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Another excellent day with pleasant weather and birds! Two juvenile Marsh Harrier again. We can expect numbers to increase over the next month or so, certainly more birds will pass south through the reserve. At least 4 Kestrel 3+ Common Buzzard and Sparro
28 July 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top and Bottom New Piece Marsh Harrier-juvenile hunting over cut hay and ditches (seen last night also) Garganey 2 Teal 91 Snipe 17 Dunlin 64 Avocet pair with at least one chick Black-tailed Godwit 16 South Lake Ruff 3 Redshank 29 Black-tailed
28 July 2014
Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide Level: Mid. Wader Lake Lapwing - 42 Common Snipe - 6 Common Tern - 46 Grey Heron - 9 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Gadwall - 4 Redshank - 14 Black-headed Gull - 49 Wader Lake Footpath Bullfinch - 7 Reed Bunting - 2 Willow Warbler -
28 July 2014
Wildlife sightings for 28th July 2014
1 Dunlin - scrape 3+ Little Ringed Plover - adults and juvs 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - charing cross hospital roof ledge July bird highlights: Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Red Kite, Black-Tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Lit
28 July 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Dunlin 84 Avocet 5 + chicks Teal 30 Great Crested Grebe 1 South Lake Snipe 1 Ruff 5 Black-tailed Godwit 138 Redshank 31 Oystercatcher 2 Avocet 4 Greylag Goose 210 Gadwall 40 Teal 10 Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 27 Avocet 5 Redshank
27 July 2014
Fresher
Over night rain followed by much fresher conditions of late. A few new waders apparent with counts including 200+ Lapwing, 57 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Redshank, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper. A Kittiwake was prese
27 July 2014
Signs of Migration!
Swallow and martins have been increasing this week with over one hundred over the reedbed this morning. Several Sand martins have been spotted in amongst the flocks. Blackcap singing would also point to some of these warblers beginning their migration as
27 July 2014
Today's highlights
2 Mediterranean gull, 491 black tailed godwit, 2 knot, 2 dunlin, 14 lapwing, cetti’s warbler, 2 shoveler, little egret, 3 jay and 2 great spotted woodpecker.
27 July 2014
Wildlife sightings for 27th July 2014
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake and scrape 1 Ruddy Duck - main lake 1 Snipe - main lake 6 Little Ringed Plover - pair with 3 chicks, plus another adult 1 Kingfisher - male, showing well on scrape 1 Whitethroat - juvenile, south route July bird highl
27 July 2014
Today's sightings 27 July
Wader Lake 9am low tide Lapwing 10 Common snipe 2 Common tern 49 Grey heron 16 Black tailed godwit 2 Black headed gull 46 Gadwall 3 Pied wagtail 2 Saline lagoon Black headed gull 22 Lapwing 6 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 16 Great tit 4 Coal tit 1
27 July 2014
Raptors
First Merlin of the 'autumn' joined the list of raptors present round the reserve which included 2 juvenile Marsh Harrier, 4+ Kestrel, 4+ Common Buzzard and Sparrowhawk. A Barn Owl showed well early on from the Harrier Hide. A number of waders present inc
26 July 2014
Wildlife sightings for 26th July 2014
3 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 6 Little Ringed Plover - 3 adults 3 chicks on the wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Kingfisher - wader scrape 1 Swallow - 1 Marsh Harrier juvenile - grazing marsh July bird highlights: Hobby, Red Kite, B
26 July 2014
Today's sightings
The Robbie Garnett Hide Blue-headed Wagtail 1 Green Sandpiper 28 Avocet 7 Common Crane 2 The Rushy Little-ringed Plover 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Avocet 8 The Zeiss Hide Dunlin 159 Avocet 7 The South Lake Lapwing 289 Snipe 2 Dunlin 7 Ruff 5 Black-tailed Godwit
26 July 2014
Latest Sightings
The Teal Pond Hide is currently closed as we are replacing it with a shiny new hide over the next few weeks. Sorry for any inconvenience. Whooper Pond Mallard 66 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Snipe 5 Lapwing 2 Moorhen 8 House Martins Sand Martins 50+ Swallows
26 July 2014
Marsh Harrier
The juvenile Marsh Harrier continues to be seen around the site and can show well at times especially from the appropriately named Harrier Hide. The family of Kestrels are still around along with occasional sightings of Sparrowhawk and the usual Common Bu
25 July 2014