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Bird News
Late news from Tuesday night to start today's round-up, when 2 Spotted Crakes were heard calling from the reedbed walk. Today, 2 Green Sandpipers, Peregrine, Barn Owl, and a Common Kingfisher [...]
15 June 2012
15th June 2012
A strong easterly wind blowing today, with heavy showers interspersed with brief sunny periods. Blackcaps and Common Whitethroats continue to sing despite inclement weather. With the weather rath [...]
15 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 15th June 2012
2 Teal - 2 Drakes on main lake 1 Little Grebe chick - reedbed channel closest to wildside hide 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 11 Common Tern + 5 chicks - main lake 1 Hobby - over e [...]
15 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Crane 3 Barnacle Geese 28 Curlew 12 Buzzard 1 Martin Smith Hide Reed Bunting 1 Sedge warbler 1 Reed warbler 1 Zeiss Hide Black Tailed Godwit 19 Avocet 4 ad [...]
15 June 2012
White-backed duck.
I love African white-backed ducks. Even as a duckling not even an hour old, this individual grabbed a hold of it's shell top and weilded it at me! They are super feisty, and super stressful! It is the age old countdown of teaching a diving duck how to fee
14 June 2012
Black-winged stilt
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14 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake A.M Low Tide Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 14 Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 Chicks Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 80 pairs + 10 chicks Gadwall - 10 Wige [...]
14 June 2012
Bird News
A distant Red Kite was probably the highlight of the day. 3 Marsh Harriers were seen frequently from most of the hides around the reserve, and a Green Sandpiper spent all day on and around the Mere. [...]
14 June 2012
Today's sightings
A spoonbill and 3 Mediterranean gull have been seen from the British steel hide. Other sightings include 120 black tailed godwit, 3 redshank, 4 lapwing, 14 little egret, cetti’s warbler and 2 li [...]
14 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Gadwall 1 Mallards with ducklings Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Flood Ground Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Heron Mallard with families of [...]
14 June 2012
Chichester Observer column appearing June 14
Wildlife Sightings walk on 05/06/2012 by Paul Stevens The heavens opened at 1 o'clock today and a persistent, heavy rain began to fall. Some hardy visitors and families in colourful Macs [...]
14 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 14th June 2012
1 Buzzard - flew over W 1 Hobby - hunting over marsh and main lake 2 Redshank - marsh 5 Common Tern chicks + 12 adults - main lake 1 Wheatear - marsh 1 Chiffchaff - wildside 7 [...]
14 June 2012
They have done it!
Avocet News! We are very pleased to announce that our very first breeding pair of Avocets have fledged three young. This is the first time this species has bred in Gloucestershire. They laid four [...]
14 June 2012
Saline lagoon on track with enticing new wildlife
Our new saline lagoon, designed to open up our reserve to the River Wear corridor and the wildlife that inhabits it, has been visited by a roe deer. And it's not even finished! Wardens out in the grounds spotted the tracks and took the below snaps, the s
13 June 2012
Award Winning Disabled Artist Exhibits at Castle Espie Gallery...‘Our Local Wildlife - Night & Day ‘
On Tuesday 19th June at 10am Castle Espie Gallery, art through nature, will be opening the doors to ‘Our Local Wildlife Night and Day, this is the inspired title of an exhibition by Bangor artist, Kym Lennon, founder of Disability Matters North Down. Th
13 June 2012