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Wildlife sightings for 19th June 2018
2 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 4 Teal - wader scrape, main lake 1 Shoveler - wader scrape 6 Swift - main lake May/June bird highlights: Temminck’s Stint, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plov
19 June 2018
Tuesday 19th June- Avenue Re-open
The end of the avenue is re-open so you can now access Avenue Tower. 5 Gadwall ducklings on the Back Pond yesterday, and 2 swallow fledglings in the hide. Lots of other fledglings around at the moment, such as Blue Tits, Great Tits, House Sparrows and Tre
19 June 2018
Wildlife Sightings 19/06/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Kestrel (juvenile) - 3 Avocet - 29 & 1 chick Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 73 & 35 chicks Black-headed Gull - 24 Grey Heron - 16 Redshank - 16 Teal - 4 Lapwing - 5 & 1 chick Swallow - 2 Saline Lag
19 June 2018
Toadlets emerge & club-tailed dragonfly spotted
Toadlets emerged from the ponds to leave the reserve in the damp of Thursday morning Sightings week of June 11-17 Monday 11 June Sand Martin hide: Male pintail ducks, tufted duck and gadwall. Tues 12 June Arun Riverli
18 June 2018
WeBS count
Totals from today's WeBS count were.. 26 L. Grebe, 6 G.Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 8 Little Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 1 GW Egret, 76 Mute Swan, 60 Greylag, 5 Canada G, 40 Barnacle G, 196 Shelduck, 4 Wigeon, 69 Gadwall, 46 Teal, 709 Mallard, 23 Shoveler, 1 Poc
18 June 2018
Today's Highlights
Mute swan + cygnets Whooper swan + cygnets Wigeon Pintail Mallard Gadwall Teal Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Black-tailed godwit Avocet + chicks Lapwing Greenshank Redshank Little ringed plover Grey heron Black-headed gull Common tern Tree sp
18 June 2018
It's your Tern
During May, our busy reserve team placed two new tern rafts on the main lake and saline lagoon at Castle Espie Wetland Centre. These are specially designed to provide an island habitat for terns, which is both safe from flooding and predation. To encoura
18 June 2018
Recent Sightings €- 18th June 2018
The following sightings were recorded today at Mid-tide from the reserve at Castle Espie. A couple of Common Terns are being sighted on a daily basis; using the rafts in the Main lake and the Saline Lagoon. Keep an eye out for the spectacular dives into t
18 June 2018
Wildlife sightings - 18/06/18
Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Kestrel juveniles 3 Avocet 29 adults and 1 chick Redshank 14 Stock dove 1 Oystercatcher 4 adults and 1 chick Grey heron 36 Common tern 70 adults and 36 chicks Little ringed plover 1 Shoveler 4 (two pairs) Shelduck 7 Lapwing 7 a
18 June 2018
Wildlife sightings for 18th June 2018
2 Mediterranean Gull adult - main lake long shingle island 1 Kestrel - reservoir lagoon bank 3 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon, reedbed 1 Snipe - main lake 2 Swallow - over NE 3 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside May/June bird highlights: Te
18 June 2018
Spotted Redshank
The highlight from the last couple of days was an almost full breeding plumage Spotted Redshank found Saturday on Woodend Marsh viewable from United Utilities Hide, it was always distant and disappeared from time to time, no sign of it today. Also on Sat
17 June 2018
Today's Highlights
Kestrel Marsh harrier Mute swan + cygnets Whooper swan + cygnets Greylag geese Mallard Wigeon Gadwall Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Pintail Cranes(2 flew over Reedbed hide) Cormorant Grey heron Little egret Redshank Oystercatcher Moorhen Avocet Coot Lapwi
17 June 2018
Wildlife sightings for 17th June 2018
2 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 2 Mediterranean Gull adult - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 20 Swift - main lake May/June bird highlights: Temminck’s Stint, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Oystercatc
17 June 2018
New arrivals
Exciting news! This week we've welcomed two female Emperor goslings into our newly renovated Duckery. We're pleased to announce they are both doing really well under the watchful eye of mum and dad of course! Emperor geese are one of the favourite breeds
16 June 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan + 7 cygnets Whooper swan Greylag Canada goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Tufted duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Crane Grey heron Bittern (heard booming) Little egret Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Redshank Green sandpiper (N
16 June 2018