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Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide 24 greenshank, 77 redshank, 209 curlew, 195 black tailed godwit, 3 whimbrel, 21 lapwing, 4 Mediterranean gull, 3 dunlin, teal, 4 gadwall, 2 grey heron, 18 little egret and 12 cormorant. Lagoon 16 black tailed godwit, 9 tufted duck, 37 g
20 July 2015
Recent sightings - 20th July
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello, Senior Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Tufted duck 11, Greylag 8 (+ 5 goslings), Coot 6, Herring gull 1. Freshwater lagoon – visible from Brent Hide a
20 July 2015
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE AM HIGH TIDE Avocet - 14 + 2 juveniles Redshank - 2 + 4 juveniles Common Sandpiper - 1 Lapwing - 16 Common Tern - 52 + 4 juveniles Black-Headed Gull - 110 + 4 juveniles Grey Heron - 6 Shelduck - 3 Oystercatcher - 2 Swallows - 3 SALINE LA
20 July 2015
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets KINGFISHER Folly Pond Teal 10 Lapwing 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Young Mallard and Moorhen Teal Pond Reed Bunting Sedge Warbler Heron Little Grebe Moorhen Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet Lapwing Avenues
20 July 2015
Todays highlights
Main Observatory Quail singing Great white egret - 1 Greenshank - 3 Ruff - 17 Black-tailed godwit - 20 Ringed plover - 1 Avocet - 2 Lyle hide Garganey - 2 Friends hide Quail singing Green sandpiper - 1
20 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 20th July 2015
2 Common Sandpiper - scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover (juvenile) - scrape 1 Kingfisher - scrape 4 Little Egret - main lake 12 Teal - scrape, marsh 10 Shoveler - main lake, marsh 7 Common Tern - main lake, wildside J
20 July 2015
Today's sightings-increase in Dunlin
Zeiss Hide Dunlin 138- includes the first two juveniles of the year. An adult Little-ringed Plover, Avocet 23+, 6 Redshank, 20 Lapwing and Oystercatcher 7. Teal 32, 4 broods of Shelduck, Mallard, Gadwall and Shoveler. Grey Heron with an Eel. South Lake T
20 July 2015
Todays highlights
Lady Fen Crane - 3 Marsh harrier - 2 (one with green wing tags) Buzzard - 1 Main observatory Ruff - 12 Common sandpiper - 1 Avocet - 4 Snipe - 3 Redshank Lapwing Teal
19 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 19th July 2015
2 Redshank - scrape and main lake 2 Common Sandpiper - scrape 2 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover juvenile - scrape 6 Teal - scrape 2 Mandarin ducklings - pool between wildside and reservoir lagoon July bird highlights: Little Egret,
19 July 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Avocet - 13 + 10 juvenile Curlew - 1 Redshank - 12 Lapwing - 21 Common Tern - 74 + 16 juvenile Black headed Gull - 107 Pied Wagtail - 4 Grey Heron - 15 Saline Lagoon Black headed Gull - 52 Lapwing - 16 Grey Heron - River W
19 July 2015
Kingfishers
At least 1 probably 2 Kingfishers have been showing well from Ron Barker hide today other sightings from here included 2 Dunlin and a Ringed Plover. Good numbers of Ruff on site today with unto 23 birds mainly on the Mere with c100 Black-tailed Godwit and
18 July 2015
Today's sightings-Marsh Harrier returns?
South Lake Ruff- 3 'new in' males, dark plumaged birds in moult. Black-tailed Godwit 70+ including a colour ringed bird Redshank 50+, a few juveniles among them. Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 30 Dunlin 5 Teal 7 Rushy Pen Avocet- 5 adults attending 7 nearly fl
18 July 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Avocet - 12 + 10 juvenile Lapwing - 84 Redshank - 14 Common Sandpiper - 1 Curlew - 1 Common Tern - 211 Black Headed Gull - 152 Shelduck - 11 Gadwall - 9 Teal -6 Grey Heron - 16 Black Headed Gull - 117 Lapwing - 47 Shelduck
18 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 18th July 2015
9 Common Tern - (4 juveniles) - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - (immature bird) wader scrape 2 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Peregrine - in flight around Hospital 3 Whitethroat - wader scrape bank July bird highlights: Common Sandpiper, Little Egr
18 July 2015
Todays highlights
Crane - 3 feeding on the main lagoon Greenshank - 1 Ruff - 20 Redshank - 6 Black-tailed godwit - 6 Wood sandpiper - 1 Dunlin - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Cuckoo - 1 Marsh harrier - 2 (female + juvenile)
18 July 2015