Latest sightings
A good selection of passage waders
Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit and Redshank among the waders on site this morning.
1 July 2019
41 Black-tailed Godwit on the main lake
41 Summer plumage Black-tailed Godwit on the main lake from WWF Hide.
1 July 2019
Little Ringed Plover on the main lake
2 Little Ringed Plover on the main lake with Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape.
1 July 2019
Green Sandpiper calling from the marsh
Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plovers and Redshanks still showing well
28 June 2019
Flock of Little Egrets join the waders on main lake
4 Little Egrets feeding on the main lake this morning, along with Redshanks and Green Sandpiper
27 June 2019
Increase in Green Sandpiper and flyover Curlew
3 Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape and Curlew over the site heading East.
26 June 2019
Green Sandpipers on the wader scrape
Green Sandpipers are being sighted daily at the moment, feeding on the muddy scrape or the marsh. Migrant Swallow moving through early on.
25 June 2019
Common Terns on the main lake
Green Sandpiper continues on the grazing marsh, with pairs of Little Ringed Plover and Common Tern on the main lake.
24 June 2019
Redshank and Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape
Plenty of waders and duck broods on the scrape this morning
23 June 2019
Little Ringed Plover pair still on the main lake
A pair of Little Ringed Plover are still present on the re-profiled island on the main lake.
22 June 2019
Teal and Common Tern on the reserve
3 Teal (2 males and 1 female) on the wader scrape and 1 Common Tern fishing in the wildside reedbeds this morning.
21 June 2019
Green Sandpipers and Teal on the wader scrape
2 Green Sandpiper and 5 Teal on the wader scrape this morning.
20 June 2019
Pochard, Tufted Duck and Gadwall broods
2 Pochard broods on the scrape and reservoir lagoon are this morning's highlight. Pochard are on the red list of Birds Of Conservation Concern (BoCC4), along with Lapwing that have also bred well here this spring
19 June 2019
Green Sandpipers and a Pochard brood on the scrape
5 Pochard ducklings on the wader scrape, along with a Gadwall brood and Lapwing chick
18 June 2019
Returning Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape
The first returning Green Sandpipers still on the wader scrape this morning, with Mediterranean Gull circling high over the site heading East.
17 June 2019