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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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Wildlife sightings for 26th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 26th May 2017

3 Common Tern - main lake, sheltered lagoon 1 Common Sandpiper - grazing marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Redshank - main lake 2 Shoveler - a pair on the wader scrape 1 Grey Wagtail - reservoir lagoon 1 Whitethroat - singing around the entran

26 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 25th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 25th May 2017

1 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - reservoir lagoon 2 Redshank - grazing marsh 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing by the entrance bridge   May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Whinchat, Oystercatcher, Gree

25 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 24th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 24th May 2017

2 House Martin - reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - reservoir lagoon 2 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Common Tern - main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing by the entrance bridge 3 Mandarin Duck - main lake 2 Black-hea

24 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 23rd May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 23rd May 2017

2 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - reservoir lagoon 2 Redshank - reservoir lagoon 1 Common Tern - main lake 1 Whitethroat - entrance lake May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Whinchat, Oystercatcher, Greenshank, Whimbrel, Litt

23 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 22nd May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 22nd May 2017

8 Shelduck ducklings and 4 adults - resr lagoon 2 Shoveler (male) - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - resr lagoon 1 Redshank - resr lagoon 15 Lapwing - marsh, main lake, resr lagoon, scrape 1 Mandarin (male) - main lake 2 Whitethroat - scrape bank, entranc

22 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 21st May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 21st May 2017

8 Shelduck ducklings and 4 adults - resr lagoon 2 Little Egret - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, wader scrape 2 Redshank - main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge   May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, W

21 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 20th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 20th May 2017

4 Little Ringed Plover - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 2 Redshank - reservoir lagoon 1 Lapwing chick - grazing marsh 1 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - wader scrape 50 Swift - mostly over main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge 1 Hobb

20 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 19th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 19th May 2017

1 Whimbrel - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - fishing along South route 4 Shelduck - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 80 Swift - reserve and river 5 Swallow - grazing marsh 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge May bi

19 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2017

1 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 4 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, main lake 3 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing b

18 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2017

1 Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Redshank - reservoir lagoon 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge   May bird highl

17 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 16th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 16th May 2017

2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Redshank - main lake 1 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge May bird high

16 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 15th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 15th May 2017

1 Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Whitethroat - entrance area 3 Redshank - grazing marsh, main lake 50+ Swift - reservoir lagoon 15+ Swallow - reservoir lagoon 10+ H

15 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 14th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 14th May 2017

1 Whimbrel - main lake (11:00 am) then flew SW 2 Dunlin - wader scrape 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Common Tern - main lake 2 Whitethroat - entrance area, reservoir lagoon 3 Redshank - grazing marsh, reservoir lago

14 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 13th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 13th May 2017

4 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - main lake 1 Hobby - 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge 40 Swift - over reserve 8 House Martin - wildside

13 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 12th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 12th May 2017

1 Ringed Plover - main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - 4 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Common Tern - main lake 2 Whitethroat - entrance lake, wader scrape bank 4 Ch

12 May 2017