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Wildlife sightings for 16th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 16th May 2016

2 Shelduck - main lake 2 Common Tern - main lake 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon   May bird highlights: Shelduck, Little Egret, Knot, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Icela

16 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 15th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 15th May 2016

2 Buzzard - circling slowly NE at 9:20 a.m. 2 Common Tern - over main lake 1 new Mallard brood - 9 ducklings on south route 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon, p.m.   May bird highlights: Shelduck, Little Egret, Knot, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Little

15 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 14th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 14th May 2016

1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 50 Swift - site count 30 House Martin - reservoir lagoon, wildside 4 Swallow - reservoir lagoon Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Kingfisher - sheltered la

14 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 13th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 13th May 2016

1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 5 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Mute Swan broods - wildside 5, reservoir lagoon 4 2 Yellow Wagtail - flew over NW 80 Swift - site count 1 Kestrel - hunt

13 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 12th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 12th May 2016

1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 6 Redshank - marsh, scrape 1 Buzzard - flew W 1 Yellow-legged Gull 2nd summer - main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing between Peacock Tower and Sand Martin Bank 2 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon 4 Chiffchaff - south route,

12 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 11th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 11th May 2016

1 Mute Swan brood - 5 cygnets with parents in wildside 2 Shelduck -  main lake 2 Greenshank - marsh 1 Dunlin - main lake 1 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 5 Redshank - wader scrape 1 Buzzard - perched in the wildside trees 2

11 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 10th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 10th May 2016

1 Whimbrel - main lake 7 Godwit sp. - flew NE 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 6 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 15 Swift - main lake 4 Swallow - main lake 1 Kestrel - hunting around the entrance lake 4 Willow W

10 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2016

1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 6 Redshank - marsh and scrape 1 Whitethroat - singing near sand martin bank   Also: 1 Hairy Dragonfly - at the centre   May bird highlights: Shelduck, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, C

9 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 8th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 8th May 2016

1 Common Tern - main lake 97 Black-headed Gull - main lake, scrape, resr lagoon 134 Herring Gull - mostly main lake 1 Wheatear (female) - marsh bridge 5 Swallow - flew NW 1 Kingfisher - south route 16 Swift - over main lake 2 Whitethroat - scrape, sout

8 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2016

2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Dunlin - wader scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - flew across South route and onto the main lake 1 Redstart - wildside 1 Spotted flycatcher - wildside 5 Swift - over main lake 1 Garden warbler - shelt

7 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2016

2 Dunlin - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 7 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 3 Common Tern - main lake 2 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 2 Whitethroat - South route, wader scrape ba

6 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2016

3 Yellow Wagtail - 2 flew NW, 1 on the marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon, scrape 2 Whitethroat - south route/overflow car park, sheltered lagoon 1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 6 Redshank - marsh, scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Litt

5 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2016

1 Black Redstart - (male) hedgerow between sheltered lagoon and main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 1 Kingfisher - south route 2 Wheatear - marsh 1 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 2 Whinchat - marsh April bird

4 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2016

2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Kingfisher - main lake 2 Wheatear - grazing marsh close to Wildside hide 30 Swift - main lake 2 Swallow - main lake 15 House Martin - main lake 2 Willow warbler - South route, sheltered lagoon April bird highlights: Shelduck

3 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2016

1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 6 Redshank - scrape 1 Kingfisher - entrance lake, then flew down south route 2 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 3 Wheatear - a pair in the SW corner of marsh, and a male seen on a roof by the courtyard 1 Lesser Whitethroat

2 May 2016