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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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Peregrine, Pipit and Pintail

Peregrine, Pipit and Pintail

Photo by Rob Werran   2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 6 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1

9 January 2019

A flash of blue

A flash of blue

5 Jack Snipe - main lake(2), wader scrape(3) - highest count of the winter and nationally significant 1 Bittern - main lake 5 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 5 Snipe - wader scrape 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - wildside 3 Redwing -

8 January 2019

Jack Snipe and Common Snipe on the wader scrape

Jack Snipe and Common Snipe on the wader scrape

(Snipe) 2 Bittern - main lake (North shore). Headley and Dulverton Hides 6 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Snipe - scrape(4), main lake(2) 2 Jack Snipe - scrape   December/January bird highlights: Shelduc

7 January 2019

Kingfisher in Wildside

Kingfisher in Wildside

Kingfisher by Alec Pelling   1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 3 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - wader scrape 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - Wildside 1 Kestrel - shel

6 January 2019

Pintail showing well today

Pintail showing well today

Northern Pintail at Slimbridge by James Lees 2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 7 Pintail - main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 71 Lapwing - main lake 4 Snipe - wader scrape 17 Redwing - flew over heading SW 1 Water Pip

5 January 2019

Calling Water Rail

Calling Water Rail

1 Goldeneye - sheltered lagoon 4 Pintail - main lake 7 Mandarin - main lake, wildside 3 Water Rail - reservoir lagoon, reedbed, sheltered lagoon (all calling) 1 Siskin - South route 1 Coal Tit - South route feeders 1 Little Owl - World wetlands 1 Peregri

4 January 2019

Bitterns in the reed fringes of the main lake

Bitterns in the reed fringes of the main lake

  2 Bittern - main lake N shore (Headley and Dulverton Hides) 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Water Pipit - marsh, scrape 1 Redpoll - south route Birches p.m. 10 Redwing - entrance area 6 Fieldfare - entrance area 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 4 Pintail -

3 January 2019

7 Pintail displaying on the main lake

7 Pintail displaying on the main lake

2 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Water Pipit - marsh 13 Redwing - entrance area 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 7 Pintail - main lake 8 Snipe - scrape(5), main lake(2), marsh(1). The group on the scrape flew in high from the NW a.m.   December bird hi

2 January 2019

7 Song Thrushes in full song this morning

7 Song Thrushes in full song this morning

  Song Thrush by Russ Myners   3 Bittern - main lake (west, north and east shores) 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 71 Lapwing - main lake 7 Song Thrush - singing from sheltered lagoon, south route, entrance lake, wild

1 January 2019

Fieldfare around the entrance area

Fieldfare around the entrance area

1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 4 Pintail - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 16 Redwing - 4 on south route, 12 flew over West 9 Fieldfare - entrance lake 1 Peregrine - perched on Charing C

31 December 2018

Goldeneye on the reservoir lagoon

Goldeneye on the reservoir lagoon

1 Bittern - main lake 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 4 Pintail - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh December bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Goosander, Bittern, Great White Egret, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Jack Snip

31 December 2018

A feral nice visitor

A feral nice visitor

1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 6 Pintail - main lake, sheltered lagoon 9 Mandarin - main lake 1 Bar-Headed Goose - main lake 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 7 Redwing - entrance lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospita

29 December 2018

Winter duck numbers increasing

Winter duck numbers increasing

2 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 11 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh, wader scrape 93 Shoveler - ma

28 December 2018

Snipe showing well on the marsh

Snipe showing well on the marsh

2 Bittern - main lake (SE shore and N shore by Headley Hide) 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Chiffchaff - wildside 2 Shelduck - main lake 4 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 7 Snipe - graz

27 December 2018

Boxing day birding

Boxing day birding

2 Bittern - main lake (SE shore and N shore by Headley Hide) 4 Pintail - main lake 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 15 Redwing - entrance area 7 Fieldfare - flew over heading S 1 Chiffchaff - wildsid

26 December 2018