Latest Sightings

The first cuckoos of the year have been spotted and heard calling on the reserve. (Photo: Glyn Jones) Two tawny owls have been spotted on site.

The first cuckoos of the year have been spotted and heard calling on the reserve. (Photo: Glyn Jones)

Two tawny owls have been spotted on site, one on the trail to Ron Barker hide and another in the trees at the back of the canoe safari (Photo: Kane Brides)

Two tawny owl chicks spotted on the canoe safari (11 May)

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The Mere is currently alive with the calls of breeding black-headed gulls. Our reserve team has found many nests with eggs on the islands and rafts on the Mere.

Subject to Government restrictions being lifted, the hides will re-open on Monday 17 May.

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