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Water Rails making themselves heard
2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 11 Mandarin - wildside 3 Water Rail - heard calling from reservoir lagoon, reedbed 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 18 Redwing - South route 2 Pere
14 December 2018
Today's sightings 14/12/18
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake (frozen) mute swan 2 Shelduck 5 Saline lagoon shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood great spotted woodpecker male Goldfinch 6 Coal tit 2 blue tit 10 Great tit 7 bullfinch 14 chaffinch 5 greenfinch robin 2 jay willow tit Other birds wren - play
14 December 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick's swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pochard Tufted duck Pintail Teal Wigeon Moorhen Cormorant Great egret Grey heron Curlew Ruff Black-tailed godwit Redshank Lapwing Golden plover Snipe Green woodpecke
13 December 2018
More White-fronts
A chill in the air and an easterly(ish) airflow has bought some arrivals this morning with White-fronted Geese increasing to either 78 birds or maybe 89, with a flock of 11 seen flying in over the river and landing on the Tack Piece after this morning's c
13 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 13/12/18
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Lapwing 44 Teal 6 Shelduck 9 Shoveler 1 Wigeon 2 Black-headed gull 26 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 17 Great tit 10 Willow tit 1 Coal tit 5 Nuthatch 2 Bullfinch 12 Chaffinch 9 Robin 3 Great spotte
13 December 2018
Frosty morning with 2 Jack Snipe feeding on the thawed ground
Jack Snipe - S Petrek 2 Jack Snipe - one flew up from edge of reeds on the south route and headed to the main lake; the other bird was feeding on the scrape 2 Bittern - main lake SE+N shores 2 Shelduck - main l
13 December 2018
Today's sightings
Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Pink-footed goose (x5) Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Bittern Curlew (x4) Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Snipe Dunlin (x5) Lapwing Golden plover B
12 December 2018
Latest Sightings
After last weeks wind and rain the current weather is a dream and the mostly west-ish facing hides are comfortable when the wind is coming from the east. Continuing a good run for raptors in the past days we have had daily Merlin, 2 Peregrine (ad female a
12 December 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 12/12/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Shelduck - 16 Teal - 8 Black-headed Gull - 5 Water Rail (Paddy Fleming hide) - 1 Wigeon - 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch - 2 Bullfinch - 13 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 Coal Tit - 5 Goldfinch - 4 Great Tit - 7
12 December 2018
Rock Pipit on main lake islands
1 Rock Pipit - main lake island no.1, then flew to the 'gull ridge' island no.20 1 Water Pipit - marsh (west-side) 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 3 Bittern - main lake 27 Redwing - entrance area 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Skylark - flew W over main lake &n
12 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 11/12/18
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Teal 4 Shelduck 5 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Redshank 1 Black-headed gull 40 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Blue tit 9 Coal tit 2 Bullfinch 6 Great tit 5 Jay 1 Chaffinch 4 Other birds Mandarin duck - 1 - Close Encou
11 December 2018
Today's sightings
Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag geese Pintail Pochard Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Shoveler Shelduck Mallard Coot Moorhen Lapwing Black tailed godwit Curlew Golden plover Water rail Great black backed gull Black headed gull Robin Blue ti
11 December 2018
A great variety of winter birding
1 Bittern - main lake North shore 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 12 Redwing - entrance area November bird highlights:
11 December 2018
Water rails and green woodpecker near Scrape hide
Water rail outside the Scrape hide in the Trumpeters pen. Pic: Romney Turner Snapshot of recent sightings from around the reserves by our wardens (common species like mallards, greylag and Canadian geese an
11 December 2018
Monday sightings
Holden Tower The Great Skua was seen on the estuary again today. At least 10 Cranes and two Peregrine were also present on the Dumbles. 10 Redwing and 25 Fieldfare flew from the hedges this morning with Reed Bunting also in the same area. The Barnacle Gee
10 December 2018