Recent Sightings

Sightings from the 30^th September have included:

• The Brent are starting to disperse with 23,000 on the Lough.
• Outside the Brent Hide – 22 Great Crested Grebes, 11 Eiders and Wigeon, amongst the thousands of Brent waiting to feed.
• Insects – Tortoiseshell Butterfly
• Main Lake – 66 Greylags, 44 Mallard, 34 Tufted Ducks, 5 Little Egrets, 5 Redshanks, 70 Black Headed Gulls, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls and 2 Pintails.
• Fresh Water Lagoon – 5 Coots, 7 Gadwalls, 1 Little Grebe and 3 Tufted Ducks.
• Peninsula Salt Marsh – 6 Oyster Catchers
• A Kingfisher has also been seen regularly at the Turtle Hide

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