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Wildlife Sightings for 5th May 2026

One Common Sandpiper, four Common Terns and a Swallow on the main lake.

5 May 2026

Greenshank on the wader scrape. Lesser Whitethroat singing along south route.

4 May 2026

Two Common Tern on the main lake. Common Sandpiper seen on the main lake from Dulverton hide. Kingfisher heard in wildside.

3 May 2026

Four Common Tern on the main lake, along with a Common Sandpiper. Lesser Whitethroat seen from the main observatory.

2 May 2026

Common Sandpipers on the reservoir lagoon and main lake. Garden Warbler still singing around the sheltered lagoon.

1 May 2026

Wood, Green and Common Sandpipers all seen. First Common Tern heard overhead.

30 April 2026

Wood Sandpipers, Garden Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat recorded

29 April 2026

Wood Sandpipers, Green Sandpiper and Mediterranean Gulls on site, plus migrant Swallows feeding over the lakes along with the Sand Martins

28 April 2026

Oystercatcher pair on the main lake. Good numbers of Reed and Sedge Warblers about site, as well as over 80 Sand Martin.

27 April 2026

Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Snipe, Wheatear, Whinchat and Yellow Wagtails recorded today

26 April 2026

Common Sandpiper on the main lake. Kingfisher on the scrape. Two Wheatears on the sheep field and marsh.

25 April 2026

Black Redstart seen on the marsh fence line, as well as two Whinchat. Whitethroat singing by the wader scrape hide.

24 April 2026

Increasing Swift numbers over site. Four Green Sandpiper moving between the marsh and wader scrape.

23 April 2026

3 Green Sandpiper and 7 Yellow Wagtail on the marsh. 3 Snipe and 1 Greenshank on the scrape this morning. First Hobby of the year over site.

22 April 2026

Pair of Shelduck on the main lake. Snipe and Green Sandpiper on the marsh.

21 April 2026