Latest sightings
Wildlife sightings for 7th June 2014
2 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Kestrel - male hunting 1 Hobby - hunting on reserve 1 Gadwall brood - main lake 2 Swallow - grazing marsh 3 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside May bird highlights: Red
7 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 6th June 2014
4 Teal - wader scrape 3 Shoveler - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - wildside 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kestrel - 1 Whitethroat - singing from beside wader scrape hide May bird highlights: Red Kite, Goshawk, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Little
6 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 5th June 2014
1 Turtle Dove - flew N 0915hrs 1 Hobby - flew W 2 Peregrine 5 Shoveler 2 Gadwall broods - resr lagoon 3 Yellow-legged Gull (2 1st summer; 1 2nd summer) 150 Swift - feeding over main lake and reservoir lagoon May bird highlights: Red Kite, Goshawk, Marsh
5 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 4th June 2014
3 Mandarin - 1 in young male on reservoir lagoon, 2 in world wetlands 1 Gadwall brood - 3 ducklings, reservoir lagoon 1 Pochard brood - 2 ducklings, main lake 1 Redshank - main lake c. 80 Swift - feeding over main lake and reservoir lagoon Caught a
4 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 3rd June 2014
2 Teal (a pair) - wader scrape 2 Shoveler (a pair) - wader scrape 1 Oystercatcher - wader scrape 2 Swallow - grazing marsh Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over the last couple of years, so we will close the nest bank until the
3 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 2nd June 2014
1 Pochard brood - 7 ducklings on main lake 1 Teal - scrape 1 Shoveler - marsh 2 Redshank - main lake 7 Collared Dove - world wetlands 2 Chiffchaff - south route, wildside Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over the last cou
2 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 1st June 2014
1 Red Kite - flew low over entrance area, around 9.25 a.m. 2 Shoveler - scrape 9 Common Tern - main lake c. 30 Swift - feeding on main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing on Thames bank 1 Chiffchaff - calling around sheltered lagoon Please note, the numbe
1 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 31st May 2014
1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Grey Wagtail - wader scrape 1 Willow Warbler - seen carrying food by explore toilets 2 Peregrine - passing food while over the river Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over the last couple o
31 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 30th May 2014
2 Shoveler - (a pair) main lake 150 Swift - over river and reserve 3 House Martin - reservoir lagoon 2 Swallow - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Hobby - wildside Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has droppe
30 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 29th May 2014
1 Lesser Whitethroat - wildside 9 Blackcap 1 Chiffchaff - south route 4 Redshank - marsh and scrape 11 Common Tern 16 Lapwing 2 Shoveler - (pair) marsh Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over the last couple of years, so we will
29 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 28th May 2014
3 Mute Swan broods - reedbed channel, main lake, scrape 3 Lapwing chicks - scrape c100 Swift - feeding on site 5 Swallow - scrape Also: Elephant Hawk-moth, Lime Hawk-moth, 2 Treble Lines, Heart & Dart, and 3 Light Brocade all caught in overnigh
28 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 27th May 2014
8 Common Tern - main lake 5 Yellow Legged Gull 1st summer- main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1000 Swift - over reserve and river 5 House Martin - over river 1 Coal Tit - reservoir lagoon/grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge Pleas
27 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 26th May 2014
1 Oystercatcher - flew over high SE 0950hrs 2 Dunlin - marsh 1510hrs 3 Little Ringed Plover - scrape, main lake 500 Swift 2 Chiffchaff - south route 2 Swallow 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped
26 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 25th May 2014
1 Bar-Tailed Godwit - scrape (in winter plumage) 1 Common Sandpiper 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape, main lake 1 Ringed Plover (psammadroma race) - marsh 17 Lapwing + chicks - scrape, main lake, marsh 1 Shoveler - scrape (drake) 10 Common Tern - main la
25 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 24th May 2014
1 Bar-Tailed Godwit - scrape 1 Ringed Plover - marsh 4 Redshank 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1st summer) 11 Common Tern 1 Skylark - marsh 1 Kingfisher - flew across main lake to wader scrape 3 Swallow (Additional sightings from y
24 May 2014