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Today's Highlights
Avocets Oystercatcher -2 on Lady Fen Rough-legged buzzard - Lady Fen Peregrine - 2 Reedbed hide Reed bunting -feeding station
20 March 2015
Solar sightings
The Zeiss Hide Barn Owl 1 Avocet 19 (25) Redshank 3 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Wigeon 30 Grey Heron 1 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Avocet 2 Dunlin 30 Redshank 10 Little Egret 2 The Rushy Avocet 4 The South Lake Kingfisher 2 Great-crested Grebe 2 The Tack Piec
20 March 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 2,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 86 High Tide 12:04 10.0m Whooper Pond Tawny Owl 1 in the box left of Peter Scott Obs Whooper Swan 86 Mute Swan 21 Mallard 40 Tufted Duck 35 Wigeon 70 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Green-winged Te
20 March 2015
Redshank - Poor Show
Now we're heading into spring, keep an eye out for Redshank doing their displays to females. Hopefully they'll get lucky at some point! Footage by Bob Ellis
19 March 2015
Today's Highlights
The Water rail is becoming braver, often appearing around lunchtime on the back pond, and viewable from the café's panoramic window over Lady Fen. Water rail Great white egret - reedbed hide
19 March 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 2,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 82 High Tide 11:17 9.6m Whooper Pond Tawny Owl 1 in the box left of Peter Scott Obs Whooper Swan 82 Mute Swan 18 Mallard 43 Tufted Duck 37 Wigeon 72 Canada Goose 1 Oystercatcher 2 Aythya hybri
19 March 2015
Misty sightings
The Zeiss Hide Barn Owl 1 Avocet 19 Lapwing 20 Black-tailed Godwit 80 Wigeon 65 The Holden Tower Avocet 2 Redshank 4 Dunlin 30 The South Lake Great-crested Grebe 2 Shoveler 30 The Tack Piece White-fronted Goose 2 Wigeon 100 Pintail 50 Crane 4 Linnet 40 Mi
19 March 2015
Wildlife sightings for 19th March 2015
1 Wheatear - scrape bank 6 Redshank - scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Rock Pipit - grazing marsh March bird highlights: Shelduck, Garganey, Bittern, Peregrine, Pheasant, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Mediterranean Gull, Kingfisher, Stonechat,
19 March 2015
Long-Tailed Tit - Preparing the Nest
Spring is now in full swing! Lots of birds on the reserve are busy preparing their nests, to provide the perfect place for them to lay their eggs. Footage by Kim Tarsey
18 March 2015
Spotted Redshank
Spotted Redshank in non-breeding plumage, new for the year on the left hand side of Vinson's Marsh early afternoon, viewed from the Ron Barker Hide. Other waders include 50+ Curlew, 40+ Avocet, 100+ Lapwing, 30+ Oystercatcher, 40+ Ruff, 20+ Black-tailed G
18 March 2015
The reverse migration of Daisy Clarke
A final burst of winter has made some of our transmitter swans think twice about continuing their journeys eastwards. Temperatures in Estonia have reached lows of -3ºC over the last few days and this sudden change is likely to have encouraged the reverse
18 March 2015
Wildlife sightings for 18th March 2015
1 Black-tailed Godwit - scrape 6 Redshank - scrape, marsh 1 Shelduck - scrape 6 Chiffchaff - wildside, south route, sheltered lagoon 1 Kingfisher - main lake 1 Sand Martin - main lake March bird highlights: Shelduck, Garganey, Bittern, Peregrine, Pheasa
18 March 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 1000 around the reserve today, best viewed from the Farmhouse Tower Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 60 Mute Swan 30 Mallard 30 Tufted Duck 45 Wigeon 100 Little Egret 1 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 ♂ Teal 150 Wigeon 150
18 March 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Lapwing 20 Golden Plover 7 (larger flock reported in flight) Greylag 30 Pied Wagtail 9 Redshank 5 Ruff 5 Avocet 2 Chiffchaff 1 Skylark 2 Peregrine 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 singing Reed Bunting 1 singing Tack Piece E.White-fronted Geese 2 Crane 5 (
17 March 2015
Recent Sightings - 17th March
The following sightings were recorded by Pete Matchett, Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Black Headed Gull 150 Gadwall 2 Mute Swan 2 Cormorant 3 Tufty 29 Heron 1 Little grebe 1 Mallard 145 Coot 4 Greylag 2 Littl
17 March 2015