Latest sightings
Yellow wagtails on the main lake & marsh this morning
Hobby and Kestrel on the hunt while the Black-Tailed Godwit is still on our wader scrape
5 May 2019
Black-Tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover & Common Sandpiper spotted this morning
A nice selection of waders on the reserve today along with Wheatear and Lesser Whitethroat
4 May 2019
Displaying Snipe over the marsh
The rare sight of a Common Snipe displaying over our grazing marsh this morning.
3 May 2019
Black-Tailed Godwit feeding on the wader scrape
Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover and Swifts all on the reserve today
2 May 2019
Greenshank on marsh
Swifts have arrived at LWC
1 May 2019
Wood Sandpiper and Garganey pair on the grazing marsh
Wood Sandpiper and Garganey pair on the W side of the grazing marsh, and the first 4 Lapwing chicks of Spring on the wader scrape.
30 April 2019
Little Ringed Plover displaying on the main lake
2 Little Ringed Plover displaying to each other on the main lake and 3 Common Tern.
29 April 2019
Nightingale heard on the south route
Nightingale song heard by the Wetland Living building this morning, along with lots of Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and Blackcap.
28 April 2019
Hobby, Common Tern and Swallow spotted this morning
Our first Hobby sighting of the year plus many other spring visitors and breeding birds
27 April 2019
Common Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail by Headley Hide
Yellow Wagtails spotted on the marsh and by Headley Hide this morning, along with Common Sandpiper and Garganey
24 April 2019
3 Green Sandpiper and Garganey pair still
3 Green Sandpiper showing well on the wader scrape and grazing marsh, associating with 3 Redshank.
23 April 2019
Garganey pair still on the marsh
Pair of Garganey still on the East side of the marsh this morning feeding amongst the iris.
22 April 2019
Grasshopper Warbler reeling near Peacock Tower
Grasshopper Warbler and Whitethroat both singing in scrub near the Peacock Tower, the first Common Terns have arrived on the main lake, and the pair of Garganey remain on the marsh
21 April 2019
First Garden Warbler and Whitethroat of the spring
Wader scrape hide area great for Warblers this morning, while on the marsh there's Little Ringed Plover, Garganey and Wheatear
20 April 2019
Ring Ouzel & Garganey pair on show today
4 Green Sandpiper & Yellow Wagtails also on our reserve today
19 April 2019