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Bird sightings for 24th September 2015
Holden Tower 8 Wigeon 2 Marsh Harrier 1 Avocet 3 Common Snipe 21 Ringed Plover 15 Dunlin 5 Ruff 10 Curlew 4 Common Crane 3 Little Egret 1 Peregrine 1 Wheatear 198 Barnacle Goose South Lake 184 Lapwing 89 Black-tailed Godwit 16 Redshank 32 Shoveler 157 T
24 September 2015
Wildlife sightings for 24th September 2015
10 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 24 Meadow Pipit - mostly flying South with a few dropping onto the marsh 1 Kingfisher - near the Peacock tower 6 Alba wagtail - flew over South 7 Chiffchaff - South route, wildside 250 House Martin - site count 2 Pe
24 September 2015
Today's Bird Sightings
Kingfisher, Cr. Rob Werran British Steel Hide Golden Plover 1 Dunlin 15 Redshank 167 Black-tailed Godwit 644 Knot 461 Cormorant 15 Teal 19 Grey Heron 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 27 Shoveler 1 Gadwall 1 Black Hea
23 September 2015
Musk Beetle - A Closer Look
Musk beetles are part of the longhorn group. They are scarce in the UK, but larvae feed and grow inside willow trees, so wetlands like ours are a great place to spot them. Adult beetles are this amazing green-blue metallic colour! https://youtu.be/ec2
23 September 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Tide / Very Low Time/ Am Black-Tailed Godwit - 4 Redshank - 15 Ruff - 10 Greenshank - 1 Black-Headed Gull - 20 Teal - 27 Snipe - 4 Curlew - 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch- 2 Great Tit - 4 Greenfinch - 3 Blue Tit - 2 Robin - 3 Chaffin
23 September 2015
Wildlife sightings for 23rd September 2015
1 Little Egret - marsh 1 Water Rail - calling in reedbeds 9 Snipe - main lake 36 Lapwing - main lake 100 House Martin - feeding over main lake 74 Meadow Pipit - mostly SW, some dropped onto marsh 5 alba Wagtail - flew SW 1 Wheatear - main lake island 11 C
23 September 2015
Today's sightings
The South Lake Ruff 7 Redshank 28 Black-tailed Godwit 70 Lapwing 280 Snipe 1 Teal 200 Pintail 4 Shoveler 63 The Zeiss Hide Teal 700 The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 15 Common Crane 2 The Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 200 The Kingfisher Hide Shoveler 12 Gadwall
23 September 2015
Maintenance works
Today there will be disturbance on the main lagoon as we carry out maintenance works. All other hides will be free of disturbances.
23 September 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 08:05 7.3m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 7 + 1 cygnet Mallard 140 Tufted Duck 6 Gadwall 1 Cormorant 2 Little Grebe 3 juveniles Folly Pond Teal 350 Wigeon 100 Mallard 20 Shoveler 5 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Lapwing 10 Teal Pond Gadwall 3 Avenue Tower Mu
23 September 2015
Whooper Return!
An unexpected arrival today in the shape of 4 Whooper Swan which circled low over the Mere before heading off the reserve. Although earlier than average this doesn't beat 2012 16th of Sept. We do have 8 over summering birds still present on the reserve al
22 September 2015
Today's Highlights
Pintail-2 female at Main Observatory Kingfisher Snipe-3 at Friends Hide Tree sparrow Sedge warbler at Nelson-Lyle hide Black cap Reed bunting Chiffchaff Tufted duck-female Wigeon Ruff Teal Stock dove
22 September 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Low Black Tailed Godwit - 7 Redshank - 30 Teal - 10 Black Headed Gull - 20 Lapwing - 15 Snipe - 4 Ruff - 1 Hawthorn Wood Coal Tit - 5 Great Tit - 6 Chaffinch - 8 Blue Tit - 1 Bullfinch - 2 Long Tailed Tit - 3
22 September 2015
Latest Sightings
A Bittern was seen yesterday at the Flood Ground from the Avenue Tower, only the second ever record for the reserve. It hasn't been found yet this morning. High Tide 06:34 7.4m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 3 Mallard 210 Tufted Duck 6 Gadwall 1 Cormorant 1
22 September 2015
Wildlife sightings for 22nd September 2015
11 Wigeon - main lake, wader scrape 74 Teal - main lake, grazing marsh, wader scrape 63 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 3 Mandarin - main lake 12 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 7 Swallow - main lake September bird highlights: Wig
22 September 2015
Today's sightings
South Lake Black Tern juvenile is still present and showing very well. Teal number around 170 with 40+ Shoveler and 45 Tufted Duck on the main lake. A quick scan through did not reveal the Garganey but it may well still be there. A flock of 89 Black-tail
22 September 2015