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Pectoral sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper - 1 (Far side of reserve from main observatory) Greensandpiper - 1 Spoonbill - 3 (Lyle hide) Little egret - 20 (Lyle hide) Good numebrs of teal, shoveler and some gadwall in the pools in front of the hides as well as lots of dragonflie
Today's sightings so far..
No sign of the Pectoral or Buff-breasted Sandpiper between 0645 and 0800 but the tides are low. High tide around 1000 this morning. To attempt to see these birds you possibly need to be in two places at the same time! Zeiss Hide or Holden Tower/Middle Poi
Accidental engineers?
I've just posted in the IUCN SSC Flamingo Specialist Group Facebook page about a new piece of science recently published that explains a link between flamingo behaviour and the ecology of their wetland habitats. Scientists working in the Rift Valley in Ea
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 15th September have included: 29,750 Brent Geese were spotted back on the Lough. Main Lake – 14 Pintails, 2 Teal, 1 Heron, 1 Cormorant, 10 Black Tailed Godwits, 60 Greylags, 3 Shoveler, 3 Little Egrets, 1 Kingfisher, 160 Mallards, 32
Today's sightings-Trio of transatlantic waders
North American vagrant waders Buff-breasted Sandpiper-showed in flight at 0800, again at high tide around 1000 and re-appeared at 1105. Showed well to warden led group until midday at least. We cannot have general access as it leads to too much disturbanc
Pectoral sandpipers
There are still 2 Pectoral sandpipers on the reserve and we are opening an extra section of the summer walk to allow closer access. This terrain will be wet and muddy and we ask visitors that they keep to the signposted route.
Wildlife sightings for 18th September 2012
81 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 68 Gadwall - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 8+ Chiffchaff - wildside, south route, sheltered lagoon 3 Linnet - flew S 50 House Martin - over site 1 Hobby - hunting over sit
Spoonbill
An early update - Spoonbill flew over the Mere at 10:20 and carried on NW towards the Ribble. Virtually annual on the reserve in recent years, they are now established breeders on the North Norfolk coast. This bird brings our substantial year list onto
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Pectoral sandpiper and sightings
Pectoral sandpiper - 1 (far side of the reserve - ask in centre for best viewing spots) Spoonbill - 3 (Lyle hide) Greensandpiper - 3 Common sandpiper - 1 Black-tailed godwit - 12 Little egret - 8 Ringed plover - 12
Wildlife sightings for 17th September 2012
1 Wigeon - main lake 3 Peregrine - perched Charing Cross hospital 9 Sand Martin 7 Swallow - flew SW 1 Siskin - flew S 30+ Meadow Pipit - flew W/SW, some dropping briefly on to marsh or scrape Recent bird highlights: Peregrine, Buzzard, Hobby, Red Kite, Co
Blue-winged Teal....
No sign of the Blue-winged Teal found at Marshside RSPB yesterday. Although perhaps that's not surprising in the windy condition which kept most of the wildfowl tucked away. Birds regularly move between sites in the area so we shall be keeping an eye or t
Spoonbill still present plus a good selection of waders
British Steel hide/estuary spoonbill 310 curlew 670 oystercatcher 554 black tailed godwit 2 bar tailed godwit 155 redshank spotted redshank 43 greenshank 3 knot 4 snipe 4 garganey 61 wigeon 12 shoveler 62 teal 4 shoveler 35 lapwing 29 little egret 17 corm
Did you ride the bus?
I wanted to say a personal thank you to everyone who came along to ride on the classic bus at the weekend. In total, we think about 140 people used the bus and we got some fantastic comments as people really appreciated the transport gesture. We have a
Today's sightings
Buff breasted Sandpiper It appeared at the highest point of the tide again today. It was feeding in the grass with a Wheatear along the edge of the Dumbles. The tide is forecast to be a high one tommorrow and Wednesday so it may well repeat the appearan