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Reserve Update Wednesday 24th October
Good mix of birds on and around Folly Pond this morning. We have Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit in the waders category, Mallard, Teal, Wigeon and Shoveler representing the ducks, Whooper Swans (obviously a touch late leaving the roosting pond!) and a m
24 October 2018
Rolling fog
The thick fog over the river rolled back and forth across the reserve first thing this morning making counting a bit more tricky. High tide has pushed a nice selection of waders on to the Top New Piece. Zeiss Hide The roosting wader flock included 156 G
24 October 2018
Recent sightings 20th-23rd October
Waders Cr. Rob Werran British Steel hide Highlights from the British Steel hide are Water Pipit, Hobby, 150 Lapwing as well as the usual Godwit flock. Millennium wetlands Spotted on deep water lake recently in
24 October 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Canada goose Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Wigeon Teal Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret Bittern Black-tailed godwit Snipe Lapwing Golden plover Starling Reed bunting Tree sparrow House sparrow Dunnock Goldfinch Blue
23 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/10/18
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Snipe 4 Grey heron 1 Teal 14 Saline Lagoon Teal 38 Curlew 1 Teal 5 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 2 Willow tit 1 Robin 1 Bullfinch 4 Long-tailed tit 5 Great tit 2 Other birds Grey heron - 1 - Forgotten Meadow Long-tailed tit - 6 -
23 October 2018
Wildlife sightings for 23rd October 2018
1 Shelduck - main lake 5 Snipe - grazing marsh 67 Wigeon - main lake, grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 27 Greylag Goose - grazing marsh 16 Redwing - flew over heading South West 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside &n
23 October 2018
Reserve Update Tuesday 23rd October
Nice flight over of Pink footed Geese this morning. The Great White Egret is showing well on the merse from the Saltcot Observatory. Numbers of swans and ducks are creeping up on the Whooper Pond and it was lovely to see a pair of Pintail on there fir
23 October 2018
Hen Harrier again
Great visibility if colder than of late, wrap up warm. A brief update. The ringtail Hen Harrier was present again today. Two Peregrine, 4+ Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel and at least 6 Buzzard. Ringtail Hen Harrie
22 October 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Teal Wigeon Coot Moorhen Cormorant Great egret Bittern Black-tailed godwit Snipe Ruff Golden plover Lapwing House sparrow Tree sparrow Stonechat Goldfinch Meadow pipit Grey wagtail
22 October 2018
Recent Sightings €- 22nd October 2018
The winter bird assemblage on the Estuary is truly magnificent. Thousands of birds are seen everyday. Whoopers swans have now arrived back from Iceland, so keep an eye out from the Brent hide for these incredible birds with their bright yellow bills. &nbs
22 October 2018
Reserve Sightings - Monday 22nd October
We have a new pair of Whoopers on the reserve complete with 1 cygnet! There was plenty of noise and commotion on the Whooper pond this morning and we were joined by 38 Greylags. 14 Little Egrets were spotted from the Avenue Tower in the direction of the L
22 October 2018
Vanishing Knot
A beautifully sunny morning with a slight arrival of birds, not least a considerable rise in the number of Black-tailed Godwit to 328 on the reserve. A flock of 145 arrived around 8am to join the 171 already on the South Lake this morning, and bought wi
22 October 2018
Wildlife sightings for 22nd October 2018
1 Yellow-legged Gull 1st winter - main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - main lake (Island 21) 5 Snipe - main lake, marsh, scrape 1 Stonechat - scrape 6 Meadow Pipit - marsh, plus 2 flew over SW 3 Fieldfare - over W 1 Skylark - over SW Oct
22 October 2018
Whooper Swan influx
A trebling of Whooper Swan in the last week with 290 counted this morning. Great to see 16 pairs with juvenile this early including a couple with 5 cygnets. A juvenile Whooper Swan flies in with it's parents. Pink-foo
21 October 2018
Autumn sunshine
A fine autumn day saw lots of sunshine and warm temperatures, Common Darter and Migrant Hawker dragonflies were seen as well as Small Copper Butterflies. South Lake A trio of Red Knot joined the 27 Redshank, 56 Black-tailed Godwit on the wader scrape, a s
21 October 2018