Latest sightings
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
Recent Sightings (14th-16th Jan)
Little Grebe. Russ Myners Millenium Wetlands Eight snipe were spotted amongst the vegetation and scrapes on Deep Water Lake, as well as 23 Teal, 38 Tufted Ducks, 7 Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 8 Pochard,8 Cormorant and the Ring Neck Duck. Other wa
16 February 2018
Recent Sightings (9th-13th Jan)
Redwing. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Lots of activity on the reserve including a Sparrowhawk and Buzzard, vocal Cetti's Warbler (2) and Song Thrush (3), as well as 8 Redwing, 7 Water Rail, 1 drumming Great
13 February 2018
Recent Sightings (7th-9th Jan)
Great White Egret, Russ Myners. British Steel Hide Three Red Kites have been over the reserve this week, other raptors include a Sparrowhawk and 2 Buzzards. On the Wildfowl front, there were counts of 20 Greyl
9 February 2018
Recent Sightings (3rd-6th Feb)
British Steel Hide A nice selection of birds have been seen from the hide over the past few days including a Water Pipit on the 4th, a Great White Egret (up until the 6th), the Spoonbill (up until the 6th) a Merlin and a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull (on
6 February 2018
Recent Sightings (31st Jan-2nd Feb)
British Steel Hide Some nice early morning high tides pushed good numbers of waders onto the lagoons, including c.500 Dunlin, c.650 Black-tailed Godwits, c.150 Redshank, 20 Knot, c.250 Curlew, 53 Lapwing and 1 Spotted Redshank (on the 2nd). Wildfowl ha
2 February 2018
Recent Sightings (26th-30th Jan)
Otter - Russ Myners. Seen on 30th Jan. British Steel Hide A count carried out on 29th showed a good number of birds using the estuary mudflats and saltmarsh including 346 Brent Geese, including 2 using the saline lagoons on the reserve, c.4
30 January 2018
Recent Sightings (20th-23rd Jan)
British Steel Hide Many wildfowl could be seen out on the estuary including 140 Teal, 9 Shoveler, 2 Red-Breasted Merganser and 4 Brent Geese. Further inland on the Dafen Scrapes, some nice close up sightings of 17 Black-tailed godwit as well as 9
23 January 2018
Recent Sightings (17th-19th Jan)
British Steel Hide Some early high tides have brought in a nice selection of waders onto the saline lagoons. Waders have included 649 Dunlin, 368 Curlew, 409 Black-tailed Godwits, 11 Knot, 15 Redshank, 15 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 1 Grey Plover, 4
19 January 2018
Recent Sightings (13th-16th Jan)
British Steel Hide The 2 Spoonbill have still been using the saline lagoons, as well as counts of 207 Wigeon, 3 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck. Wader numbers include 78 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 8 Redshank and Spotted Redshank, as well as 78 Lapwing, a Reed Bunting
16 January 2018
Recent Sightings (10th-12th)
Little Grebe, Russ Myners Millenium Wetlands The cold weather has frozen many of the main water bodies used by the wildfowl in the last couple of days. However, dense colonisations of ducks have been seen where ther
12 January 2018
Recent Sightings (6th-9th Jan)
British Steel Hide Wader counts from the steel hide have included 282 Black-tailed Godwits, 402 Dunlin, 4 Greenshank, a Spotted Redshank, 5 Redshank, 95 Lapwing, 6 Knot and 2 Curlew. A very large flock of Knot was viewable from the hide on the 9th, the f
9 January 2018
Recent Sightings (3rd-5th Jan)
Photo by Rob Werran British Steel Hide Storm Eleanor combined with high tides brought in many birds in the last couple days. With high water levels many ducks have been seen including 115 Wigeon, 135 Teal, 46 Gadwall
5 January 2018