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Today's Sightings
Cranes x4 Reed Warbler Sedge Warbler Grey Heron Little Egret Black-tailed Godwit Pied Wagtail Teal Peregrine Swallow Goldfinch House Martin Avocet Starling Green Sandpiper Garganey Kestrel Barn Owl Hobby Yellow Wagtail
6 August 2017
Wildlife sightings for 6th August 2017
1 Black Redstart - female perched on grazing marsh fence 1 Little Egret - main lake 1 Kestrel - wader scrape fence 1 Hobby - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 12 Teal - main lake, wader scrape 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Willow Warbler - ov
6 August 2017
Reserve Update Sunday 6th August
Avenue Tower is the place to be this morning with a multitude of young birds present in the hawthorn tree at the entrance and also within the cover crop. The goldfinches are still yammering for their parents to feed them while a solitary juvenile spot
6 August 2017
Little Stint and 13 other species of waders
A great start to the day with the arrival (overnight?) of a Little Stint out on Vinson's Marsh before flying to the back of Sunley's. Plenty of vegetation for such a small bird to hide amongst. Little Stint this morning wi
5 August 2017
Todays sightings
Whooper swan Mallard Shoveler Teal Gadwall Garganey Crane (x4) Moorhen Coot Little egret Avocet Redshank Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Snipe Black-tailed godwit Common tern Kingfisher Swallow House martin Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Chaffinch
5 August 2017
Today's sightings
After a short downpour this morning the reserve is currently bathed in sunshine, but thunderstorms are forecast later. Fingers crossed the bands of weather will drop in some new arrivals for us. South Lake Hides Again, most of the reserve action is here
5 August 2017
Latest Sightings - 5th August - Bankend Bridge update
We have been told that the contractors working on the B725 at Bankend are behind schedule. The bridge is open this weekend, but will be CLOSED from Monday 7th until Friday 11th, day and night. Please use the diversion via Dumfries. It's a bright & sun
5 August 2017
Wildlife sightings for 5th August 2017
1 Black-tailed Godwit - main lake WWF hide a.m. 5 Common Tern - migrants stopped in to feed on resr lagoon and scrape 1 Kestrel - marsh fence post 3 Chiffchaff - (calling) wildside, sheltered lagoon, south route 3 Cetti's Warbler - (singing) wildside,
5 August 2017
Lazy update
Basically all the birds seen yesterday have been seen again today! So the Wood Sandpiper is still performing well from the Ron Barker Hide, Hobby seen in the afternoon etc. A Roe Deer was seen from the United Utilities Hide this afternoon. See yesterday/p
4 August 2017
Today's Highlights
Cranes x 4(2 ad +2juv) Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Tree sparrow Starling House martin Swallow Stock dove Moorhen Coot Avocet x 9 Lapwing Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Snipe Grey heron Little egret Common tern x 3 Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Teal Gadwall
4 August 2017
Recent Sightings
Goldfinch cr. Russ Myners British Steel Hide Black-tailed Godwit 23 Coot 6 Cormorant 16 Dunlin 1 Gadwall 12 Goldfinch 2 Greenshank 42 Grey Heron 1 Greylag 5 House Martin 8 Jay 1 Lapwing 27 Little Egret 2 Mute Swan 1 Redshank 201 Sparrowhawk 1 Spoo
4 August 2017
Wildlife sightings - 4/8/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Avocet 5 (2 adult and 3 juvenile) Dunlin 1 Little ringed plover 1 Lapwing 55 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 8 Common tern 3 Black-headed gull 22 Grey heron 9 Sparrowhawk 1 (female) Shelduck 8 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Will
4 August 2017
Wildlife sightings for 4th August 2017
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Kestrel - scrape, main lake, sheltered lagoon 1 Sparrowhawk - sand martin bank roof 2 Shelduck juvs - main lake 6 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon, entrance area 1 Willow Warbler - wildside 1 Song Thrush juv - sh
4 August 2017
Wildlife sightings for 3rd August 2017
1 Curlew - flew from main lake to the marsh a.m. 1 Snipe - main lake island 12 1 Common Tern - wader scrape 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Kestrel - hunting around the scrape and sheltered lagoon 3 Chiffchaff - wildside, south route 1 Nuthatch -
3 August 2017
Record Count
We have been edging towards a record count of Black-tailed Godwit and today we have (unofficially) hit 1100 mark breaking the previous record from July 1987 of 1075. Our godwits are of the icelandic race and these birds have been returning from the icelan
3 August 2017