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On Thursday 18 September, the café and kiosks will be closed to visitors for operational reasons. The rest of the Centre is open as usual. Thank you for your understanding.

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Wildlife sightings for 12th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 12th August 2018

1 Curlew - grazing marsh 1 Garganey - reservoir lagoon 1 Green Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 1 Hobby - hunting over the sheltered lagoon 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 4 Common Tern - main lake 2 Water Rail - main reedbed 12 Swift- reservoir lagoon

12 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 11th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 11th August 2018

1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 4 Common Tern - main lake 1 Hobby - hunting over the sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital July/early August bird highlights: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Avocet,

11 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 10th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 10th August 2018

1 Ruff - flew over main lake heading NE 1145hrs 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 3 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 4 House Martin - grazing marsh, wader scrape 40+ Swift - reservoir lag

10 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 9th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 9th August 2018

1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 8 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake 18 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 1 Pochard brood (6) - reservoir lagoon 4 Little Grebe - main lake, sheltered lagoon 5 Common Tern - main lake 10 House

9 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 8th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 8th August 2018

1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 2 Common Sandpiper - main lake 5 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 4 Common Tern - main lake 2 House Martin - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital   Please note there

8 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 7th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 7th August 2018

2 Kingfisher - reservoir lagoon 1 Green Sandpiper - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 4 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 5 Common Tern - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital   Please note there will be essential management work on

7 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 6th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 6th August 2018

2 Garganey - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Common Tern - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Water Rail - main reedbed 20 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir l

6 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 5th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 5th August 2018

1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh, scrape 2 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Little Grebe - main lake 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Kingfisher - wildside 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 10 S

5 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 4th August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 4th August 2018

2 Black-Tailed Godwit - main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Kingfisher - main lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kestrel - hunting along South route 1 Hobby - main lake   July bi

4 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 3rd August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 3rd August 2018

1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 6 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Green Sandpiper - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 House Sparrow - sheltered lagoon 3 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon 1

3 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 2nd August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 2nd August 2018

1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Water Rail - main reedbed 1 Willow Warbler - South route 6 Common Tern - main lake, wader scrape 4 Little Grebe - main lake 1 Hobby - grazing marsh  

2 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 1st August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 1st August 2018

1 Hobby - wader scrape 1 Little Egret - main lake 1 Snipe - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Willow Warbler - singing by the entrance lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Chiffcha

1 August 2018

Wildlife sightings for 31st July 2018

Wildlife sightings for 31st July 2018

1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Snipe - main lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - on hospital 3 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 4 Little Grebe - main lake, wader scrape  

31 July 2018

Wildlife sightings for 30th July 2018

Wildlife sightings for 30th July 2018

1 Garganey - reservoir lagoon 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Snipe - main lake 23 Teal - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape, main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital   July bird highlights: Green Sandpiper, Common S

30 July 2018

Wildlife sightings for 29th July 2018

Wildlife sightings for 29th July 2018

1 Garganey - reservoir lagoon 26 Teal - reservoir lagoon, scrape, main lake 7 Common Tern - main lake, reedbed, reservoir lagoon 2 Dunlin - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 3 Snipe - marsh, main lake 3 Swallow - flew over E, feeding briefly over m

29 July 2018