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Today's sightings
Holden Tower Crane 4 Zeiss Hide Avocet 6 Teal 3 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 48 Tufted Duck 5 broods South Lake Mediterranean Gull 1st summer Great Crested Grebe [...]
21 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Tufted Duck - 20 Shelduck - 4 + 11 ducklings Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Common Tern - 80 pairs + 13 chicks Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Lapwing - 35 Gery Heron [...]
20 June 2012
Barn Owl
A Barn Owl was hunting until well after 11 am today, on view from both the Harrier and United Utilities hides. A male Wheatear was also seen from the latter hide, and a possible Wood Sandpiper was rep [...]
20 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe with chicks Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 180 Starling 200 Folly Pon [...]
20 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th June 2012
1 Iceland Gull - main lake 2 Teal - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 21 Lapwing - main lake, wader scrape 1 Little Grebe chick - reedbed channel closest to wildside hide [...]
20 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 4 Goldcrest 1 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Avocet two pairs and three young (7 in total) Shoveler 3 Gadwall brood of ducklings Tufted Duck now 4 broods of ducklings [...]
20 June 2012
Todays sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 8 adults + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adult + 2 chicks Lapwing - 9 Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 80 [...]
19 June 2012
Late Migrants?
Unexpected birds always perk things up a bit and a male Common Redstart near the Janet Kear Hide certainly would have been great to see if it had hung around. It was new for the year and it is a less [...]
19 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe with chicks Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 180 Starling 200 Foll [...]
19 June 2012
Today's sightings
Kingfisher Hide Avocet 5 Cuckoo 1 The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 Grey Plover 1 Breeding Plumage Curlew 47 Dunlin 6 Ringed Plover 1 Shelduck 70 Barnacle Goose 110 The Rob [...]
19 June 2012
Out on the reserve today
The female Black-winged Stilt is still present on the reserve today but has been elusive at times. [...]
18 June 2012
18th of June Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Oystercatcher - 3 + 2 chicks Avocet - 8 + 3 chicks Shelduck - 4 + 8 ducklings Mallard - 15 + 8 ducklings Tufted duck - 15 Grey Heron - 26 [...]
18 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Back Pond Kingfisher seen yesterday from back pond hide Whooper Pond OTTER Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Gadwall 4 Flood G [...]
18 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 18th June 2012
3 Teal - main lake 1 Peregrine - sat on aerials on top of the hospital 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Redshank - feeding on wader scrape 23 Lapwing - main lake At least 4 Cet [...]
18 June 2012
Today's sightings-Autumn passage starts!
Here is our Avocet family that have succesfully fledged three young JSLees WWT South Lake Green Sandpiper 1 The first Autumn passage wader arrived today, should see at least 50 here in the com [...]
18 June 2012