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Wildlife sightings for 23rd September 2014
2 Pintail - main lake 9 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape, main lake 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh N bank 3 Stonechat - grazing marsh fence line 3 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Hobby - hunting over grazing marsh 1 Buzzard - flew over E September bird hig
23 September 2014
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide Little stint, 8 curlew sandpiper, 42 greenshank, 251 redshank, 156 knot, 21 lapwing, 13 dunlin, 17 little egret, 225 wigeon, 2 peregrine, 2 sparrowhawk and kingfisher. Lagoon 350 black tailed godwit, 7 pintail, 4 teal, 8 shoveler
22 September 2014
Recent Sightings - 22nd September
Recent Sightings at Castle Espie include the return of a Spoonbill and between 1500 and 2000 Brent Geese including juveniles. Spoonbill Little Stint Large numbers of Oystercatchers Small groups of Grey / Gold Plover 30 Shelduck Black and Bar-tailed Godwi
22 September 2014
Wildlife sightings for 22nd September 2014
1 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon 2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh (feeding next to the cattle) 6 Meadow Pipit - marsh 3 Swallow - feeding over main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 5 Dunlin - scrape (1750hrs) 1 Kingfisher - reedbed 1 Water Rail - reedbed Se
22 September 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Please note that an excavator will be hedge cutting/ island constructing/ditch de-silting here possibly this afternoon for a couple of days. Crane 3 (early am) Dunlin 60 Redshank 43 Spotted Redshank 2 Ruff 6 Little Stint 1 Curlew
22 September 2014
Pink-foot Influx
A couple of days ago we pondered the possibility that the weather patterns over Iceland might encourage some Pink-footed Goose migration, well it did! An early morning count produced c700 birds but by midday over 5000 had arrived with the majority coming
21 September 2014
Get Outdoors Weekend Sightings
As part of the Great Outdoors Weekend Beginners Birdwatch sessions led by Dot Blakely we can report the following sightings: Viewed from the Brent Hide: 1200 Brent Geese 12 Shelduck Small scattering of Oystercatchers and Curlew between Limekiln an
21 September 2014
Latest Sightings
Today a flock of 85 Barnacle Geese arrived and spent most of the morning asleep in the back of the Folly Pond. We tend to say a flock of 100 or more birds constitutes their arrival date, so hopefully tomorrow we should get the extra 15 birds which we need
21 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Lapwing - 38 Teal - 20 Gadwall - 7 Black Tailed Godwit - 5 Dunlin - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 8 Teal - 5 Other Birds Treecreeper - Carpark - 2 Black Headed Gull - River Wear - 20 Lesser Black Backed Gull - Ri
21 September 2014
Wildlife sightings for 21st September 2014
2 Pintail - main lake and scrape 28 Wigeon - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 5 Snipe - main lake and scrape 8 House Martin - feeding around Peacock Tower Late August/September bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Buzzard, Garganey, Spot
21 September 2014
More to pick than blackberries
Great weather this year means green spaces hold a bumper crop for foragers The wet winter, sunny spring and mild summer have combined to bring a bumper crop of wild food to the countryside this year. During the ‘Foraging & Fire-lighting’ workshop
20 September 2014
Little Stints
A couple of new Little Stint in this morning on Sunley's Marsh viewed from the Ron Barker Hide. Around 600 Pink-footed Geese by late afternoon, perhaps flushed from the Ribble Estuary by the Air Show. Four Marsh Harrier including at least one wing-tagged
20 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time- AM/Tide - Low Black Tailed Godwit - 8 Common Snipe - 10 Redshank - 13 Lapwing - 27 Black Headed Gull - 30 Teal - 19 Gadwall - 6 Wigeon - 5 Saline Lagoon Black Tailed Godwit - 3 Common Snipe - 4 Curlew - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Other Birds Jay -
20 September 2014
Great white egret
Great and little egret Great white egret on Lady Fen; easily seen from cafe with a few little egrets for comparison! Great and little egret
20 September 2014
Todays sightings
Goldfinches on bird feeders Bird feeders We have put up some new bird feeders next to the visitor centre, these are viewable from the pond room, wigeon cafe and cafe veranda this morning we have had 5 goldfinches feed
20 September 2014