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Aerial displays
41 lapwing have been showing well on the back islands, easily viewed from the Ramsar and Sand martin hides and often supplying us with beautiful aerial displays. The oyster catcher seems to come and go with this flock and you can hear him shouting from
26 February 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 2 White-fronted Goose 225 The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Showing very well Grey Heron 1 The Tack Piece Ruff 8 Redshank 24 Dunlin 500 Golden Plover 60 Lapwing 400 Pintail 250 Wigeon 800 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 200 Pintail 180
26 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 26th February 2013
62 Shoveler - main lake, reservoir lagoon 168 Cormorant - main lake 3 Snipe -wader scrape 2 Sparrowhawk - hunting on the reservoir lagoon and main lake 61 Fieldfare - flew SE and E in 2 waves Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting t
26 February 2013
Meet Belle, our baby otter
Over the next three days we will profile each of our baby otters to allow you to get to know them and have the opportunity to recognise them when you come to visit us. Today is a feature on Belle. The middle sized one, she is now the boldest of the 3 cubs
26 February 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 140 Mute Swan 50 Wigeon 90 Tufted Duck 36 Canada Goose 4 Greylag Goose 4 Teal 8 Shoveler 11 Folly Pond Teal 240 Shoveler 20 Wigeon 100 Redshank 6 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Flood Ground Teal 140 Wigeon 120 T
25 February 2013
Dark-bellied Brent
A Dark-bellied Brent Goose flew in around 12:10 and was still present at 3pm at least viewed from the Harrier Hide with Canada Geese. It has been at least 5 years since the last record of this coastal species on the reserve. Avocet numbers still at 20 and
25 February 2013
Weekend sightings
23.2.13 Hen harrier - 1 female Lady fen Golden plover - 30 Little egret - 2 Buzzard - 1 Barn owl - 1 24.2.13 Redshank - 5 Dunlin - 8 Snipe - 3 Ferruginous duck - 1
25 February 2013
Today's sightings
Tack Piece Wigeon 400 American Wigeon x Eurasian Wigeon hybrid 1 Pintail 90 Crane 4 Zeiss Hide Bittern 1-showing very close to hide at 0930 Black-tailed Godwit 5 Buzzard 2 Rushy Bewick's Swan 250+ Pintail 120 Pochard 180
25 February 2013
An update on our baby otters
It’s been 7 months now, and the otter cubs have grown up fast, so it’s time for an update on how they’re doing and where they’re up to developmentally. Obviously, they are all eating solids now, and only solids, they will have been weaned by t
25 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 25th February 2013
56 Wigeon - E end reservoir lagoon 42 Lapwing - main lake 140 Cormorant - main lake Additional sighting from yesterday: 2 Bittern - 1 W end reservoir lagoon, 1 by Headley hide (Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof
25 February 2013
Today's sightings
Friend's hide Common scoter - 1 Goldeneye - 6
25 February 2013
Siskins on the move
A good count of ~ 20 Siskin on Alder by the Janet Kear Hide. It's a good time of year to catch up with these smart small finches as they move from wintering to breeding grounds. Many of the birds we see will have come from continental europe. Brambling st
24 February 2013
Bean and gone
Whilst checking the hides this morning two grey lag geese flew in to join the other 19. At a second glance the two new arrivals turned out to be Bean geese. This was a first for myself and likely for the reserve as well. 6 Snipe flushed up out of the reed
24 February 2013
Today's sightings
Sightings report to dusk Holden Tower E White-fronted Goose 217 Tundra Bean Goose 3 Crane 4 (Great Crane Project) Light gull movements upriver. Zeiss Hide Bittern 1 showing well at 0930-1000 at least Teal 70 Redshank 4 Tack Piece Wigeon 600 American Wig
24 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 24th February 2013
1 Shelduck - wader scrape 8 Mandarin - world wetlands 214 Cormorant - main lake A pair of Great Crested Grebes have begun displaying to each other on the sheltered lagoon (Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof tiles. All o
24 February 2013