Grey Plover Little Ringed Plover Dunlin Redshank Avocet Gadwall Shoveler Shelduck Pochard Wigeon Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Oystercatcher Tufted Duck Whitethroat Little Egret Common Tern Swallow House Martin Buzzard Cuckoo x2 Egyptian Goose
12 May 2017
Some of today's sightings from the early morning hide round: Rushy Hide Mediterranean Gull - 2, Avocet - 12, Oystercatcher - 3 Holden Tower - On hide tide Grey Plover - 2, Sanderling - 4, Ringed Plover - 15+, Dunlin - 10+, Whimbrel - 1, Oystercatcher - 8,
12 May 2017
1 Ringed Plover - main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - 4 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Common Tern - main lake 2 Whitethroat - entrance lake, wader scrape bank 4 Ch
12 May 2017
In a UK first, 26 fluffy black-tailed godwit chicks have been hatched by conservationists in the Fens this week. The rare chicks will be hand-reared until they are strong enough to be released back into the wild. Black-tai
12 May 2017
First chicks mark fresh future for rare fenland wading bird
12 May 2017
3 crucial questions to ask Parliamentary candidates on your doorstep Political parties are already making promises for the Parliament ahead. But as we go into the General Election, we are still waiting for Government to deliver on previous promises: an en
11 May 2017
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 7 Common tern 130 Dunlin 2 Little ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Avocet 16 + 3 juvenile Common sandpiper 1 Gadwall 5 Redshank 5 Shoveler 4 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 1 Shelduck 10 Tufted duck
11 May 2017
1 Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Dunlin - flew E 2 Little Ringed Plover - reservoir lagoon 3 Redshank - main lake, wader scrape 2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 5 Mute Swan cygnets - reservoir lagoon 1 Whinchat - scrape bank 4 Linn
11 May 2017
Common Tern Redshank Shelduck Shoveler and ducklings Mallard Moorhen and chicks Little Egret Lapwing Avocet Cuckoo Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover Whitethroat Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Oystercatcher Gadwall Teal Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwi
10 May 2017
2 Wood Sandpiper - main lake 2 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing in world wetlands 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 3 Redshank - main lake, wader scrape 2 Comm
10 May 2017
It is that time of year again when we start the breeding bird survey around the Reserve. Sedge Warblers have been well represented down the Avenues with 16 singing males on the way to Avenue Tower. We have also discovered where all the Whitethroats ha
10 May 2017
Ruff (males in various colours of breeding plumage) Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Shoveler and ducklings Cuckoo Yellow wagtail Tree sparrow Great white egret Little egret
9 May 2017
Orange tip Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 1 Little Egret 2 Cattle Egret 1 (08/05) Grey Heron 2 Mute Swan 3 Greylag 4 Canada Goose 3 Shelduck 4 Gadwall 3 Mallard 5 Shoveler 3 Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 5 Water Rail 2 Moor
9 May 2017
Windfarms are popping up all along the migratory flight path of the Bewick’s swan, as this aerial taken by our human swan Sacha Dench during her epic Flight of the Swans expedition shows. From offshore farms in the North Sea, to onshore sites in Denmar
9 May 2017
AM low tide Wader Lake Avocet 23 + 3 chicks Teal 4 Oystercatcher 3 Tufted duck 14 Black-tailed godwit 7 Little ringed plover 2 Common tern 70+ Coot 2 Grey wagtail 1 Swallow 3 Shoveler 3 Saline Lagoon Avocet 4 Shelduck 7 Oystercatcher 1  
9 May 2017