Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 20th May sightings on the estuary included 350 oystercatchers, 2 grey plover, and 12 dunlin. Sightings on the saline lagoon included a pair of red breasted mergansers, 2 common tern [...]
Reserve
On the 20th May sightings on the estuary included 350 oystercatchers, 2 grey plover, and 12 dunlin. Sightings on the saline lagoon included a pair of red breasted mergansers, 2 common terns and a pair of Shelduck. The wader marsh had 86 Shelduck and a mute swan. The limestone lake had 2 little grebes, 4 tufted ducks and 1 graylag goose.
On the 19thGoldcrest spotted beside strawbale house. At the viewpoint sedge warbler singing too reed bunting. Through-out the marsh walk the following were sighted chiffchaff and blackcap singing, 3 orange tip butterfly, 2 large white butterfly, 2 common blue damselfly and a buzzard.
Refuge
The Peninsula Saltmarsh had 2 adult ringed plover with one young plus 4 other ringed plover and 2 black-tailed godwits, 5 dunlin, 2 oystercatchers and 2 shelduck.