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Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide Glossy ibis, spotted redshank, 4 greenshank, 2 redshank, 9 little egret, 27 greylag goose, 25 shelduck and peregrine. Lagoon Little gull, 5 Mediterranean gull, 370+ black headed gull, common sandpiper, 197 black tailed godwit and
5 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2014
1 Little Egret - scrape early a.m. 1 Hobby - hunting Swifts 1 Kestrel - male, south route 2 Bar-tailed Godwit - male and female, scrape 1 Greenshank - marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 3 Little Tern - flew SE c. 11:30 a.m.
5 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 2 Cuckoo - 1
5 May 2014
Today's sightings
Out on the reserve the first Hairy Dragonflies, Four spot Chaser and c40 Azure Damselflies have emerged. South Lake Male Garganey. Image by Martin J McGill Crane 2 GCP Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing pair 1st summer Little Gull 1st summer Mediterranean Gull Spoo
4 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2014
3 Red Kite - first bird landed briefly in the entrance bank sheep field then gained height over the centre, circling for 15-30mins at 1150hrs 1 Goshawk - flew S 1125hrs 1 Marsh Harrier 4 Little Ringed Plover - scrape, main lake 8 Redshank 16 Lapwing 1 S
4 May 2014
Today's highlights
The glossy ibis has reappeared in front of the heron hide. Other highlights include; little gull, 10 Mediterranean gull, 470 black headed gull, red kite, common sandpiper, 7 black tailed godwit, 2 greenshank, spotted redshank, 6 little egret, sedge warble
4 May 2014
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 1 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Teal 4 Shoveler 5 Shelduck 1 Oystercatcher 4 Swallow 20 House Martin 20 Gadwall 2 Avenue Tower Teal 10 Oystercatcher 2 Black-headed Gull 18 Lapwing 20 Pink-footed Goose 3 Teal Pond Little Grebe 2 Mute
4 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Linnet Swift - 5 Reedbed hide/dragonfly ponds Hairy dragonfly Willow warbler Sedge warbler Reed warbler Main observatory Little ringed plover - 4 Pochard - 2 Avocet Lyle hide Avocet - the majority of pairs are nesting
4 May 2014
Today's bird sightings
Little gull, 4 Mediterranean gull, 470 black headed gull, common sandpiper, 42 black tailed godwit, 4 greenshank, spotted redshank, 12 little egret, 2 sedge warbler, 12 reed warbler, 3 whitethroat, 4 blackcap, 3 cetti’s warbler, 54 shelduck, 2 wigeon, 7
3 May 2014
Today's sightings
The South Lake Little Gull 1 Great-crested Grebe 2 with young Black-tailed Godwit 26 Common Sandpiper 1 Common Crane 2 nesting Kingfisher 2 busy feeding young The South Finger Kingfisher 2 Busy feeding young The Decoy Cuckoo 1 The Holden Tower Wheatear
3 May 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Mid/Time - AM Avocet - 14 Lapwing - 10 + 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 Redshank - 1 Teal - 3 Gadwall - 6 Shoveler - 4 Grey Heron - 28 + 56 chicks Swallow - 14 Shelduck - 3 Oystercatcher -2 Other Birds Jay - North Wood - 1 Chiffchaff - 16 B
3 May 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 1 Mallard 13 Oystercatcher 2 Swallow 10+ Folly Pond Sand Martins House Martins - collecting mud from pond edge and building nests on Farmhouse Tower Swallows Mallard 7 Teal 2 Gadwall 2 Wigeon 1 Shoveler 1 Shelduck 3 Oystercatcher 2
3 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2014
2 Hobby 2 Red-crested Pochard - pair. main lake p.m. 4 Little Ringed Plover - scrape, main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - marsh 8 Redshank 1 Green Sandpiper - late p.m. on to the marsh 15 Swift 6 Common Tern - main lake, resr lagoon p.m. 2 Garden Warbler -
3 May 2014
Gravid. Heavy. Huge!
Just a little post for those of you who fancy a potentially new technical term! We all know that ducks lay eggs, and we are all familiar with the term "pregnant," but there is a more appropriate term for avian species. Pregnant is a term reserved for mamm
2 May 2014
Flamingo Lagoon offers eggstra special views of nesting birds
Parents adding to the nest taken by Graham Hann WWT Slimbridge’s flock of Greater flamingos have laid 31 eggs on an island just metres away from a new viewing gallery. It is the first time they have laid so close to
2 May 2014