curlew, Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, Goldeneye,
10 December 2016
Bird News
A very dull but mild day today. A small flock of Fieldfare were in the car park this morning, as well as 20 or more Chaffinches and at least 40 Goldfinches. On the Mere, variety was the order of the day - Tufted Duck (at least 7), Pochard, Goldeneye (a si
9 December 2016
Today's Highlights
Great white egret obligingly close to café window, fishing on the pool on Lady Fen with a pair of Little egrets for comparison. Redshank Curlew Snipe Black-tailed godwit Moorhen Cormorant Wigeon-masses down by Reedbed hide end Pochard Teal Cormorant Kest
9 December 2016
Wader watching
Now that temperatures have started to rise again we're seeing some of our waders return, particularly the Golden Plover. Today's best wader action is out at the Zeiss Hide with 7 species of wader recorded. Zeiss Hide The Spotted Redshank has retu
9 December 2016
Today's sightings 9/12/16
a.m. Tide level: mid Wader lake Lapwing 60 Redshank 3 Eurasian teal 2 Shelduck 2 Saline lagoon Wigeon 1 Curlew 40 Eurasian teal 4 Kingfisher (river reedbed viewed from Lagoon View Hide) 1 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 12 Chaffinch 15 Bullfinch 9 Robin 1 Coal tit
9 December 2016
Sightings 09/12/2016
A bit of a wet start to the day, however, a nice influx of Whooper Swans with 160 birds coming into the feed this morning. This gave us a chance to read some leg rings and 3 new birds were picked out. Orange YPJ & ZFJ were a new pair in with two cygne
9 December 2016
Recent Sightings - British Steel Hide
Black-tailed Godwit reflected in calm water Cr. Ray Cottrel. British Steel Hide Black-Tailed Godwit 1010 Bar-Tailed Godwit 2 Curlew 3 Knot 12 Grey Plover 1 Greenshank 18 Redshank 1 Dunlin 5 Lapwing 341 Shelduck
9 December 2016
Wildlife sightings for 9th December 2016
2 Bittern - main lake close to Headley hide 4 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - grazing marsh 34 Redwing - flew over heading South West 19 Fieldfare - flew over heading South 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - low over site Additional sightings from
9 December 2016
Today's sightings 8/12/16
a.m. tide level high Wader Lake Shelduck 4 Mallard 14 Teal 26 Lapwing 42 Redshank 22 Grey heron 2 Jay 2 Saline lagoon Teal 16 Redshank 4 Other birds Redwing 19 - lagoon scrub Grey heron 5 - river Cormorant 3 - river Hawthorn wood Great spotted woodpecker
8 December 2016
Sightings 08/12/16
A very misty but mild day with some nice sunny spells. Still no sign of the drake American Wigeon and the bad visibility is not helping. The Eurasian Wigeon numbers seemed to have dropped so it could have moved off the reserve with them for the time bei
8 December 2016
Today's Highlights
The results of the most recent Swan count, taken on the reserve at dawn on 5th December, are:- Whooper swans - 3,268. Bewick's swans - 1,112. Great white egret-on Lady Fen Little egret Kestrel Buzzard Black-tailed godwit Wigeon Teal Pochard Pintail Redsha
8 December 2016