Latest sightings

Recent sightings 8th - 11th September

British Steel Hide Our regular wading birds are here in high numbers with Black-tailed godwit, Greenshank and Redshank. Ruff and Knot are also spotted frequently as well as a few Spotted Redshank. 10 Shoveler, 20 Wigeon and 15 Pintail have also been spott

11 September 2018

Recent sightings 31st August - 4th September

Otter - Russ Myners British Steel Hide Spotted from the British Steel Hide on the 31st have been 280 Redshank, 46 Greenshank, 10 Dunlin, 22 Little Egrets, 189 Curlew, and 771 Black Tailed Godwits. A Gannet was also

4 September 2018

Wildlife Sightings 27-30th August

Spoonbill. Edward O'Connor British Steel Hide Green and Common Sandpipers have been regular visitors to our newly dug Dafen Scrapes, which are starting to fill up following the rainy weekend. The Goshawk is keeping o

30 August 2018

Recent sightings (11-14th August)

Male Blackcap c. Russ Myners British Steel Hide The spectacular big spring tides over the last few days have pushed well over a thousand birds off the estuary and onto the banks around the saline lagoons, to roost away from sources of human disturbance.

14 August 2018

Recent Sightings (8th-10th August)

British Steel Hide The autumn build up of waders is upon us and counts of Redshank and Greenshank are steadily creeping up. The high tides over the weekend and into next week should see good numbers of birds using the saline lagoons. Counts from the hide

10 August 2018

Recent Sightings (4th-7th Aug)

  British Steel Hide A drop in of 17 Common Gull and 6 Mediterranean Gull, as well as a Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper was seen over the weekend on the Dafen Scrapes. Wader counts include a Whimbrel, 2 Dunlin, 2 Spotted Redshank and a Comm

7 August 2018

Recent Sightings (1st-3rd August)

British Steel Hide (and Grounds) Autumn passage seems to be beginning now, with quite a nice mixed flock of waders beginning to build up on the saline lagoons. On the 3rd there were 2 Spotted Redshanks, 35 Greenshank, 78 Black-tailed Godwits, 76 Redshank

3 August 2018

Recent Sightings (28th-31st July)

  Millennium Wetlands The group of Garden Warblers have made several appearances recently, with 2 on 31st seen near the Heron Wing Hide bridge. Other birds out on the reserves include 4 Jay, 3 Long-Tailed Tit, 18 Goldfinch, 4 Blackcap and 5 Chiffcha

31 July 2018

Recent Sightings (26th-27th July)

British Steel Hide Counts from the British Steel Hide have included 46 Greenshank, 2 Spoonbills (27th), 85 Redshank, 13 Lapwing, 1 Spotted Redshank (winter plumage, 27th), a 1st-summer Yellow-legged Gull (26th), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Gull, 27 Cor

27 July 2018

Recent Sightings (21st-25th)

Female Shoveler. Russ Myners   Millennium Wetlands Deep Water Lake is a great place to see birds with recent counts of 41 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 8 Gadwall, Coot, 2 Moorhen, 2 Shoveler and 4 Greylag Geese and 2 G

25 July 2018

Recent Sightings (18th-20th July)

Millennium Wetlands The juvenile Goshawk was seen again on the 18th near the new viewing screen. On Deep Water Lake counts include c.100 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 45 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 1 Moorhen, 5 Little Grebe and 4 Coot and a Mediterranean Gull.

20 July 2018

Recent Sightings (14th-17th July)

British Steel Hide A nice set of high tides during the past couple of mornings have pushed good numbers of birds up onto the saline lagoons. An adult Spotted Redshank was joined by 52 Greenshank, 620 Curlew, 9 Whimbrel, 7 Dunlin, 119 Redshank and c.40

17 July 2018

Recent Sightings (7th-13th July)

Swans and their Cygnets Millennium Wetlands This week saw a duck count on the Millennium Wetlands to be 8 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 21 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck and 3 Shelduck. Also on the water has been 3 Little Egret, 5 Litt

13 July 2018

Recent Sightings (3rd-6th July)

  Millennium Wetlands A count from Deep Water Lake, included 303 Black-Tailed Godwit, along with 17 Gadwall, 18 Mallard, 16 Cormorant and 4 Little Grebe. One Moorhen and a family of Coot were seen from the Heron Wing Hide, there was also two brood

6 July 2018

Recent Sightings (30th-3rd July)

  Millennium Wetlands A family of Lesser Whitethroat and Great Spotted Woodpecker were seen on the 2nd, along with several juvenile Reed Warbler, Goldfinch, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper and Blackcap on the 3rd. Official counts include 9 Goldfinch, 5 Ch

3 July 2018