Latest sightings
Saturday 16th February
From the hides; 35 tufted duck, 28 Pochard, 22 Teal, 6 Snipe, 19 Common Shelduck, 24 Gadwall, 13 Lapwing, 5 Cormorant, 8 Grey lag geese, 13 Canadian geese. Around the reserve; Blue tit, Great tit, Coal tit, Reed bunting, Bullfinch, Tree Creeper, Nuthatch,
16 February 2013
Sunshine at last!
Species seen around the reserve today include; Nuthatch, Longtailed tit, Blue tit, Coal tit, Great tit, Robin, Songthrush, Blackbird, Green finch, Reed bunting, Chaffinch, Water rail, Wood pigeon, Magpies, Jackdaws, Herring gulls, Black headed gulls, Com
14 February 2013
Bittern sightings
Two more sightings of the Bittern yesterday, both from the Reedbed hide. The first was around 2pm when it was briefly seen flying from the reeds to the rear far left and landing quickly into the main reedbed. The second was at 4.30pm when it was flushed f
12 February 2013
Snipe and Bittern
Yesterday reports of the Bittern from the scrape hide and the reedbed hide, confirming he is still around and doing a great job at keeping hidden for most of the time! Good numbers of Snipe this morning with 34 from the Sand Martin Hide and 28 from the sc
10 February 2013
Saturdays sightings
RESERVE; Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Green finch, Goldfinch, Coal tit, Blue tit, Long tailed tit, Great tit, Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock, Great spotted woodpecker, Water rail. LAPWING HIDE; 9 teal, 7 Gadwall, 2 Shelduck. SAND MARTIN & RAMSAR HIDE; 4 Lapwing,
9 February 2013
Beautiful Kites!
With the exception of high winds, the reserve is bathed in glorious sunshine and we were treated to 4 Red Kites flying low over the reserve this morning. The woodland lodge and stag beetle feed areas were busy this morning. Blue tits, Great tits, Longta
6 February 2013
A Bar Headed Goose!
LAPWING HIDE; 4 Common Shelduck, 4 Lapwing, 3 Teal, 2 Canadian Geese, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen. RAMSAR & SANDMARTIN HIDES; 20 Teal, 2 Cormorant, 19 Lapwing, 17 Common Shelduck, 32 Gadwall, 15 Snipe, 1 Eygptian goose, 1 Bar Headed goose, 21 Greylag geese
4 February 2013
Todays morning sightings
LAPWING HIDE; 11 Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 9 Mute swans. RAMSAR & SANDMARTIN HIDES; 1 Grey heron, 11 Greylag geese, 3 Cormorants, 24 Canadian geese, 18 Gadwall, 37 Tufted duck, 12 Pochard, 14 Common Shelduck, 9 Lapwing, 16 Teal, 43 Snipe, Black head
1 February 2013
Bittern...... again!
The kingfishers are particuarly busy at the moment, wizzing around the world wetlands enclosure, by the long path and from the sand martin hide. As water levels continue to rise around the reserve, good numbers of tufted duck, pochard, common shelduck, co
31 January 2013
Late bittern
The Bittern was spotted again at last light yesterday, drifting low across the reedbed from left to right. Come and see if you can spot him!
29 January 2013
Sunday Sun!
The usual suspects out in the glorious winter sunshine; Ramsar and Sandmartin hides 9 Snipe, 4 lapwing, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Tufted Duck, 7 Teal, 20 Gadwall, 3 Cormorants, 6 Shelduck, 2 Egyptian geese, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Pochard Scrape Hide 12 Tea
27 January 2013
Bittern
After not seeing a Bittern for a week, Mike Dilger spotted one late yesterday afternoon. We had just arrived at the Scrape hide and the bird took off from the far back edge, where visitors had been spotted it previously. The bird flew across the reed
26 January 2013
A cold snap
The weather has certainly been cold but it has brought the Bewick's swans in overnight, upto 29 in a night. There has been 3 seperate viewings of the bittern, but nothing this week. All the usual beauties are showing well; Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Longtailed
25 January 2013
Bittern!
This morning the second sighting of a Bittern was had by one of our younger visitors, who managed a few pictures to confirm. While watching from the scrape hide a bittern flew up and drifted into the main reedbed in front of the reedbed hide.
14 January 2013
Floods of water and birds!!
Recent flooding of the grounds and reserve have caused many changes. Some birds have decreased such as Snipe and Shelduck, being replaced by higher numbers of Teal (100-200), Gadwall (40) and Lapwing (120). Kingfishers, Little Grebe, Cormorant and Grey He
30 December 2012