Sightings - Castle Espie
Recent Sightings
Recent Sightings Brent : 22000 on Lough and 3900 can be seen on estuary Main lake 70 Pintails 45 Teal 1 wigeon 35 greylay 1 barnacle goose 40 linnets Fresh Water Lagoon 9 teal 1 shoveler 6 little grebe General Kingfisher has been spotted on limes
30 September 2013
Recent Sightings
Brent numbers across the Lough – 8000 and growing Main Lake 18 Tufted Ducks, 2 little grebes, 25 greylags, barnacle goose, 3 black tailed godwits, 8 teal Fresh water lagoon King Fisher, little grebe, 5 mute swans, 3 tufted ducks General 3 little grebe o
23 September 2013
Recent Sightings - 14 Sept
Wader Marsh: 30 teal, redshank 1, curlew 1, shelduck 5, greylag 17, goldfinches 25 Estuary: 511 brent, 2 greenshank, 12 black tailed godwits General – 4 mute swans on fresh water lagoon with 7 coots Saline lagoon : 1 greenshank, 1 heron, 3 little grebes
20 September 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 1 September 2013 include: Main Lake – 26 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 1 Pintail, 8 Wigeon and 2 Heron Estuary – 55 Bar Tailed Godwits, 1 Black Tailed Godwit, 30 Wigeon, 17 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 80 Curlew, 6 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin a
2 September 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 25 August 2013 include: Estuary - 40 Black Tailed Godwits, 600 Oystercatchers, 6 Teal and 8 Gadwall Main Lake - 4 Mute Swans, 9 Wigeon, 21 Teal, 240 Mallard, 1 Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Pintail, 14 Greylags, 8 Gadwalls and 1 Litt
29 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Main Lake 320 mallards, 10 coots, 8 teal, 1 wigeon, 23 Tufted Ducks, 7 shelduck, 14 gadwall Saline Lagoon 2 shelduck, little egret, heron Wader Marsh 18 Graylag, greenshank, curlew Estuary 4 ringed plover, 20 curlew Fresh water lagoon 6 mute swan
19 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 10 August 2013 include: Main Lake - 56 Mallard, 25 Greylag Geese, 5 Shelducks, 4 Tufted Ducks, 2 Coots, 3 Gadwalls, 2 Wigeon and Little Grebe with 1 youngster Wader Marsh - 15 Greylag, 4 Shelducks and 4 Mute Swans Rabbits Dragonflie
14 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent Sightings from 4 August 2013 include: Main Lake - 6 Greylag, 6 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 4 Gadwalls and 1 Common Sandpiper Wader Marsh - 1 Shelduck Fresh Water Lagoon - 4 Mute Swans, 1 Grey Heron and 3 Tufted Ducks Rabbits Dragonflies spotted on Reserve
6 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent Sightings from 27 July 2013 include: Main Lake - 4 Mute Swans, Shelduck with 7 young and Tufted duck with 2 ducklings Wader Marsh - Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank and Shelduck with 5 ducklings Fresh Water Lagoon - Arctic Tern (pair), 4 Tufted ducks,
30 July 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 20th July include: Main Lake - 200 Mallards, 1 Shelduck with 14 young, 3 Tufted with 2 duckings 5 Mute Swans spotted on the Wader Marsh Saline Lagoon - 3 Herons, 6 Terns (including 2 Arctic Terns) and 1 Little Grebe with 1 youngster
25 July 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 6 July 2013 included: Main Lake – 2 Mute Swans, 18 Tufted Ducks with young, 4 Greylags and 4 Shelducks Wader Marsh – 4 Shelduck with 11 ducklings Limestone Lake – 2 Little Grebes with 2 young, 2 Greylag Geese with 4 goslings F
9 July 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 29 June 2013 included: Limestone Lake - 2 Kingfishers, a Little Grebe with young, 2 Greylags with goslings and 2 Mute Swans Peninsula Salt Marsh - 3 Ringed Plover 2 Small White Butterflies were spotted in the Sustainable Garden Mai
4 July 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 23 June 2013 included: Main Lake – 2 Shelducks with ducklings, 1 Little Grebe and 2 Gadwall Gravel Bank – 2 Shelduck with ducklings Fresh Water Lagoon – 2 Tufted Ducks with 9 ducklings Peninsula Salt Marsh – 2 Dunlin, 1 Ring
26 June 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 18 June 2013 included: Main Lake - Families of Shelduck and Tufted Duck A little brood of Mallard have been spotted in the Plumbs Wader Marsh - 3 Black Tailed Godwit, Common Tern and 2 Shelducks Plants include Marsh Marigold, Cucko
19 June 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 7 June 2013 included: Main Lake – 19 Tufted Ducks, 6 Shelducks, 40 Black Tailed Godwits on the grassbank Fresh Water Lagoon – 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Tufted Ducks and 2 Greylags Saline Lagoon – 60 Black Headed Gulls and 3 Tufted Du
12 June 2013