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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 1st May 2014

Wildlife sightings for 1st May 2014

1 Green Sandpiper - marsh p.m. 6 Dunlin - one flock flew around the marsh together, with one bird coming back to the marsh/main lake 9 Whimbrel - circled over marsh, plus one landed on marsh around midday 3 Little Ringed Plover - display flight over ma

1 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2014

1 Oystercatcher - marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 4 Common Tern - main lake (7 seen displaying over main lake late p.m. 29th) 1 Hobby - high over marsh 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape 2 Garden Warbler - south route, sheltered lagoon 4 Whitethroat - r

30 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 29th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 29th April 2014

1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 2 Snipe - marsh 3 Common Tern - main lake 2 Kingfisher - south route 7 Cetti's Warbler - site count 2+ Garden Warbler - singing 2 Whitethroat - both singing, 1 NE corner, 1 S side of sheltered lagoon &nb

29 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2014

1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 6 Redshank - incl. a mating pair - scrape, marsh 1 Snipe - marsh 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing sheltered lagoon   Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over

28 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 27th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 27th April 2014

1 Hobby - over sheltered lagoon 8 Redshank - scrape and main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - including a pair mating on the scrape 1 Snipe - marsh 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - heard calling near the Peacock Tower 2 Garden Warbler - sheltered

27 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2014

1 Shelduck - main lake 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Grasshopper Warbler - reedbed filters 2 Garden Warbler - near Sand Martin bank, on L.H.S as you approach Peacock tower 1 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon near wader sc

26 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 25 April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 25 April 2014

2 Shelduck - main lake 3 Common Tern - main lake 3 Little Ringed plover - wader scrape 5 Snipe - grazing marsh 26 Swallow - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Garden Warbler - South route feeders 2 Whitethroat - in scrub around sand martin bank, sheltered lagoon

25 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 24th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 24th April 2014

1 Nightingale - singing from Hawthorn/Willow scrub along the sheltered lagoon southern loop footpath a.m. 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew over scrape towards main lake a.m. 4 Chiffchaff - wildside and s

24 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 23rd April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 23rd April 2014

5 Common Tern - main lake 3 Sandwich Tern - flew down river@ 07.30hrs 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - a pair on the wader scrape 1 Lapwing chick - main lake 'gull ridge' 2 Yellow Wagtail - one o

23 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 22nd April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 22nd April 2014

5 Common Tern - 1 Greenshank - grazing marsh 1 Dunlin - main lake 3 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Whimbrel - flew over N @ 09.05hrs 20 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 3 Blue Headed

22 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 21st April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 21st April 2014

1 Yellow Wagtail - flying around marsh/reedbed calling 1 Dunlin (alpina race) - marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh, scrape 2 Green Sandpiper - marsh 1 Greenshank - marsh, feeding all morning and being chased by Lapwings 8 Snipe - marsh 2 Common Sandp

21 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 20th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 20th April 2014

3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Bar-tailed Godwit - scrape (left the site at 0720hrs) 3 Little Ringed Plover - marsh, scrape 2 Green Sandpiper - marsh 1 Grey Plover - flew over from the E, then off downriver (1015hrs) 13 Snipe - marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh

20 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 19th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 19th April 2014

1 Peregrine 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Common Tern - main lake 1 Greenshank - wader scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 2 Green Sandpiper - grazing  marsh, wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 8 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Yel

19 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 18th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 18th April 2014

5 Common Tern - main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 7 Snipe - grazing marsh 6 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 50 Sand Martin - main lake, grazing marsh, wader s

18 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 17th April 2014

Wildlife sightings for 17th April 2014

1 Little Egret - circled over site then flew down river 1 Marsh Harrier - over main lake, mobbed by crows and flew E 2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - marsh, scrape 2 Green Sandpiper - marsh 5 Snipe - marsh 1 Wheatear - wader scrape islan

17 April 2014