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Wildlife sightings for 15th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 15th July 2016

5 Black-Tailed Godwit - circled over before flying East 1 Little Egret - wader scrape 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Hobby - over main lake 1 Kestrel - South route July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby,

15 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 14th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 14th July 2016

1 Yellow Wagtail - marsh (middle fields) 2 Black-tailed Godwit - flew NE 4 Common Tern - main lake 3 Kingfisher (2 adults, 1 juvenile) - sheltered lagoon   July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit

14 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 13th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 13th July 2016

1 Hobby - sheltered lagoon 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Blackcap juvs   Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 adult female Slow Worm crossing the path by wader scrape hide after heavy r

13 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 12th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 12th July 2016

1 Arctic Tern - main lake 3 Common Tern adults and 2 juvs - main lake 1 Chiffchaff juv and 3 adults - south route 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 35 Swift - main lake   July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby, Redshank, Green Sa

12 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 11th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 11th July 2016

1 Common Sandpiper - marsh 7 Teal - scrape 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Whitethroat - singing by sand martin bank   July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover

11 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 10th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 10th July 2016

1 Gadwall brood - scrape 8 Teal - scrape 2 Common Tern - main lake 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Whitethroat - one singing by sand martin bank, other by the feeders in wildside 55 Goldfinch - in conifers along Queen Elizabeth Walk   July bird hig

10 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 9th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 9th July 2016

1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 6 Tufted Duck broods - entrance lake, wildside, grazing marsh, world welands 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Whitethroat - near Peacock tower June bird highlights: Little Bittern

9 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 8th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 8th July 2016

1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 4 Tufted Duck broods - grazing marsh, world wetlands 1 Hobby - over grazing marsh briefly 3 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon June bird highlights: Little Bittern, Garganey, Shelduck, Li

8 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 7th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 7th July 2016

3 Kingfisher - very visible and vocal on the sheltered lagoon 10 Teal - scrape and main lake 5 Tufted Duck broods - world wetlands, wildside, reservoir lagoon 1 Gadwall brood - still with 7 ducklings, wader scrape 3 Common Tern - over reedbeds   Addi

7 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 6th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 6th July 2016

1 Gadwall brood - 7 ducklings still on wader scrape 4 Teal - scrape 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Whitethroat – edge of wader scrape   3 juvenile Cetti's Warbler caught and ringed 1 juvenile Whitethroat caught

6 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 5th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 5th July 2016

3 Little Egret - grazing marsh p.m. 3 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Gadwall brood - wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge June bird highlights: Little Bittern, Garganey, Shelduck, Little Egret,

5 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 4th July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 4th July 2016

2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Sedge Warbler - marsh 1 Chiffchaff – singing on sheltered lagoon   Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Little Egret - scrape 3 Peregrine - flying toget

4 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 3rd July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 3rd July 2016

1 Little Egret - scrape 1 Gadwall brood - 7 ducklings on scrape 3 Great Crested Grebe - pair mating on main lake, plus full-grown juvenile 3 Peregrine - flying together over river 1 Green Sandpiper - main lake, on island opposite WWF hide 1 Little Ringed

3 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 2nd July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 2nd July 2016

1 Whimbrel - main lake spotted from Headley hide 1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 2 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Little Egret - wader scrape 3 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Kingfisher -

2 July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 1st July 2016

Wildlife sightings for 1st July 2016

1 Whimbrel  - main lake P.M 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Common Tern - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Hobby - main lake, grazing marsh June bird highlights: Little Bittern, Garganey, Shelduck, Little Egr

1 July 2016