Latest sightings
Recent Sightings (4th- 7th Nov)
British Steel Hide Plenty of wader action on the saline lagoons recently with large numbers of birds roosting during times of high tide. Approximate counts of 1100 Black-tailed Godwits, 350 Curlew, 230 Redshank and 200 Knot, 2 Greenshank, 30 Lapwing and
7 November 2017
Recent Sightings (1st - 3rd November)
Great White Egret. Russ Myners British Steel Hide A Great White Egret was spotted on Wednesday, along with c.300 Black-tailed Godwit, c.70 Knot, 6 Dunlin and 41 Cormorants. Also counted were ducks including 20 Wigeon,
3 November 2017
Recent Sightings (27th-31st Oct)
Long-tailed Tit. Russ Myners. British Steel Hide A recent count from the British Steel Hide has shown 350 Black-tailed Godwit, a wading species that has also been seen from the Observatory hide
31 October 2017
Recent Sightings (25th- 26th Oct)
British Steel Hide Little to report on the wader front from the hide, but 26 Lapwing were roosting on the saline lagoons on the 26th and times of higher tides are sure to bring some waders on to the pools. There seems to have been a big influx in Thrushes
26 October 2017
Recent Sightings (21st- 24th Oct)
British Steel Hide Unfortunately only a few sightings from the hide recently due to a lack of reports but birds seen from the hide have included 310 Black-tailed Godwits, 182 Curlew, 6 Greenshank, 12 Tufted Ducks, 2 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 5 Sheldu
24 October 2017
Recent Sightings (evening of the 17th- 20th Oct)
British Steel Hide Highlights from the British Steel Hide include a Great Northern Diver that was seen feeding on the estuary on the 17th and a 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull, which was seen on the saline lagoons on the same date. A Dark-bellied Brent Goos
20 October 2017
Recent Sightings (14th- 17th Oct)
British Steel Hide It has been very quiet the British Steel Hide recently, with only a handful of Black-tailed Godwits, Redshank and Greenshank using the lagoons. Wildfowl have included 6 Shoveler, 15 Tufted Ducks, 7 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 22 Wigeon and 2 Pint
17 October 2017
Recent Sightings (11th- 13th Oct)
British Steel Hide Waders from the British Steel Hide have included 325 Black-tailed Godwits, 25 Greenshank, 100 Knot, 5 Redshank and 29 Lapwing. On the wildfowl front there has been 39 Wigeon, 15 Tufted Ducks, 8 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, a Pintail, 6 Teal,
13 October 2017
Recent Sightings (7th-10th Oct)
British Steel Hide With big high tides during the past few days, good numbers of Curlew have been seen on the saline lagoons with the highest count being 307. During high tides, total numbers of waders on the saline has been over 1450. This has incl
10 October 2017
Recent Sightings (4th- 6th Oct)
British Steel Hide A few highlights from the hide from the past few days have included two Curlew Sandpipers, a Turnstone, two Grey Plovers, two Bar-tailed Godwits, a Spotted Redshank and the return of the Black-tailed Godwits, with the highest count b
6 October 2017
Recent Sightings (30th Sep- 3rd Oct)
British Steel Hide Wader numbers have been relatively low because of low tides, the most noticeable drop being Black-tailed Godwits. A few weeks ago numbers were in the thousands, but the highest count recently was around the 50 mark on the 30th Sep. In
3 October 2017
Recent Sightings (27th-29th Sep)
British Steel Hide Without the big high tides of recent weeks, wader counts have dropped right down on the saline lagoons. 409 Black-tailed Godwits, 193 Redshank, 39 Greenshank, 13 Knot, 4 Dunlin, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Ruff and a Grey Plover were still
29 September 2017
Recent Sightings (23rd- 26th Sep)
British Steel Hide The undoubted highlight of the past few days has to be a Scottish ringed juvenile Osprey (25th) that graced the specially made platform and then proceeded to fly directly over the British Steel hide with its recently caught prey, muc
26 September 2017
Recent Sightings (19th (evening)- 22th Sep)
British Steel Hide The British Steel has produced the goods this autumn with a Lesser Yellowlegs on the 20th and a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope (site first) from the 21st to at least 2pm on the 22nd. Other waders from the hide include a Whimbrel, up
22 September 2017
Recent Sightings (16th- 19th Sep)
British Steel Hide A slightly less exciting few days on the rare wader front but the Spotted Redshank and two Spoonbills continue to be regulars on the saline lagoons. A Curlew Sandpiper, a Whimbrel, Grey Plover and Green Sandpiper were reported over th
19 September 2017