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Latest sightings
Busy nesting Swallows
Several pairs of Swallow have already completed their first brood, and are now busy setting up nests for their second
15 July 2022
Black-tailed Godwit flock increasing
The flock of Black-tailed Godwit has been increasing every day this week as birds arrive back from Iceland
14 July 2022
Spoonbills on tour
The two long-staying immature Spoonbills were touring the reserve this morning
13 July 2022
Summer ducks and waders
The broods of duckling broods are growing well, and many of our drake ducks are in eclipse plumage, whilst waders are returning for the autumn
12 July 2022
The heat is building up
Another hot day and building temperatures through to the weekend. The waders are very mobile today as they move from scrape to scrape and to the estuary and back, some counts from this morning were as follows.South LakeSingle Black-tailed Godwit (150+ dro
11 July 2022
Weekend update
We've now entered what's forecast to be a long hot dry spell, day times temperatures are up in the high 20s to 30s, birding from the shaded hides is a great way to keep cool and enjoy the wildlife. We are juggling what little water is available at the mom
10 July 2022
Dunlin numbers creeping up daily
Top New PieceA Bittern appeared stop the reeds below the Zeiss Hide after noon, at least 17 Dunlin were on the wet mud with a Green Sandpiper and 90 Lapwing, 8 Redshank, plus Sand and House Martins, Swallows and Swifts (as seen from Estuary Tower). Estu
7 July 2022
Returning Greenshanks
Two newly arrived Greenshanks, just past their best plumage arrived on the Top New Piece.
3 July 2022
Black-headed Gull breeding season beginning and ending
The South Lake Black-headed Gull breeding season is largely coming to an end but some pairs are still building new nests
28 June 2022
Bluethroat a little more helpful today
The Bluethroat showed a number of times this morning between 0815-0930am.
27 June 2022
Sunday 26 June sightings
South LakeIt's a really good spot for waders at the moment, we were forced to use part of the deep lake level to save the wader scrape from drying up last week, judging by the wader species present they've been appreciative. Two very smart breeding plumag
26 June 2022
Bluethroat showing well
The Bluethroat at Middle Point has been seen regularly this morning, staying up on the perches to sing
25 June 2022
End of week catch-up
It has been a busy week with lots of great birding too, so here is your update for the weekend.
24 June 2022
Return of the Bluethroat
A male White-spotted Bluethroat held territory and sang on and off during the midsummer period last year, we hoped it would return this year so prepared the Middle Point area with some extra feeding places away from the path and added a number of taller p
21 June 2022
Where has the summer gone?
We've seen temperatures drop by over 10oC compared to yesterday, bringing an end to the heatwave
18 June 2022