Latest Sightings
This weekend has been excellent for cattle egrets! Since the change in seasons, numbers have been slowly creeping up from the 5 over-summer residents, with a whopping 19 spotted on Saturday, and 22 spotted on the mere on Sunday!
In other news, some swallow have been seen from Tomlinson and Ron Barker hides. These will be the last few left before they leave to make their annual winter migration to Africa. Other birds have been arriving here from their migration, such as the 8 shelduck sighted on the mere yesterday, who have come from the Wadden Sea in Germany.
A bittern has also been seen today (Monday) from Tomlinson hide over the reedbed walk being mobbed by a lesser black-backed gull.
The pink-footed geese have been putting on a good show for the dawn and dusk goose events which have begun this week, these events being an excellent time to see the geese before they leave to feed in the day, or when they return to roost for the night.
North West Bird Watching Festival
Join us on the 14 & 15 October for the annual North West Bird Watching Festival. Celebrate the thousands of migratory wild birds that visit the centre over the autumn and winter period. With well-known guest speakers such as Ben Osborne, Lucy Lapwing, and David Goulson, plenty of exhibitors, and a weekend full of birding activities, this is an event not to be missed.
