Recent sightings 6th-9th April
Highlights include Otter with 2 kits, Wheatear and Avocet
Recently seen over the saline lagoons include 400+ Black-tailed Godwit, Knot, Pintail, Wigeon and Shelduck. 6 Spoonbill continue to be visible on the saline lagoons, as well as a female Smew, Wheatear, and an Avocet that has been seen both on the saline lagoons and the Dafen Scrapes. Also on the Dafen Scrapes have been Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwing, Shovelor, Teal, Tufted Duck and Gadwall. 3 Buzzards have also seen above the treeline behind the Dafen scrapes.
Millennium Wetlands
Good numbers of Black-tailed Godwit are regularly seen on deep water lake with some Knot mixed in, and there are still a good amount of Lapwing nesting on the main island and cockleshell beds. Around the reserve both seen and heard have been Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Bullfinch, Chaffinch and Song Thrush. Around 50 Sand Martins have been seen across the reserve, 2 Mediterranean Gulls mixed in with the Black-headed Gulls, a pair of Sparrowhawks displaying, and a Peregrine seen hunting over deep water lake.
This morning we were treated to great views of the female Otter hunting deep water lake, and she was joined by 2 kits that were too busy playing to be hunting! A Stoat was also spotted around the Lilly Pond area.
Plenty of butterflies to be seen around the reserve when the sun is shining, such as Orange Tip, Peacock, Comma, Speckled wood and Brimstone.
