Latest Sightings

This past weekend and glorious Monday, we've been greeted with some lovely indicators of spring time! Over the weekend we've had some new baby calves born from our amazing Long-horn Heifer mothers, all of whom seem to be doing very well. Another Osprey has been to visit us this past Saturday and one today - our photo this week is of a beautiful Osprey that visited us recently, taken by Bob Hurrell! In the reedbed, Watervole and Sedge Warbler were seen over the weekend and Avocet, Snipe, and Wheatear were seen at Ron-Barker.This morning we did another Bittern and Water rail survey - sadly we didn't hear or see any Bittern but on a positive note we heard four individual Water rail calling. During this survey we also managed to hear Sedge Warbler, Cetti's, and Grasshopper Warbler, and were lucky enough to spot a Whitethroat on the track to Gordon-Taylor. Later this week we'll be doing another Moth trap, Butterfly survey, and Nest box survey, but today we completed the monthly Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS). Across the reserve, through completing WeBS, we managed to see:

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