Sightings Saturday 29th April

Wonderful bright start to the day with Cranes heard calling on Lady fen.

Black-winged stilt on Lady fen this morning (Photo Clive Baker)

All hides apart from Allport hide are open

Sightings today:

Mute swan
Whooper swan
Canada goose
Greylag goose
Gadwall
Garganey
Mallard
Pochard
Shelduck
Shoveler
Teal
Tufted duck
Coot
Moorhen
Grey heron
Great white egret
Spoonbill
Little egret
Cormorant
Avocet
Black-tailed godwit
Black-winged stilt (2 birds, female on Lady fen, male on Bank Farm)
Common sandpiper
Dunlin
Lapwing
Little ringed plover
Redshank
Ringed plover
Black-headed gull
Common tern
Carrion crow
Jackdaw
Collared dove
Wood pigeon
House martin
Swallow
Pied wagtail
Yellow wagtail
Reed bunting
Robin
Tree sparrow
Wheatear
Wren
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Peregrine

Cuckoo heard calling

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