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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Heron - 17 Common Tern - 56 Avocet - 6 & 6 young Oystercatcher - 5 Lapwing - 9 Shelduck - 2 & 12 ducklings Shelduck - 2 & 8 young Redshank - 2 Tufted Duck - 27 Shoveler - 3 Saline Lagoon Avoc
11 June 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 - with 1 chick Mallards Mallard ducklings 9 House Martins Swallows Folly Pond Mallards Mallard ducklings Oystercatcher 3 Swallows House Martins Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 - with 8 cygnets Gadwall 3 Oystercatcher 2 Black-headed
11 June 2014
Recent Sightings - 11 June
Main lake - 135 Mallard, 8 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Shelduck with ducklings, 1 pair Greylag with 5 goslings Wader marsh - 7 Greylag, 14 Shelduck Peninsula Salt Marsh; 300 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Egret, 1 Shelduck, 2 Ringed Plover Limestone lake - 1 pa
11 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 11th June 2014
1 Green Sandpiper - marsh 3 Shoveler - scrape 1 Whitethroat - singing on top of sand martin bank 1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing from main lake edge (north-west shore) June bird highlights: Red Kite, Hobby, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Little Ri
11 June 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Lapwing 27 Avocet 8 Teal 30 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 35 South Lake Gadwall 73 Black-tailed Godwit 27 Teal 1 Lapwing 15 Redshank 6 The Rushy Avocet 4 The Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 Curlew 13
11 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 10 + 6 young Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 young Lapwing - 6 + 1 juvenile Redshank - 2 Common Tern - 63 Grey Heron - 32 Pochard - 1 female Shoveler - 4 Shelduck - 14 + 28 ducklings Gadwall - 10 Saline Lagoon Lapwing - 1 Oy
10 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 10th June 2014
6+ Common Tern chicks - main lake rafts 1 Kestrel - hunting over sheltered lagoon 2 Green Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon and scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Lesser Whitethroat - wildside 2 Chiffchaff - both singing wildside, sheltered lagoon
10 June 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece No sighting of the Red-necked Phalarope at 0845-0900 Gadwall 5 Lapwing 27 Avocet 4 pairs Teal 31 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 35 Little Egret 1 South Lake Gadwall 73 Garganey male Green Sandpiper 2 Black-tailed Godwit 23 Teal 1 Lapwing 15
10 June 2014
Bird News
A compilation of sightings for today and from over the weekend. Some interesting arrivals indicating post breeding dispersal with small flocks of Lapwing and Starling around the Mere. A couple Curlew and a few Teal also fit into this category. Many of the
9 June 2014
Artistic contributors to Wild Walk
Map illustration: Freelance artist and illustrator Hannah Sawtell has developed the map for Wild Walk, she told us “I've really enjoyed the process.” Hannah is currently working on a series of commissions as well as a personal project that involves i
9 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Heron - 17 Avocet - 4 & 6 young Oystercatcher - 2 Lapwing - 5 Tufted Duck - 21 Common Tern - 56 Shelduck - 3 & 9 young Shoveler - 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Oystercatcher - 1 Hawthorn Woo
9 June 2014
Moth News
Moth NewsElephant Hawk Moth Samples of moths trapped by staff here at Castle Espie. As a wetland trust organisation we monitor as many species down the food chain as we can . The Belfast Natural Society group are comi
9 June 2014
Out on the reserve today
Avocet juvenile Main observatory Common sandpiper - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Cuckoo - 1 Avocet - 4 with 3 chicks, some of these are getting quite large now and looking rather like miniature versions of mum and dad. Little rin
9 June 2014
Today's sightings- Phalarope returns
Zeiss Hide Red-necked Phalarope-female feeding on flood at back of field (W boundary), it is very mobile and can be hidden being rushes for periods. Gets pushed around by Avocets. Garganey-drake Gadwall 114 (high count) Teal 30 (influx) Shoveler 9 Avocet
9 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 9th June 2014
1 Hobby 3 Teal - scrape 2 Shoveler - scrape 2 Tufted Duck broods - main lake (10 & 7 ducklings) 1 Green Sandpiper - marsh Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Kestrel - perched in tree on sheltered lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Hob
9 June 2014