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Wildlife sightings for 15th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 15th September 2015

14 Wigeon - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 5 Snipe - wader scrape 120 House Martin - site count 20 Sand Martin - main lake, grazing marsh 20 Swallow - main lake, grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 3 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 4 Yellow Wagtail

15 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 14th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 14th September 2015

10 Wigeon - main lake 6 Snipe - main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Water Rail - middle reedbed channel 1 Wheatear - female, marsh   Additional sightings from yesterday: 7 Buzzard - fly-overs, SW 1 Hobby - flew SE 1 Swift - flew NE 175 Swallo

14 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 13th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 13th September 2015

12 Wigeon - main lake 65 Shoveler - site count 1 Buzzard - juvenile, perched on marsh fox fence. Has been on site for several hours, occasionally harassed by corvids. At one point it grabbed a moorhen, but dropped it and didn't go back for it. 1 Green San

13 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 12th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 12th September 2015

1 Buzzard - eating worms on the grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - 1 Kingfisher - middle reedbed channel 7 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 4 Wigeon - main lake 1 Whinchat - grazing marsh 9 Chiffchaff - site count September bird highlights: Wigeon, Li

12 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 11th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 11th September 2015

2 Yellow Wagtail - flew over marsh 13 Chiffchaff - south route, entrance lake, wildside 10 Siskin - south route, also seen in wildside 1 Willow Warbler - wildside 30 House Martin 12 Snipe - 7 flew on to marsh from the W; 5 on the main lake 1 Curlew - f

11 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 10th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 10th September 2015

1 Buzzard - perched on the marsh weir bridge (midday) 1 Hobby 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon 8 Chiffchaff - south route, entrance lake, wildside 43 Greenfinch - sheltered lagoon 8 Meadow Pipit - flew NW 45 House Martin 5 Sand Martin 4 Snipe - main l

10 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 9th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 9th September 2015

100 Shoveler - main lake 1 Wigeon - main lake 8 Snipe - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 1 Kingfisher - main lake   September bird highlights: Wigeon, Little Egret, Hobby, Kestrel, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Kingfisher, Yell

9 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 8th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 8th September 2015

1 Green Sandpiper - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew SW 4 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 1 Kingfisher - middle reedbed channel 150 House Martin - site count 11 Swallow - main lake, marsh 1 Whitethroat - beside wader scrape hide

8 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 7th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 7th September 2015

1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Peregrine - hunting low over main lake, then flew W 4 Meadow Pipit - flew W 1 Kingfisher - south route 110 House Martin - main lake 8 Sand Martin - main lake 2 Swallow - main lake 27 Siskin - wildside   September b

7 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 6th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 6th September 2015

5 Wigeon - scrape, main lake 85 Shoveler - site count 36 Teal - site count 2 Little Egret - scrape, main lake 2 Curlew - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 4 Snipe - main lake 1 Hobby 1 Kingfisher - main lake c 250 House Martin - main lake 3 Sand Marti

6 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 5th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 5th September 2015

1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 11 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake, grazing marsh 1 Wheatear - wader scrape 2 Little Egret - flew over West 6 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon 1 Kestrel - August bird highlights: Pintail, Little Egret, Buzzard, Red Kite, Hobby

5 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 4th September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 4th September 2015

1 Spotted Flycatcher - wildside (near the wildside gateway leaving World Wetlands) 1 Wheatear - wader scrape 54 Siskin - one flock feeding all day through wildside willows, alders and birch 2 Garden Warbler - South route 8 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltere

4 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 3rd September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 3rd September 2015

2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 1 Wheatear - marsh 2 Hobby - marsh 4 Siskin - wildside 9 Swallow 1 Willow Warbler - south route 4 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside 5 Blackcap - wildside 150 House Martin - feeding around marsh, main lake 1 Green Sandpipe

3 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 2nd September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 2nd September 2015

2 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 7 Swallow - flew S 4 Yellow Wagtail - flew S 2 Wheatear - marsh p.m. 1 Nuthatch - overflow car park 2 Hobby - hunting over marsh most of the day 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 4 Wigeon - main lake 8 Snipe - main lake   A

2 September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 1st September 2015

Wildlife sightings for 1st September 2015

2 Wigeon - main lake 43 Shoveler - main lake 2 Hobby - marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 4 Snipe - main lake 1 Spotted Flycatcher - sheltered lagoon   Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Wigeon - main lake 1 Pintail - main lake 12 Snipe - main

1 September 2015