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Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Teal - 16 Common Snipe - 2 Redshank - 12 Black-headed Gull - 85   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM Redshank - 1 Black-headed Gulls - 8 Common Sandpiper - 1 Curlew - 1 Grey Heron - 3   Hawthorn Wood Blue T

20 September 2018

Wildlife sightings for 20th September 2018

Wildlife sightings for 20th September 2018

1 Yellow Wagtail - over SE 46 House Martin (30 feeding over main lake, the rest flying S) 2 Swallow - over S 2 Meadow Pipit - over SW 4 Snipe - main lake, marsh 7 Chiffchaff - south route, sheltered lagoon   Please note there will be essential manage

20 September 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Mute swan Whooper swan + cygnets Greylag Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Wigeon Garganey Teal Cormorant Moorhen Crane (x9) Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Avocet Snipe Ringed-plover Lesser black-backed gull Starling House martin Swallow Kingfisher Tre

19 September 2018

Wednesday's sightings

Wednesday's sightings

We've got a few blustery days in store this week so who knows what may happen! Zeiss Hide Garganey, 25 Wigeon, Ruff, 300+ Teal, Kestrel, Grey Heron, Little Egret . South Lake Hides 89 Black-tailed Godwit, 23 Redshank, 9 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 61 Shoveler, Avocet,

19 September 2018

Wildlife sightings - 19/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 19/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Black-tailed godwit 2 Teal 24 Snipe 3 Redshank 18 Jackdaw 22 Black-headed gull 185 Mallard 3 Shoveler 1 Lapwing 1   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Grey heron 1 Snipe 1 Curlew 1 Teal 8   Plus: A juvenile great-spotted

19 September 2018

Wildlife sightings for 19th September 2018

Wildlife sightings for 19th September 2018

1 Spotted Flycatcher - wildside 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Garganey - main lake 3 Snipe - wader scrape 5 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside 1 Peregrine - Charing Cross hospital   Please note there will be essential management work

19 September 2018

Wildlife sightings - 18/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 18/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Teal 13 Avocet 1 Mute swan 1 Redshank 18 Common snipe 6 Black-headed gull 115 Saline Lagoon Teal 15 Redshank 2 Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 3 Chaffinch 11 Blue tit 4 Great tit 6 Robin 1 Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Other

18 September 2018

Little Stint

Little Stint

Rain moved through early on followed by a brisk wind and sunshine. A Little Stint (same bird from Sunday?) was on the Mere briefly before being flushed by geese. It was later at the back of Sunley's Marsh. Little Stint lat

18 September 2018

Pallid Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Pallid harrier by Paul Nobbs A juvenile pallid harrier has been giving great views to visitors on the reserve since the weekend.  This particularly showy individual has been watched travelling the length of the reser

18 September 2018

Recent Sightings €- 17th September 2018

Recent Sightings €- 17th September 2018

The following sightings were recorded today at High-Mid tide from the reserve at Castle Espie. The winter migration is in full swing now. Brent geese seen in large number everyday from the Brent hide and large flocks of waders using the wadermarsh at high

18 September 2018

Recent sightings 15th-18th  September

Recent sightings 15th-18th September

Dunnock in the Millennium Wetlands cr. Russ Myners British Steel Hide Large numbers of waders can be seen from the British Steel Hide with Black-Tailed Godwit, Knot and Redshank numbering in the hundreds. Some Spotted

18 September 2018

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Pallid harrier - Lots of views this morning in front of the main observatory. Last reported sighting:  flying past main observatory towards reed-bed hide  (14.35 pm). Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Canada goose Shoveler Mallard Wigeon Garganey (x2)

18 September 2018

Wildlife sightings for 18th September 2018

Wildlife sightings for 18th September 2018

1 Garganey - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 30 House Martin - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 9 Wigeon - main lake 3 Snipe - main lake 12 House Martin - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - Charing Cross hospital   Please note there will be ess

18 September 2018

Breezy day

Breezy day

South Lake The juvenile Little-ringed Plover remains, 2 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 30 Redshank, 75 Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet and 1 Lapwing representing the waders on the scrape. 50 Teal, 30 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall and 30 Tufted Duck and 8 Cormorant. Tac

18 September 2018

Pinks

Pinks

A brief update. Around 3000 Pink-footed Geese have been on the reserve today, with groups coming and going. We'll give you a roost count when available. It's looking interesting after ex hurricane Helene departs the UK on Wednesday setting up an airflow f

17 September 2018