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Wildlife sightings for 22nd June 2012
7 Teal - wader scrape ( 6 Drakes, 1 duck ) 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 18 Lapwing - main lake, wader scrape 11 Common Tern + 3 chicks - main lake c.50 Swift - site count   [...]
22 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Rushy Common Turn 1 Mediteranean Gull 1 2nd summer Holden Tower Barnacle 28 Zeiss Hide Gadwall 18 Teal 4 Grey Heron 1 Reed Warbler 3 Sedge Wabler 2 South La [...]
22 June 2012
21st of June Sightings
Weather: Rain with a slight easterly breeze Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Redshank - 7 Lapwing - [...]
21 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 21st June 2012
1 Greenshank - main lake and marsh 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Curlew - circled main lake, then flew W 1 Redshank - main lake 16 Lapwing 11 Common Tern adults + 3 chicks - main la [...]
21 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Crane 4 Zeiss Hide Avocet 6 Teal 3 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 48 Tufted Duck 5 broods South Lake Mediterranean Gull 1st summer Great Crested Grebe [...]
21 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Tufted Duck - 20 Shelduck - 4 + 11 ducklings Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Common Tern - 80 pairs + 13 chicks Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Lapwing - 35 Gery Heron [...]
20 June 2012
Barn Owl
A Barn Owl was hunting until well after 11 am today, on view from both the Harrier and United Utilities hides. A male Wheatear was also seen from the latter hide, and a possible Wood Sandpiper was rep [...]
20 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe with chicks Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 180 Starling 200 Folly Pon [...]
20 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th June 2012
1 Iceland Gull - main lake 2 Teal - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 21 Lapwing - main lake, wader scrape 1 Little Grebe chick - reedbed channel closest to wildside hide [...]
20 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 4 Goldcrest 1 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Avocet two pairs and three young (7 in total) Shoveler 3 Gadwall brood of ducklings Tufted Duck now 4 broods of ducklings [...]
20 June 2012
Todays sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 8 adults + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adult + 2 chicks Lapwing - 9 Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 80 [...]
19 June 2012
Late Migrants?
Unexpected birds always perk things up a bit and a male Common Redstart near the Janet Kear Hide certainly would have been great to see if it had hung around. It was new for the year and it is a less [...]
19 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe with chicks Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 180 Starling 200 Foll [...]
19 June 2012
Today's sightings
Kingfisher Hide Avocet 5 Cuckoo 1 The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 Grey Plover 1 Breeding Plumage Curlew 47 Dunlin 6 Ringed Plover 1 Shelduck 70 Barnacle Goose 110 The Rob [...]
19 June 2012
Out on the reserve today
The female Black-winged Stilt is still present on the reserve today but has been elusive at times. [...]
18 June 2012