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Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe with chicks Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 180 Starling 200 Foll [...]
19 June 2012
Today's sightings
Kingfisher Hide Avocet 5 Cuckoo 1 The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 Grey Plover 1 Breeding Plumage Curlew 47 Dunlin 6 Ringed Plover 1 Shelduck 70 Barnacle Goose 110 The Rob [...]
19 June 2012
Out on the reserve today
The female Black-winged Stilt is still present on the reserve today but has been elusive at times. [...]
18 June 2012
18th of June Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Oystercatcher - 3 + 2 chicks Avocet - 8 + 3 chicks Shelduck - 4 + 8 ducklings Mallard - 15 + 8 ducklings Tufted duck - 15 Grey Heron - 26 [...]
18 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Back Pond Kingfisher seen yesterday from back pond hide Whooper Pond OTTER Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Gadwall 4 Flood G [...]
18 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 18th June 2012
3 Teal - main lake 1 Peregrine - sat on aerials on top of the hospital 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Redshank - feeding on wader scrape 23 Lapwing - main lake At least 4 Cet [...]
18 June 2012
Today's sightings-Autumn passage starts!
Here is our Avocet family that have succesfully fledged three young JSLees WWT South Lake Green Sandpiper 1 The first Autumn passage wader arrived today, should see at least 50 here in the com [...]
18 June 2012
The latest from our wildlife reserve
Read the latest wildlife reserve update from our reserve manager John Gowland... Wildlife sightings Despite the wet cool weather recently, a cuckoo was heard calling from the Wet Woodland area on Fr
17 June 2012
Avocets hatching
Four avocet chicks have hatched! Three from one nest, which are now venturing into the water with mam/dad, and one is just visible in a second nest. One brood down, two and two-and-two-thirds-ish to g [...]
17 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 8 Common Tern - 80 pairs - 14 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 chicks Gadwall - 5 Mallard - 15 - 7 duckling [...]
17 June 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 16 June a little grebe was spotted nesting on the limestone lake. On the wader marsh there were 6 Shelduck with young and 1 grey Heron. On the fresh water lagoon there were 6 godwal [...]
17 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 17th June 2012
4 Teal - scrape and main lake 1 Redshank - main lake 1 Little Grebe chick - reedbed channel closest to wildside hide Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Yellow-legged Gul [...]
17 June 2012
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 (GCP) Dunlin 12 Ringed Plover 3 Curlew 27 Barnacle Goose 28 Peregrine 1 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 9 The South Finger Cuckoo 1 The Rushy [...]
17 June 2012
16th of June Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Avocet - 6 Common Tern - 80 pairs + 13 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 chicks Redshank - 2 Gadwall - 8 Wigeon - 1 Tufted Duck - 1 [...]
16 June 2012
Breeding Marsh Harriers
A first for the reserve in the form of breeding Marsh Harrier, a pair have nested this year and currently have 2 chicks and one egg. The birds are best viewed from either Ron Barker or United Ut [...]
16 June 2012