Construction work is ongoing to replace the old footbridge to the reserve. An alternative route is available, but the Heron's Wing and Peter Scott hides will be closed until the work is complete. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Latest sightings
Recent Sightings (7th-10th April)
British Steel Hide Wader counts from the steel hide including 738 Black-tailed Godwits, 231 Redshank, 17 Greenshank and 121 Knot. 3 Spoonbills have been present up until the 8th, and then there were 2 present on the 9th. A Peregine, 7 Shoveler, 20+ Tuft
10 April 2018
Recent Sightings (4th-6th April)
British Steel Hide A few nice bits and bobs from the hide from the past couple of days include a Green Sandpiper on the NRA scrapes (6th), 3 Spoonbills (6th), an Avocet (5th) and a Swallow on the 6th. Wader counts have included 541 Black-tailed Godwits,
6 April 2018
Recent Sightings (31st March-3rd April)
British Steel Hide Some 8m+ high tides have flooded the saline lagoons during the past few days leaving very few roosting spots for our waders. Despite this, there are were still a good amount to be found around the edges of the lagoons. The highest count
3 April 2018
Recent Sightings (28th-30th March)
British Steel Hide Wader counts from the steel hide include 373 Black-tailed Godwits, 306 Redshank, 196 Knot, 7 Dunlin, 19 Greenshank, a Spotted Redshank, 7 Curlew, 1 Lapwing and 2 Snipe. 3 Spoonbills were seen on the 30th and a Gannet was seen flying ov
30 March 2018
Recent Sightings (24th-27th March)
British Steel Hide Wader counts from the British Steel Hide have included 2 Spotted Redshanks, 431 Black-tailed Godwits, 231 Knot, 184 Redshank, a Snipe, 4 Greenshank, 1 Dunlin and a Curlew. Wildfowl have included a Mute Swan, 8 Greylag Geese, 5 Dark-bell
27 March 2018
Recent Sightings (21st-23rd March)
Cetti's Warbler. Russ Myners British Steel Hide Two Spoonbills have been in the area, along with 252 Redshank,410 Black-tailed Godwit, 191 Knot, 5 Greenshank, 2 Lapwing, 7 Dunlin and 1 Little Egret and Curlew. There h
23 March 2018
Recent Sightings (17th-20th March)
Otter. Russ Myners British Steel Hide We are greeted this week by the sunnier weather and 5 Wheatears! We also have had counts of c.400 Black-tailed Godwit, 48 Knot, 5 Curlew, 5 Redshank, 4 Greenshank and 2 Spotted
20 March 2018
Recent Sightings (14th-16th March)
British Steel Hide 3 Spoonbill were last seen on 14th. A count of 204 Black-tailed Godwit, 139 Redshank, 40 Greylag Geese, 57 Wigeon, 17 Shelduck and 7 lapwing was taken from the British Steel Hide. Further counts included 18 Tufted Duck, 13 Mall
16 March 2018
Recent Sightings (10th-13th March)
British Steel Hide Some really nice birds have been seen from the hide in the past few days, including two Avocets (13th), an adult Little Gull which was out on the estuary (11th), two Ruff, a very early White Wagtail (12th) (not to be confused with the
13 March 2018
Recent Sightings (7th-9th Mar)
Snipe. Russ Myners British Steel Hide One Ruff, 2 Spoonbill and Spotted Redshank have been seen out on the saline lagoons recently. Also counts include 223 Black-Tailed Godwit, 33 Dunlin, 25 Lapwing, 14 Knot, 1
9 March 2018
Recent Sightings (3rd-7th March)
British Steel Hide Recent wader counts from the steel hide have included 2 Spotted Redshanks (7th), 25 Lapwing, 507 Dunlin, 56 Curlew, 24 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 133 Black-tailed Godwits and 27 Knot. 2 Spoonbills were still viewable from the hide on the 6
7 March 2018
Recent Sightings (28th Feb-2nd March)
Male Pintail. Russ Myners British Steel Hide As we saw the first day of the meteorological spring drift by with a snow flurry, we have also seen the freezing of the saline lagoons! However, much bird activit
2 March 2018
Recent Sightings (24th-27th Feb)
British Steel Hide Highlights from the British Steel Hide include 2 Spoonbills (27th), a Great White Egret (25th), a Spotted Redshank (25th) and a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull roosted on the lagoons on the 26th. Flocks of Black-tailed Godwits, Lapwing a
27 February 2018
Recent Sightings (21st-23rd Feb)
British Steel Hide Highlights from the hide from the past few days include a Water Pipit (22nd) , a Spotted Redshank (22nd) , a Great White Egret (21st) , 2 Merlins (22nd), 2 Spoonbills (23rd) , a good count of 12 Great Crested Grebes (21st), 3 Red-breast
23 February 2018
Recent Sightings (evening of the 16th-20th Feb)
British Steel Hide Our monthly WeBS count took place on the 19th, and a good array of birds were counted as the tide was around7.7 metres high. Wader counts from both the WeBS and the weekend included 282 Lapwing, 477 Black-tailed Godwits, 241 Curlew,
20 February 2018