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Reserve On the 16 June a little grebe was spotted nesting on the limestone lake. On the wader marsh there were 6 Shelduck with young and 1 grey Heron. On the fresh water lagoon there were 6 godwal [...]
17 June 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve From the 5th June sightings on the main lake included 30 Tufted ducks, 3 Greylags, 3 Gadwalls, 1 Teal, 7 Mute Swans, 5 Shelducks. On the Limestone lake 2 Little Grebes were spotted. On the [...]
7 June 2012
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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 [...]
20 May 2012
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Reserve As of the 12 May there were 700 oystercatcher with 120 black-tailed godwits on the wader marsh. On the main lake there were a pair of red-breasted merganser, a little grebe, 28 tufted [...]
15 May 2012
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Reserve On the 8th May, due to an extremely high Spring tide a record number of oystercatchers (770) were sighted on the reserve. On the 5th May a male garganey was spotted on the main lake along [...]
10 May 2012
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Reserve On the 22nd April a little grebe was sighted on the limestone lake. A family of mute swans has now taken up residency on the main lake along with 2 little grebes, 68 tufted duck [...]
22 April 2012
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Reserve On the 14 April main lake sightings have included a cormorant, 1 wigeon, 25 tufted ducks, 17 shelducks, 5 graylag geese and 7 mute swans. Little grebes have been spotted on the limestone l [...]
15 April 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve 8 April - On the main lake we had 22 shelduck, 32 tufted ducks, 40 Redshank, 3 gadwalls, 1 sholver, 2 wigeon , 1 canada goose and 8 mute swans. A little grebe in the fres [...]
11 April 2012
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Reserve The Mallard ducks have been hatching out on the reserve and in the plumbs. The first Nenes hatched on Sunday 1stApril and another two pairs still to hatch. New ad [...]
3 April 2012
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Reserve On the 28th March a family of 9 mute swans have been seen on the Main Lake with 3 little egrets, 500 black headed gulls, mallards, tufted ducks and 25 Shelducks. 25th March the wader marsh [...]
28 March 2012
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Reserve 22nd March Catttle Egret spotted on Shingle Bank amongst the Black headed Gulls. Today was spotted with our Swans on the main lake. [...]
25 March 2012
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Sunday 18th March - A pair of Mediterranean gulls are now residing with the 800 or so black headed gulls. Shelduck numbers are up to 46 squabbling over who gets who on the Main Lake.&nb [...]
19 March 2012
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Reserve Brent continue to come onto the Peninsula saltmarsh with up to 15 (family groups) along with 8 ringed plover, 11 dunlin, 30 Oystercatchers, 55 black-tailed godwit and a single [...]
25 February 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve Brent can still be seen daily on the peninsula saltmarsh with up to 9 (2 family groups) along with 6 ringed plover, 1 dunlin, 1 curlew, 31 oystercatcher, 3 redshank, 1 little egr [...]
14 February 2012
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Reserve On the 5th February sightings on the main lake have included 3 male and 1 female pintail alongside 1 cormorant, 4 teal, 185 mallards and 32 tufted ducks. Large flocks of finches, goldfinch [...]
7 February 2012