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Todays Sightings
Wader lake AM High Tide Avocet - 8 Common Snipe - 10 Redshank - 27 Lapwing - 15 Grey Heron - 46 Shelduck - 20 Barn Owl - 2 [...]
11 April 2012
White Wagtails
More signs of spring as the first White Wagtail, two birds, dropped in on islands on the Mere. Easily over looked as Pied Wagtails, but unlike them the White Wagtail has a pale grey mantle. Have a loo [...]
11 April 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve 8 April - On the main lake we had 22 shelduck, 32 tufted ducks, 40 Redshank, 3 gadwalls, 1 sholver, 2 wigeon , 1 canada goose and 8 mute swans. A little grebe in the fres [...]
11 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Spring Migrants Willow Warbler 3 Blackcap 2 (singing males) Chiffchaff 2 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 5 Wigeon 4 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Shoveler 24 Shelduck 2 Redshank [...]
11 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 11th April 2012
1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Red Kite - 1 circling to S, 10:00, 1 circling over site, 12:20 5 Buzzard - W/SW 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 5 Redshank - scrape, marsh 1 Yellow Wagtail - circled N [...]
11 April 2012
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Avocet 8 (4 pairs) Greenshank 1 1st of the year Black-headed Gull 40 Pintail pair Teal 40 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 105 Redshank 5 Avocet pair T [...]
11 April 2012
A very special Easter Egg: London conservationist celebrates hatching of world’s rarest bird
Idris Bhatti with Madagascar Pochard egg A London conservationist is today celebrating news from Madagascar where the Madagascar pochard - arguably the world’s rarest bird - has bred successfully in captivity buildi
10 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Mid Tide Avocet (all 4 pairs Nesting) - 8 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Lapwing 24 Redshank 47 Oystercatcher 2 Common Snipe 2 [...]
10 April 2012
111 Avocet
A record count of 111 adult Avocet for the reserve this morning. I think we have recorded more birds (~120) when there have been chicks about. Other wader counts included 200+ Lapwing, 50 Curlew, 42 O [...]
10 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 10th April 2012
1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Greenshank - waders scrape 9.15am 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 6 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 6&n [...]
10 April 2012
Today's sightings
Tack Piece Common Sandpiper 1 Swallow 10 The Holden Tower Wheatear 3 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 4 Blackcap 2 The Zeiss Hide Cackling Canada Goose Avocet 2 Lapwing 20 [...]
10 April 2012
Feather & Fin an exhibition which paints Strangford Lough in Watercolour
On the 21st April at 10am Castle Espie Gallery, Ireland’s only environmental art space, will be opening the doors to the watercolour exhibition ‘’Feather and Fin.” This is the inspired title of an exhibition by artist, Barbara Allen. The e
9 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Lapwing - 26 Redshank - 12 Oystercatcher - 3 Grey Heron - 36 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 24 Canada Goose - 6 Greylag - 8 [...]
9 April 2012
Lazy Birding
The fairly awful 'bank holiday weather' did have the potential to drop a few new birds onto the reserve, and if it did nobody reported them. However I did squeeze in some birding between my [...]
9 April 2012
Today's sightings
White fronted goose, 2 Mediterranean gull, 170 black headed gull, chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap, 6 cetti’s warbler, 3 reed bunting, 295 black tailed godwit, 58 curlew, 5 greenshank, 110 r [...]
9 April 2012