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Wildlife sightings for 10th June 2012
1 Teal - male, main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, scrape 1 Common Tern chick - main lake rafts c. 80 Swift - feeding over site 1 Coal Tit - heard on south route 1 Chiffc [...]
10 June 2012
Today's sightings 9th June
WADER LAKE a.m. HIGH TIDE Avocet 9 Common tern 120 Lapwing 8 Gadwall 2 Wigeon 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Shelduck 22 + 16 ducklings Tufted duck 15 Grey heron 29 O [...]
9 June 2012
Some Sightings
Barn Owl hunting this morning 10am. A difficult few days for this species which would prefer hunting in calm and dry conditions. Three Marsh Harrier seen today, Peregrine, 2+ Common Buzzard and Sparro [...]
9 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 9th June 2012
3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 12 Common Tern - main lake 30+ Swift - reservoir lagoon 12 House Martin - reservoir lagoon Recent bird highlights: Buzza [...]
9 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Zeiss Hide Red Necked Phalarope 1 female Shoveler 3 Lapwing 12 Estuary High tides and strong winds have caused a lot of seabirds to be blown into the estuary. Most of the activity ha [...]
9 June 2012
Out on the reserve today
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8 June 2012
Raptors
A good raptor day despite the wild(ish) weather. An adult Peregrine took sometime plucking and devouring a Moorhen at the back of the Mere this afternoon. Three Marsh Harrier jigging in the wind throu [...]
8 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th June 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Redshank - grazing marsh 35+ Sand Martin - reservoir lagoon 8 House Martin - reservoir lagoon 1 Hobby - over Sheltered lagoon Recent bird highl [...]
8 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Crane 2 (different 2 from yesterday) feeding close to the scrape Oystercatcher 2 Peregrine 1 very scruffy immature female. Shelduck 70 Curlew 16 Dinlin 32 Estuary [...]
8 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Common Tern - 80 Pairs + 2 Chicks Oystercatcher - 6 Lapwing - 7 Shelduck - 25 Adult + 14 Duckling Tufted Duck - 18 Gadwall - 4 Wigeon - 1 Grey [...]
7 June 2012
Grasshopper Warbler
Easterlies and rain are always interesting from a birding point of view, and although it's now getting late for some migrants we are still on the look out for Red-necked Phalarope which will still [...]
7 June 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve From the 5th June sightings on the main lake included 30 Tufted ducks, 3 Greylags, 3 Gadwalls, 1 Teal, 7 Mute Swans, 5 Shelducks. On the Limestone lake 2 Little Grebes were spotted. On the [...]
7 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7th June 2012
3prs Pochard nesting - reedbed 3 Redshank - scrape, main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 16 Lapwing - scrape, main lake, marsh (including nesting on scrape and main lake islands) [...]
7 June 2012
Red kite
Red kite flew South past the visitor centre over the Hundred Foot Drain at 1.05pm. [...]
6 June 2012
Swifts
A pleasant day, better than forecasted. Quite a build up of Common Swift feeding over the reserve 100+ birds, a classic sight in summer. Plenty of evidence of breeding with many Shelduck and Mallard c [...]
6 June 2012