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Latest sightings

Great White Egret on the main lake

Great White Egret on the main lake

Great White Egret on the main lake for a brief stop this morning, plus a juvenile Little Ringed Plover on the re-profiled island.

24 August 2019

Sandpipers & Snipe in the morning sun

Sandpipers & Snipe in the morning sun

Lots of warbler activity today

23 August 2019

Kingfisher in wildside along with a good number of Warblers

Kingfisher in wildside along with a good number of Warblers

1 Kingfisher - wildside2 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh1 Common Sandpiper - main lake1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake20+ Chiffchaff - wildsie, South route8 Blackcap - wildside, South route3 Willow Warbler - wildside5 Sedge Warbler - wildside, reedbed1

22 August 2019

Snipe showing well on the wader scrape

Snipe showing well on the wader scrape

4 Snipe showing well on the wader scrape from the scrape hide.

21 August 2019

Little Ringed Plover & Common Sandpiper out on the main lake

Little Ringed Plover & Common Sandpiper out on the main lake

House Martins and Swifts are keeping the blue skies busy with feeding activity

20 August 2019

Swallows and Martins feeding on migration

Swallows and Martins feeding on migration

Plenty of hirundines stopping to feed over the main lake this morning

19 August 2019

Kingfisher feeding in the rain

Kingfisher feeding in the rain

Kingfisher in Wildside feeding in the pools.

18 August 2019

Whimbrel on the main lake

Whimbrel on the main lake

Main lake proved popular this morning with a Common Sandpiper and Ringed Plover also showing well.

17 August 2019

Ringed Plover and increasing number of Shoveler on the main lake

Ringed Plover and increasing number of Shoveler on the main lake

1 Ringed Plover seen from WWF hide and 28 Shoveler on the main lake this morning.

16 August 2019

Ringed Plover feeding on the main lake

Ringed Plover feeding on the main lake

Common Sandpiper wading around the Shoveler

15 August 2019

Great White Egret on the main lake

Great White Egret on the main lake

Great White Egret on the main lake until around 08:30.

14 August 2019

Waders and Warblers

Waders and Warblers

Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and 3 Garganey still as well as 2 Whitethroat and good numbers of Chiffchaff on site.

13 August 2019

3 Garganey still on the wader scrape

3 Garganey still on the wader scrape

All 3 Garganey still showing well on the wader scrape this morning.

12 August 2019

Influx of Common Sandpiper

Influx of Common Sandpiper

7 Common Sandpiper and 3 Garganey on the wader scrape this morning.

11 August 2019

Teal and Shoveler busy feeding in the blustery conditions

Teal and Shoveler busy feeding in the blustery conditions

Teal and Shoveler numbers continue to build across the reserve while Swifts feed overhead.

10 August 2019