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On Thursday 18 September, the café and kiosks will be closed to visitors for operational reasons. The rest of the Centre is open as usual. Thank you for your understanding.

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Latest sightings

Plenty of Sand Martins & Swifts zipping through the rain

Plenty of Sand Martins & Swifts zipping through the rain

Little Ringed Plover pair Still sitting on the wader scrape

7 June 2019
Common Terns fishing in Wildside

Common Terns fishing in Wildside

Common Terns active in Wildside and Kestrel hunting on South route.

6 June 2019
Pochard brood in Wildside

Pochard brood in Wildside

Brood of 5 newly hatched Pochard in Wildside.

5 June 2019
Hobby on the hunt this morning

Hobby on the hunt this morning

Plenty of swifts & sand Martins on the wing

4 June 2019
Juvenile Lapwing take to the air

Juvenile Lapwing take to the air

4 Juvenile Lapwing now taking practice flights on the wader scrape, with Little Ringed Plover and Common Tern also nesting on site.

3 June 2019
Mediterranean Gulls circling the main lake

Mediterranean Gulls circling the main lake

2 Mediterranean Gull circling the main lake before drifting off West.

2 June 2019
Little Egrets on the marsh

Little Egrets on the marsh

Good views of Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover & Little Egrets in the sunshine today

1 June 2019
Ringed Plover on the main lake

Ringed Plover on the main lake

Ringed Plover & Little Ringed Plover on our main lake this morning

31 May 2019
Yellow Wagtail on the marsh

Yellow Wagtail on the marsh

A Yellow Wagtail feeding on the marsh close to wildside hide. Lapwings holding territory nearby, and at least one Lapwing juvenile on the marsh as well

30 May 2019
Little Ringed Plover & Common Tern on nests

Little Ringed Plover & Common Tern on nests

Swifts a plenty over our main lake

28 May 2019
Influx of Swifts over the reserve and Ringed Plover feeding

Influx of Swifts over the reserve and Ringed Plover feeding

50 Swift feeding over the lakes this morning, and a Ringed Plover flew in to join the Little Ringed Plovers

27 May 2019
Little Ringed Plover pair showing well

Little Ringed Plover pair showing well

2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank and screaming Swifts all showing well on site this morning.

26 May 2019
Little Egret on the wader scrape

Little Egret on the wader scrape

Common Terns & Little Ringed Plover in good view today

25 May 2019
Common Terns nesting

Common Terns nesting

A pair of Common Terns are starting to nest on the reservoir lagoon islands, among a few pairs of breeding Black-headed Gull

24 May 2019
Little Ringed Plovers nesting

Little Ringed Plovers nesting

There are two pairs of Little Ringed Plover on the reserve, and one pair has a nest with three eggs on the wader scrape. Lapwings and Redshanks also nesting on the scrape and marsh.

23 May 2019