Sightings - Castle Espie
Recent sightings - 23rd September
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +100, Tufted duck 5, Coot 5. A group of around 40 Common teal is being very regular at roost
23 September 2016
Recent sightings - 18th September
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory As days pass, we are getting more and more wintering birds, which in some cases appear in notable
18 September 2016
Recent sightings - 14th September
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +150, Tufted duck 5, Coot 3, Common teal 30, Black-headed gull 16. Wadermarsh - visible from
14 September 2016
Recent sightings - 9th September
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary – visible from Brent hide and Limekiln observatory An impressive juvenile Peregrine falcon was among the Brent this morning in Strangford Lough. Peregrines
9 September 2016
Recent sightings - 3rd September
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary – visible from Brent hide and Limekiln observatory The Brent geese are back!! A group of around 50 birds were in Strangford Lough this morning. This is the s
3 September 2016
Recent sightings - 27th August
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at high tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +100, Tufted duck 13, Coot 2, Greylag 10 in the water + 36 in flight, Gadwall 1, Black-headed
27 August 2016
Recent sightings - 16th August
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Limekiln observatory A Long-eared owl was perching like a sort of guardian in front of our observatory this morning. A nice sighting for a species which is regular fo
16 August 2016
Recent sightings - 8th August
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +100, Tufted duck 19, Coot 1, Greylag 22, Grey heron 1, Coot 3, Little grebe 1, Black-headed gul
8 August 2016
Recent sightings - 16th July
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. These days are marked by the progressive leave of the Black-headed gull colony. At the moment all the young have fledged, and have become to progressively explore th
16 July 2016
Recent sightings - 8th July
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +50, Tufted duck 12, Black-headed gull +50, Coot 3, Greylag 8 + 1 gosling, Little egret 1, Le
8 July 2016
Recent sightings - 4th July
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +30, Tufted duck 3, Black-headed gull +46, Coot 3, Greylag 10 + 3 goslings. Wadermarsh - visible
4 July 2016
Recent sightings - 17th June
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +40, Tufted duck 10, Black-headed gull +50, Shoveler 1, Coot 1, Greylag 16 + 2 goslings, Mute sw
17 June 2016
Recent sightings - 15th June
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. We find more and more signs that we approach a peak in life in our way towards the summer, with a clear growth in wildfowl chicks, and the flowering of thousands of
15 June 2016
Recent sightings - 10th June
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. You will find a strong and beautiful evidence that the breeding season is reaching high levels of new lives in the site. Come and enjoy our new cygnets, goslings and du
10 June 2016
Recent sightings - 1st June
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard 40, Tufted duck 3, Black-headed gull +80, Shelduck 2, Coot 2, Gadwall 1, Greylag 7 (one of them
6 June 2016