Latest sightings
Wildlife sightings for 1st March 2013
1 Bittern - western corner of reservoir lagoon 1 Pintail - wader scrape 76 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 5 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake 41 Fieldfare - flew over S Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof ti
1 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 28th February 2013
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon (halfway along the N shore) a.m. 120 Cormorant - main lake 45 Shoveler 40 Wigeon 5 Water Rail - reedbed, marsh 55 Fieldfare - flew N and NW Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof tiles. All other hide
28 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 27th February 2013
51 Wigeon - grazing on Thames bank 59 Shoveler - main lake and scrape 100+ Cormorant - main lake 1 Bearded Tit - reedbed 120 Fieldfare - flew S and W (2 separate flocks p.m.) 30 Redwing - flew W 1 Stonechat - marsh a.m. Peacock Tower closed today d
27 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 26th February 2013
62 Shoveler - main lake, reservoir lagoon 168 Cormorant - main lake 3 Snipe -wader scrape 2 Sparrowhawk - hunting on the reservoir lagoon and main lake 61 Fieldfare - flew SE and E in 2 waves Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting t
26 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 25th February 2013
56 Wigeon - E end reservoir lagoon 42 Lapwing - main lake 140 Cormorant - main lake Additional sighting from yesterday: 2 Bittern - 1 W end reservoir lagoon, 1 by Headley hide (Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof
25 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 24th February 2013
1 Shelduck - wader scrape 8 Mandarin - world wetlands 214 Cormorant - main lake A pair of Great Crested Grebes have begun displaying to each other on the sheltered lagoon (Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof tiles. All o
24 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 23rd February 2013
4 Bittern - 2 in front of Headley hide, 1 N shore reservoir lagoon, 1 in channel nearest wildside hide 6 Pintail (5m 1f) 51 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing marsh 157 Cormorant - main lake (Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof til
23 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 22nd February 2013
50 Lapwing - main lake 4 Redwing - carpark 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh fence seen from wildside hide 4 Redpoll - entrance area 1 Peregrine - over river (Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds effecting the roof tiles. All other hides open as usual)
22 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 21st February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake N shore a.m. (Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds effecting the roof tiles. All other hides open as usual) 1 Woodcock - flew from wildside towards the main reedbed/main lake edge 5 Lesser Redpoll - wildside 118 Cormorant - m
21 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 19th February 2013
1 Shelduck - scrape 1 Pintail - male, scrape 125 Teal - site count 61 Wigeon - grazing in NE corner, flew to reservoir lagoon Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Dunlin, Woodcock, Waxwing, Skylark, Bearded Tit. At least 2 Bitterns can
19 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 18th February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake 1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Pintail - pair, scrape 64 Shoveler - scrape, main lake 94 Cormorant - main lake A Cormorant with a colour-ring was seen yesterday, yellow ZA6. It was ringed in the nest as a chick at Rutland Water on 11th May 20
18 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 17th February 2013
1 Bittern - grazing marsh, feeding among Purple Loosestrife on right hand side of the marsh channel 7 Mandarin - world wetlands and resevoir lagoon/wildside 92 Cormorant - main lake shingle ridge 395 Black-headed Gull - scrape and main lake 1 Great Spotte
17 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 16th February 2013
68 Wigeon - grazing marsh, wader scrape 113 Cormorant - main lake 44 Lapwing - main lake 5 Siskin - wildside 2 Redpoll - wildside Additional sightings from yesterday: 4 Bittern - 2 main lake, 2 grazing marsh Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrin
16 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 15th February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake between Dulverton and Headley hide 62 Wigeon - wader scrape 51 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 75 Cormorant - main lake 7 Redpoll - world wetlands Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Dunlin, Woodcock,
15 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 14th February 2013
2 Bittern - main lake N + S shores 2 Peregrine - both hunting to the N of the site 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon a.m. 9 Mandarin - (fully-winged birds) reservoir lagoon and world wetlands 76 Cormorant - main lake 11 Redpoll - flew NW + 2 in wildside 33 Fiel
14 February 2013