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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

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
4 Bitterns and 3 Jack Snipe!

4 Bitterns and 3 Jack Snipe!

(Male Reed Bunting with food, Russ Myners)   4 Bittern - main lake (SE shore, NE shore, N shore by Headley Hide) 3 Jack Snipe - scrape, main lake island 21 13 Reed Bunting - main lake, reedbed, south route/main l

24 December 2018
3 Bitterns on the main lake this morning

3 Bitterns on the main lake this morning

1 Little Owl - calling from cover near wildside Dragonfly Pond 3 Bittern - main lake (N shore, SE shore, Headley Hide) 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 11 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon Grebe Pool, scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 10

23 December 2018
Yellow-legged Gull returns to the main lake a.m.

Yellow-legged Gull returns to the main lake a.m.

  1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 20m from Headley Hide 1 Yellow-legged Gull adult - main lake (WWF hide) 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside 13 Redwing -

21 December 2018
Bittern on the south-east shore of main lake

Bittern on the south-east shore of main lake

1 Bittern - main lake (SE shore) 4 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Water Pipit - main lake, scrape 5 Snipe - main lake, scrape 23 Redwing - entrance area, wildside plus 14 flew over W   December bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Goosande

20 December 2018
Winter Thrushes feeding on the Holly berries

Winter Thrushes feeding on the Holly berries

  1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Yellow-legged Gull - main lake 3 Pintail - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - wader scrape 12 Redwing - entrance area 7 Fieldfare - entrance area   December bird highl

19 December 2018
Bittern & Pintail on the main lake

Bittern & Pintail on the main lake

Bittern by Maria Z. (2) 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 2 Meadow Pipit - flew over heading West December bird highlights: Shelduck, Gold

18 December 2018
Water Pipit and Jack Snipe on the wader scrape

Water Pipit and Jack Snipe on the wader scrape

  Jack Snipe (c) S Petrek 2 Goosander - flew over NW 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 3 Bittern - main lake 1 Water Pipit - scrape 4 Siskin - wildside December bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Goosander, Bittern, Grea

17 December 2018
Pair of Black-tailed Godwit dropped into the wader scrape

Pair of Black-tailed Godwit dropped into the wader scrape

2 Black-tailed Godwit - flew on to scrape from the river a.m. 1 Jack Snipe - main lake island 21 1 Little Owl - entrance bank a.m. 2 Bittern - main lake N+S shores 2 Marsh Harrier - flew high over the wildside 1200hrs 6 Fieldfare - sheltered lagoon 1 Wat

16 December 2018
Whistling Wigeon

Whistling Wigeon

93 Wigeon - wader scrape 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 5 Pintail - main lake, sheltered lagoon, marsh 7 Fieldfare - wader scrape bank 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 1 Kestrel December bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Bitt

15 December 2018
Water Rails making themselves heard

Water Rails making themselves heard

2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 11 Mandarin - wildside 3 Water Rail - heard calling from reservoir lagoon, reedbed 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 18 Redwing - South route 2 Pere

14 December 2018
Frosty morning with 2 Jack Snipe feeding on the thawed ground

Frosty morning with 2 Jack Snipe feeding on the thawed ground

Jack Snipe - S Petrek   2 Jack Snipe - one flew up from edge of reeds on the south route and headed to the main lake; the other bird was feeding on the scrape 2 Bittern - main lake SE+N shores 2 Shelduck - main l

13 December 2018
Rock Pipit on main lake islands

Rock Pipit on main lake islands

1 Rock Pipit - main lake island no.1, then flew to the 'gull ridge' island no.20 1 Water Pipit - marsh (west-side) 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 3 Bittern - main lake 27 Redwing - entrance area 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Skylark - flew W over main lake &n

12 December 2018
A great variety of winter birding

A great variety of winter birding

1 Bittern - main lake North shore 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 12 Redwing - entrance area   November bird highlights:

11 December 2018
Good numbers of Water Rail on this mornings survey

Good numbers of Water Rail on this mornings survey

14 Water Rail - site count 2 Bittern - main lake North shore 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 3 Shelduck - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Pintail - main lake 6 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 14 Mandarin

10 December 2018