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Today's sightings
Tack Piece Common Sandpiper 1 Swallow 10 The Holden Tower Wheatear 3 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 4 Blackcap 2 The Zeiss Hide Cackling Canada Goose Avocet 2 Lapwing 20 [...]
10 April 2012
Feather & Fin an exhibition which paints Strangford Lough in Watercolour
On the 21st April at 10am Castle Espie Gallery, Ireland’s only environmental art space, will be opening the doors to the watercolour exhibition ‘’Feather and Fin.” This is the inspired title of an exhibition by artist, Barbara Allen. The e
9 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Lapwing - 26 Redshank - 12 Oystercatcher - 3 Grey Heron - 36 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 24 Canada Goose - 6 Greylag - 8 [...]
9 April 2012
Lazy Birding
The fairly awful 'bank holiday weather' did have the potential to drop a few new birds onto the reserve, and if it did nobody reported them. However I did squeeze in some birding between my [...]
9 April 2012
Today's sightings
White fronted goose, 2 Mediterranean gull, 170 black headed gull, chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap, 6 cetti’s warbler, 3 reed bunting, 295 black tailed godwit, 58 curlew, 5 greenshank, 110 r [...]
9 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 4 Tufted Duck 35 Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 Redshank 8 Shoveler 21 Oystercatcher 1 Teal 82 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Sh [...]
9 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 9th April 2012
1 Garganey - (male) scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 5 Redshank - marsh and scrape 3 Jack Snipe - marsh 1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Kingfisher - m [...]
9 April 2012
Today's sightings
Spring Landrover safari In less than ideal conditions nine of us rode out onto the reserve through the rain and wind passing groups of Shelduck on the fields. These birds are hanging around readyi [...]
9 April 2012
sightings
WADER LAKE Avocet 8 (1 female on 2 eggs, another on nest with possible eggs) Common snipe 3 Lapwing 20 (5 pairs sitting on eggs on Wader Meadow) Redshank 10 Oystercatcher 2 Cur [...]
8 April 2012
Today's sightings
The white fronted goose and pink footed goose are still present on the on the NRA scrapes and are best viewed from the British steel hide. Other sightings include chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap, [...]
8 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 3 (including one of our new neck collared birds) Wigeon 8 Oystercatcher 2 Teal Pond Gadwall 7 Little Grebe 2 Flood Ground Teal 10 Wigeon 10 Oyst [...]
8 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th April 2012
Highlights from this morning's WeBS count: 2 Shelduck - scrape 1 Garganey - male, scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 7 Redshank - scra [...]
8 April 2012
Today's sightings
Middle Point Short-eared owl 1 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 3 Wheatear 4 Sand Martin 96 The Holden Tower Cackling Canada Goose 1 Little-ringed Plover 1 Ringed Plover 5 Dunlin 7 Knot [...]
8 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Tide/Low Time/AM Avocet 8 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Common [...]
7 April 2012
Wheatear & Martins
The highlights today included a male Wheatear on the boundary of the reserve and 4 Sand Martins which flew north at c18.30. Otherwise waders dominated with some more good counts, 87 Curlew were again [...]
7 April 2012