News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 3rd January 2024
4 Song Thrush - south route, sheltered lagoon, reservoir lagoon4 Snipe - marsh, outside Headley hide20 Siskin - south route1 Goldeneye - main lake2 Kestrel - sheltered lagoon1 Water Pipit - marsh16 Water Rail - site count1 Sparrowhawk - main lake1 Reed Bu
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Weather: sunWind speed: lowRiver wear tide level: midA.MWader lake:Moorhen - 5Shelduck - 5Teal - 62Lapwing - 21Black-headed Gulls - 50Lesser-black backed - 2Saline Lagoon:Little Egret - 2Teal - 4Curlew - 3Other birds noted around site:Redshank - 1 (River
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 09042024
Weather: overcast / wetRiver Wear Tide Level: midWader Lake SpeciesShoveler - 6Graylag Goose - 12Avocet - 5Canada Goose - 25Lapwing - 12Mute Swan - 2Shelduck - 14Gadwall - 2Teal - 10Tufted Duck - 25Redshank - 2Black-Headed Gull - 81Herring Gull - 4Grey He
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 26th March 2024
2 Swifts - reservoir lagoon1 Sedge Warbler - wader scrape / sheltered lagoon reedbed benches 6 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon, wildside3 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon1 Kingfisher - world wetlands1 Water Pipit - marsh9 Sand Martin - over wader scrape1 Lit
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News News And Stories News A New Recruit Flying In
Hi, everyone. I’m Rebekah and I have just started as the new reserve warden alongside Charlie. I first became interested in conservation through volunteering as a young ranger with the Lake District National Park and with Eden Rivers Trust based in
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Weather: SunnyWind Speed: Light BreezeRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake Time: AM Water Level: LowRedshank - 8Moorhen - 4Lapwing - 1Shelduck - 3Teal - 87 (38 male, 49 female)Black-headed Gull - 71Saline Lagoon Time: AM Tide Level: LowGre
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 7th December 2020
2 Russian White-fronted Goose - still in the local area, dropping into the site sporadically the past few days2 Pintail - main lake3 Fieldfare - South route26 Redwing - South route, wildside1 Kingfisher - wildside
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 4th September 2023
2 Ruff - main lake1 Little Egret - main lake1 Garganey - main lake35 Pochard - main lake and marsh181 Gadwall - site count80 Shoveler - site count1 Spotted Flycatcher - south route15+ Chiffchaff - south and west routes5 Willow Warbler - south route and sh
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Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 20Shoveler - 10Herring Gull - 6Shelduck - 61Mute Swan - 2Avocet - 27Oystercatcher - 4 (2 Pairs)Redshank - 18Tufted Duck - 24Graylag Goose - 9Sand Martin - 7Gadwall - 5Black-headed Gull -
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Weather: sun / cloudyWind speed: lowRiver wear tide level: lowA.M Wader lake:Teal - 59Shelduck - 2Moorhen - 2Lapwing - 9Redshank - 2Black-headed Gull - 158Grey Heron - 1Lesser black-backed Gull - 2Saline Lagoon:Little Egret - 1Teal - 4Other birds noted ar
News News And Stories News Saving Worlds Rarest Duck Helps Restore Critical Madagascar Wetlands
The release is the latest stage of an against-the-odds mission to save the Critically Endangered Madagascar pochard – an operation that perfectly captures the theme of this year’s World Wildlife Day: recovering key species for ecosystem restoration.
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 1st September 2023
1 Red-Crested Pochard - main lake1 Garganey - main lake2 Common Sandpiper - main lake1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape2 Chiffchaff - south route3 Hobby - hunting over main lake128 Gadwall - site count120 Coot - site count20 Lapwing - main lakeOdonata: Comm
News News And Stories News Recent Sightings 11th 17th June
This weeks large high tides have seen more birds pushed off the estuary, increasing the number of wading birds on the reserve.Large flocks of black-tailed godwit have regularly been seen on the Lagoon and Dafen scrapes, and good numbers of curlew were pre
News News And Stories News Species Spotlight Tree Sparrow
The tree sparrow (Passer montanus) is in the family of old world sparrows. This passerine is easily identifiable due to the brown chestnut cap on the top of the head. Between the sexes there is no difference which is quite unique in birds as the majority