Recent Sightings 12th August 2024

The following birds spotted on the reserve today. We had a young Cuckoo visit the reserve last week and stayed around for a few days. Cuckoos are a summer visitor, arriving around April, and generally head south quite early in the Summer. Cuckoos have experienced a huge decline in their breeding population and range in recent years and are a red listed species.


Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory

Herring gull 2, Hooded crow 3, Black-headed gull 8, Curlew 1, Red-breasted merganser 2, Lesser black-backed gull 6, Little egret 2, Great-crested grebe 6, Mute swan 6

Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor Centre

Mallard 84, Tufted duck 2, Teal 6, Moorhen 6, Gadwall 8, Coot 5, Little egret 5. Mute Swan 2, Little grebe 4, Wigeon 3, Greylag 12, Heron 2, Black-headed gull 1, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Wren, Robin, Swallow, Blue tit , House Martin

Shingle Bank - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor Centre

Mallard 108, Gadwall 6, Wood pigeon 1, Oystercatcher 7, Greylag 28, Shelduck 3, Jackdaw 11

Wadermarsh - visible from Wadermarsh lookout and Brent Hide

Moorhen 8. Jackdaw 4, Black-headed gull 1, Mallard 1, Shelduck 1, Kingfisher 1

Freshwater Lagoon - visible from Brent Hide and Crannóg

Moorhen 1, Mallard 6, Shoveler 1, Blackbird, Goldfinch 5

Saline Lagoon - visible from Limekiln observatory

Common tern Adult (10), Juv (6), Little grebe 3, Swallow, Woodpigeon

Brickworks

Swallow 1, Goldfinch 2

Limestone Lake

Woodpigeon

Peninsula Saltmarsh

Hooded crow 1, Blackbird 1

Peninsula Field

NA

Woodland

Blackbird, Wren, Chaffinch, Robin, Blue tit, Wood pigeon, Jackdaw, Collared dove,

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