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Today's Highlights
Black-tailed godwit Pochard Teal Avocet Gadwall Shoveler Dunlin -2 Little ringed plover - 8 Lapwing Redshank Mallard Pied Wagtail Common sandpiper Swallow Tree sparrow -4 Ruff - 2 Swift
8 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 08/05/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 15 + 3 chicks Pied wagtail 2 Coot 2 Shoveler 3 Gadwall 3 Black-tailed godwit 7 Dunlin - summer plumage adult 1 Oystercatcher 9 Lapwing 20 + 8 chicks Common tern 14 Shelduck 16 Saline Lagoon Avocet 3 Shelduck 6 Hawtho
8 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 8th May 2017
1 Oystercatcher - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Greenshank - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon p.m. 7 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh N bund 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 24 House Martin - main
8 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts-3 on Lady Fen Avocet Lapwing Great white egret Little egret Coot Moorhen and chicks Redshank Shoveler Shelduck Sedge warbler x lots Goldfinch Tree sparrow Cuckoo x 2 at Lyle hide Linnet Greenshank-Reedbed hide Common sandpiper Whitethr
7 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2017
5 Common Sandpiper - main lake, reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon 1 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Dunlin - main lake 6 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 3 Common Tern - main lake 2 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 25+ House
7 May 2017
Latest Sightings - Sunday 7th May - nests all around
Whilst exploring our LEGO® Brick animal trail, keep an eye on the new nesting rafts. Oystercatchers and Black-headed Gulls are building nests and sitting on eggs! Jackdaws are also nesting at the moment, and keeping the Longhorn cattle groomed by takin
7 May 2017
Warblers
Plenty of singing Warblers around the reserve with possibly upto 5 Grasshopper Warblers in the Reedbed Walk area including one bird showing from the UU Hide, also plenty of Sedge and Reed Warblers. At least 3 male Whitethroat and plenty of Blackcap, a few
6 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts Yellow wagtail Sedge warbler Little egret Great white egret Grey heron Marsh harrier Kestrel Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Swallow House martin Tree sparrow Cetti's warbler Pied wagtail Green woodpecker Cormorant Coot Moorhen La
6 May 2017
Black Tern
South lake Some pretty special bird watching here this morning. The Black Tern was very active on the lake often very close to the hide, there was a group of 8 Ruff many males with full ruffs of various colour all interacting and displaying. The Black tai
6 May 2017
Latest Sightings - Saturday 6th May
A bit more cloud around today which is good for bird watching as there is less glare and haze from the sun. Swallows have begun nest building in the Teal Pond Hide, if you stand very still and quiet in the right-hand corner you can watch them flying in th
6 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2017
1 Grey Plover - main lake 8 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape, main lake 1 Ringed Plover - 5 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shelduck
6 May 2017
Bird News
A Hobby showing well over the new reedbed this morning was today's star bird. A single adult Mediterranean Gull and 2 Whimbrel were on the Mere, as were the two, seemingly now resident Little Ringed Plovers, and a single Common Sandpiper. Just off the res
5 May 2017
Sightings for Friday 5th May
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Egyptian goose Gadwall Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Great white egret Little egret Grey heron Avocet Bar-tailed godwit Black-tailed godwit Black-winged stilt Common sandpiper Dunlin Greenshank Lapwing Lit
5 May 2017
Recent sightings - 5th May
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Estuary Brent geese 16, Oystercatcher +200, Black-headed gull +100. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Black-headed gull 150, Tufted duck 6,
5 May 2017
Bat box survey results
Our friends at Durham Bat Group joined us at the weekend to carry out a spring bat box survey across site – and would you look at what we found! This fine-looking male Soprano Pipistrelle was roosting in one of the boxes near the river. Quite fi
5 May 2017