Latest sightings
Hobby on the hunt this morning
Plenty of swifts & sand Martins on the wing
4 June 2019
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
2 Mediterranean Gull circling the main lake before drifting off West.
2 June 2019
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 & Little Ringed Plover on our main lake this morning
31 May 2019
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
Kestrel hunting around the sheltered lagoon
Well grown Lapwing chicks on the wader scrape.
29 May 2019
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
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
2 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank and screaming Swifts all showing well on site this morning.
26 May 2019
Little Egret on the wader scrape
Common Terns & Little Ringed Plover in good view today
25 May 2019
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
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
Spotted Flycatcher in wildside
Spotted Flycatcher feeding in wildside this morning. Dunlin and Little Ringed Plovers by Dulverton Hide. Hobby hunting over the wader scrape and main lake
22 May 2019
Greenshank & 2 pairs of Little Ringed Plover on the reserve
Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank and Lapwing Juveniles on site
21 May 2019