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Sightings and news to week ending 8 February 2026
Image- Avocets over South LakeUpcoming Events Catch The Tide - Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th February Monday 2 February World Wetlands Day Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory Pair of Whooper Swans, 7 Bewick's Swans, 35 drake and three duck Pochard, two Oy
1 February 2026
Sightings and news to week ending 1 February 2026
Upcoming Events Catch The Tide - Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th February Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory At 0810hrs the two 2 Whooper Swans were still present, 68 Pochard, Wigeon, 26 Bewick's Swans plus flocks of Pintail, Shelduck, Mallard, Teal, Tufted
25 January 2026
Sightings and news to week ending 25 January 2026
Sunday 25 January Tack Piece Really busy with Lapwing, Dunlin, Wigeon and Teal. At least 17 Ruff with c40 Redshank and c30 Black-tailed Godwit. Estuary Tower Fifteen Tundra Bean Geese and an adult Pink-footed Goose on the Dumbles among the Greylag Ge
18 January 2026
Sightings and news to week ending 18 January 2026
Sunday 18 January First Oystercatcher of the year on the estuary. Grounds Eight Redpoll and 30 Siskins with the Goldfinches. Kingfisher Hide At least 88 Russian White-fronted Geese on the Bottom New Piece. South Lake 111 Tufted Duck
11 January 2026
Sightings and news to week ending 11 January 2026
Sunday 11 January The thaw again underway with milder West winds, the Tack Piece has become a lot busier with birds over the weekend.Estuary TowerPeregrine and 17 Cranes on the Dumbles, Pink-footed Goose with the Canada Geese on Lower Dumbles.Tack
4 January 2026
Sightings and news to week ending 4 January 2026
Sunday 4 January Estuary Tower Fifteen Tundra Bean Geese again plus 100s Canada and Barnacle Geese, Snow x Bar-headed and Barnacle x Canada hybrids, a Pink-footed and Ross's Goose and two Canada x farmyard? hybrids. Peregrine and Buzzard with Marsh Harr
29 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 28 December 2025
Wildlife sightings from around the reserve
21 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 21 December 2025
Wildlife sightings from around the reserve
14 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 14 December 2025
Sunday 14 December Estuary Tower Eleven Cranes, five Roe Deer, Golden Plover, Lapwing and Dunlin flocks on the floods and saltpans, 100s of Greylag, Barnacle and Canada Geese with Snow x Bar-headed, two Barnacle x Canada, two Canada x farmyard and the R
8 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 7 December 2025
Sunday 7 December Estuary Walkway A Firecrest seen in the Withy bed alongside the path throughout the day, a second was also seen near Welly Boot land. Also spotted were 3 Blackcap, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, Song thrush and a Redwing floc
1 December 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 30 November 2025
*Internal Drainage board work continues across the reserve this week as well as pollarding coppicing and removing of ditch blocking trees. Sunday 30 NovemberRushy Hide/Peng ObservatoryTwenty seven Bewick's Swans. Tack PieceUnusual to see
24 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 23 November 2025
*The Internal Drainage Board will be on site over the next few weeks performing essential ditch maintenance. Apologies for any localized disturbance. South Lake all day today (19 November) and probably South Finger Reedbed (20/21 November). Saturday 22
17 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 16 November
*The Internal Drainage Board will be on site over the next few weeks performing essential ditch maintenance. Apologies for any disturbance. *Following on from yesterday (12 November), please note that we will be tractor topping on Top New Piece t
9 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 9 November 2025
Image- taken from Rushy Hide- Temminck's Stint with other species on one of the islands on the Lower Pond. Will it remain with us and overwinter? *Please note* We have began to feed birds here from Monday 3 November, it'll take a couple of weeks to se
2 November 2025
Sightings and news to week ending 2 November 2025
Image- Teal and Snipe from Rushy Hide Sunday 2 November Rushy Hide/Peng Observatory Temminck's Stint, at least during in the morning but also visiting Tack Piece scrape. Also Little Egret, 14 Redshank, 1 Ruff, 6 Snipe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 85 Lapwi
31 October 2025