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Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide The Top New Piece remains the place to be but with flocks very flighty in the wind. Totals included around 1000+ Lapwing, 23 Golden Plover, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 150+ Dunlin (inc bird with leucistic head pattern), 15 Redshank, 18 Ruff, 27 Pi
6 December 2018
3 Shelduck on our main lake
3 Shelduck - main lake 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 1 Great White Egret - flew over heading South West 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 7 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Shelduck, Goldeney
6 December 2018
Some counts and scarce birds
Mostly rain on Wednesday and light winds. A compilation of the last couple of days sightings. This mornings count produced just under 6000 Pink-footed Geese and 807 Whooper Swan. Some recent waste root crop deliveries on Top Mere have undoubtedly encourag
5 December 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Canada goose Pink-footed goose Barnacle goose Shoveler Mallard Pochard Pintail Teal Ringed teal Wigeon Moorhen Black-tailed godwit Dunlin Snipe Lapwing House sparrow Tree sparrow Great tit Blue tit Goldfinch Buzzard Ma
5 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 5/12/18
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Common snipe 3 Teal 15 Grey heron 1 Water rail (Paddy Fleming hide) 1 Saline lagoon (AM, low tide): Teal 5 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 4 (three female, one male) Nuthatch 1 Great tit 6 B
5 December 2018
2 Bittern and Goldeneye showing well
2 Bittern - main lake (N shore) 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 250 Starling - flew E to roost p.m. November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Sh
5 December 2018
Wednesday sightings
Lapwing (MJM). Rushy Hide 43 Bewick's Swans present at dawn with many of them feeding on roots in the puddles on the flower meadow. 10+ Snipe were well camouflaged along the west shore of the lower pond with Redshank and varying numbers of Lapwing prese
5 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 4/12/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Water rail 1 Snipe 3 Kestrel 1 (female) Saline lagoon (AM, mid tide): Snipe 1 Kingfisher (heard) Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Treecreeper 1 Nuthatch 2 Jay 1 Willow tit 1 Blue tit 8 Great tit 7 Bullfinch 2 Robin 2
4 December 2018
Great snipe sightings from most hides
23 snipe in front of the Ramsar hide on Monday. Photo: Romney Turner Nov 28 Arun Riverlife: 4 pochard, 23 tufted duck, 1 little grebe. Trumpeters Pen: 1 water rail. Scrape hide: 5 shoveler ducks, 6 teal, 2 little greb
4 December 2018
Busy Top and Bottom New Piece
Oystercatcher and Lapwing on the Big Pen lawn The Bewick's Swan 'Indri' still resides on the Big pen pond, we don't always report as it's virtually guaranteed to be present. The waders are appreciative of the mild, wet conditions as it's easier to loca
4 December 2018
Bittern on main lake
1 Bittern - main lake South East corner 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 11 Fieldfare - flew over heading North 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Shelduck,
4 December 2018
Today's Highlights
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag geese Canada Geese Shelduck Shoveler Teal Ringed teal Wigeon Pintail Pochard Mallard Little egret Great egret Grey heron Moorhen Coot Redshank Lapwing Golden plover Black-tailed godwit Tree sparrow Reed bunting Starling Shor
3 December 2018
Recent Sightings €- 3rd December 2018
Count taken at high tide. With Winter closing in, we've been topping up our bird feeders in and around the centre, with all sorts of garden birds visiting them. The real highlight is our family of Bullfinches. Big pink breast, thick beak for crushing seed
3 December 2018
Reservoir lagoon busy with feeding Coot, Gadwall and Goldeneye
1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 97 Gadwall - site count 4 Snipe - marsh 22 Redwing - sheltered lagoon(14), flying over W(8) 1 Water Pipit - marsh 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Shelduck, Goldeneye, B
3 December 2018
Return of Oystercatcher and Dunlin in breeding plumage
Bewick's Swans and Tack Piece water levels The 11 that had built up over recent weeks at Blagdon and Chew Valley Lakes (South of Bristol) arrived here today, this includes the two cygnets, we now have families of 1, 2 and 3 present. The total number of s
2 December 2018