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Wildlife sightings for 13th March 2018
1 Sand Martin - reservoir lagoon 1 Bittern - main lake 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - main lake 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 4 Fieldfare - wader scrape bank 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh February/March bird hi
13 March 2018
Avocet increase and first Sand Martins
Avocets Two high counts over the last couple of days, 42 yesterday (combining counts from South Lake and TNP) and 41 together on the Top New Piece flood today. Pairs have formed and we've noted increased interest in the islands as they fuss over favou
12 March 2018
Latest Sightings
Damp all day! Plenty of birds around even if the birds of prey were slightly subdued. Wildfowl counts included 780 Whooper Swan roosting, 1200 Pink-footed Geese in the vicinity, 160+ Greylag, 18 Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, 517 Shelduck, 1500+ Teal, 880 Wi
12 March 2018
Cacophony of spring singing
Long tailed tit hangs around for handy seed snack. Photo: Romney Turner Recent Sightings Sunday Buzzards displaying on Offham Hangar: they fly high then fold wings and plummet then fly up again. The male chased
12 March 2018
Recent Sightings - 12th March 2018
A very noisy morning here at Castle Espie, with lots of black-headed gulls preparing for breeding season! The following sightings were recorded today at high tide: Pair of black-headed gulls courting cr. Stan Madams
12 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 12/03/18
a.m. Tide Level High Wader Lake Avocet (flew off) 1 Grey heron 25 Tufted duck 29 Eurasian 7 Oystercatcher 4 Redshank 20 Lapwing 19 Common snipe 8 Shelduck 23 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Black-headed gull 26 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 1 Eurasian
12 March 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick's swan Greylag Tundra bean goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Goldeneye Great crested grebe Cormorant Coot Moorhen Little egret Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Dun
12 March 2018
Wildlife sightings for 12th March 2018
2 Bittern - main lake 3 Dunlin - flew towards marsh from the river 1300hrs 1 Redshank - marsh 1 Little Egret - marsh 14 Snipe - marsh, main lake 4 Jack Snipe - marsh 1 Mediterranean Gull - wader scrape 4 Red-crested Pochard - resr lagoon 3 Mandarin - she
12 March 2018
Displaying birds
Another night with heavy rain spells helped to top up levels on the fields, following on from the heavy deluge the night before which saw water levels peak at the highest point this winter period. The wildfowl and waders certainly don't mind, for them i
11 March 2018
Sightings for Sunday March 11th
Reedbed remains closed, all other hides are open: Sightings for today: Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Tundra bean goose Gadwall Goldeneye Mallard Shelduck Shoveler Teal Wigeon Grey heron Little egret Coot Moorhen Avocet Black-tailed godwit Curlew Go
11 March 2018
Wildlife sightings for 11th March 2018
1 Spoonbill - grazing marsh 1 Avocet - main lake (p.m.) 1 Mediterranean Gull - main lake 1 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Redshank - grazing marsh 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 3 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - marsh February/March bird
11 March 2018
Ring-billed Gull!!!
A bit like busses you wait ages then two come along at once. Ok, this probably doesn't quite work for this scenario but last year on the 19th March an adult Ring-billed Gull was found in front of the Harrier Hide and was present for less than an hour. T
10 March 2018
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Tundra bean goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Goldeneye Cormorant Coot Moorhen Great egret (x4) Little egret Curlew Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Dunlin Golden
10 March 2018
Wildlife sightings for 10th March 2018
1 Curlew - main lake 10 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Goldeneye - main lake 8 Snipe - grazing marsh 15 Fieldfare - wader scrape bank 4 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital February/Mar
10 March 2018
Loads of rain and highest flood levels of the winter
Ver high flood levels and the place looking great. Rushy Over 80 Pochard and Pintail still here but Avocets increasingly starting to prospect here, 10 yesterday afternoon and 3 this morning. 11 Snipe were in there usual spot on the left hand bank. A pair
10 March 2018