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Have a splashing time at Castle Espie this summer!
With summer in full swing, a visit to Castle Espie can make other days out seem a little......dry! Spending time near or in water is an essential summer experience and makes for unforgettable family memories – you can play with it, adventure on it, gaze
Wildlife sightings for 2nd July 2013
5 Redshank - 3 of which are Juv's on the wader scrape 4 Blackcap - all singing entrance area, wildside, near wader scrape hide, sheltered lagoon 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bird highlights: Black-necked Grebe, Litt
Some waders
Pleasant in the sun with a fresh westerly. One or two waders apparent around the reserve, although as the lush undergrowth spreads out they are not always easy to find. Two Green Sandpiper again, one in front of the Raines Hide early on, generally best fr
New arrivals for the Caribbean flock
Can you spot a beady little eye poking out from a nest under the mass of legs of caring parent flamingos? The first Caribbean chick of the season hatched last week at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. There are new chicks in
Terns!
The Common tern chicks have now both wandered away from the raft and are sitting in cover on the waters edge right in front of the Sand Martin hide. This gives even closer views of them being fed! Yesterday two more adult terns put in a brief appearance b
Todays sightings
Rushy Avocet - 4 + 6 Juv Black-tailed Godwit - 39 Oystercatcher - 6 + 2 Juv Black-headed Gull - 24 + 4 Juv Tufted duck - 2 broods Little Egret Martin Smith Green Sandpipers - 3 Robbie Garnett Green Sandpiper - 7 Oystercatcher - 4 Holden Tower Little Grebe
Wildlife sightings for 1st July 2013
16 Teal - scrape, resr lagoon, main lake 4 Shoveler - main lake, resr lagoon 2 Pochard broods - resr lagoon 1 Peregrine adult - over wader scrape a.m. 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon 11 House Martin - dropped in from W to feed on the resr lagoon a.m
The weekend
A compilation of the weekend's sightings. Common Sandpiper, new in, from the Harrier Hide. At least one Green Sandpiper from the Hale. Other waders included 31 Avocet with 2 chicks, 50+ Lapwing, 4 Oystercatcher, 6+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plover, Ru
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 61 Mediterranean gull, 3 sandwich tern, ruff, 442 black tailed godwit, 3 bar tailed godwit, 92 shelduck, 3 little egret. Lagoon 370 black headed gull, 18 greylag goose, 11 gadwall, 27 mallard, 5 pochard and 19 tufted duck
Todays Sightings
Rushy Avocet - 6 + 5 juv Black-tailed Godwit - 41 Redshank - 2 Green Sandpiper - 2 Tufted duck - 13 + 1 brood Oystercatcher - 4 + 1 juv Robbie Garnett Green sandpiper - 6 Reed Warblers - 2 Holden Tower Little grebe - 2 Tufted duck - 19 + 2 broods Curlew S
Wildlife sightings for 30th June 2013
14 Teal - scrape 3 Shoveler - main lake 2 Peregrine juveniles - over site 2 Kestrel - over site 4 young Lapwing chicks, plus one full-sized juvenile - scrape Several fledged Black-headed Gull juveniles - around on main lake islands 1 Kingfisher - flew in
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Avocet - 10 adults, 8 juveniles, 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adults, 2 juveniles, 2 chicks Lapwing - 16 Redshank - 2 Grey Heron - 46 Common Tern - 72 Shoveler - 9 Shelduck - 14 adults, 42 ducklings Tufted Duck - 11 adults, 18 duckli
Wildlife sightings for 29th June 2013
3 Redshank Juv's + 2 Adult - wader scrape 1 Pochard brood - entrance lake 3 Blackcap - N side of reservoir lagoon, wildside, sheltered lagoon all singing Additional sightings from yesterday: 3 Gadwall Juv's - sheltered lagoon 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape @
Today's Sightings.
Rushy Great watching here, the three pairs of Avocets (plus an extra adult this morning) have eight young between them all doing very well. The Oystercatcher chick is all but full grown and 18 Black Tailed Godwits were roosting as normal on the top pond.
Todays Sights
Wader Lake - High Tide - AM Avocet - 8, juvenile & 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adult & 2 juvenile Lapwing - 9 adult & 5 juvenile Redshank - 2 Curlew - 3 Grey Heron - 12 adult + 22 juvenile Common Tern - 66 + 5 chicks Gadwall - 6 + 7 chicks Sal