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Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2015

Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2015

1 Bittern - main lake 1 Oystercatcher - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Common Tern - 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Whinchat - grazing marsh along the fence line 1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 7 Reed Warbler - reedbed, She

2 May 2015

Wildlife sightings for 1st May 2015

Wildlife sightings for 1st May 2015

1 Bittern - main lake 3 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Snipe - marsh 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, marsh 3 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 7 Redshank - main lake, marsh, reservoir lagoon 8 Blackcap - wildside, sheltere

1 May 2015

Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2015

2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, marsh 4 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 7 Redshank - main lake, marsh, reservoir lagoon 1 Buzzard - flew W 5 Blackcap - wildside, sheltered lagoon, south route 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 1 Gar

30 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 29th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 29th April 2015

2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 3 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 1 Blue-headed Wagtail - marsh 3 Kittiwake - high NE 2 Snipe - marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - marsh 1 Yellow-legged Gull - main lake 3 Shelduck - main lake 3 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 5 R

29 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2015

1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 7 Redshank - main lake, marsh, reservoir lagoon 1 Whinchat - grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - flew over reserve 2 Garden Warbler - south route 8 Reed Warbler - wildside, south route 1 Sedge Warbler - wildside 6 Blackcap - wildsi

28 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 27th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 27th April 2015

3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, marsh 3 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 5 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 1 Snipe - marsh 6 Redshank -  main lake, marsh, scrape 20 Swallow - marsh, reservoir lagoon 4 House Martin - marsh, reservoir lagoon 1 Lesse

27 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2015

1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Little Egret 1 Peregrine - female, over main lake 1 Hobby - high to the south 1 Whimbrel - marsh, then flew W at 7:50 a.m. 1 Ringed Plover - Tundra race, main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 11

26 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 25th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 25th April 2015

1 Cuckoo - seen from the WWF Hide 3 Little Ringed Plover - marsh, scrape 1 Whinchat - marsh 4 Common Tern - high over main lake 3 Snipe - marsh 1 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 2 Swallow - main lake 7 Redshank - marsh, scrape, main lake   April bird hig

25 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 24th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 24th April 2015

2 Whimbrel - on grazing marsh early morning before flying off down river 4 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Common Tern - main lake 2 Little Egret - flew over SE 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 24 Stock Dove - on the playing

24 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 23rd April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 23rd April 2015

4 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, marsh, scrape 7 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew W over the marsh. May have landed far corner 25 Swallow - feeding over resr lagoon a.m. 12 House Martin - feeding over resr lagoon a.m. &nbs

23 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 22nd April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 22nd April 2015

1 Sandwich Tern - main lake shingle island, c. 11:15 a.m. 1 Green Sandpiper - marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 7 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake 3 Snipe - marsh 8 Shelduck - main lake 2 Buzzard 1 Yellow Wagtai

22 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 21st April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 21st April 2015

1 Whinchat - marsh fence 1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 1 Snipe - marsh 7 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake 5 Blackcap - south route, wildside 1 Sedge Warbler - south route 1 Whitethroat - south route   April bird highlights: Stone Curlew, Grey

21 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 20th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 20th April 2015

1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 9 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake 1 Buzzard - flew W 1 Swallow - flew NW 2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 2 Linnet - flew E+S 8 Blackcap 1 Willow Warbler   April bird highlights: Stone Curl

20 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 19th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 19th April 2015

1 Kestrel - mobbed by crows above South Route 5 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 7 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake 6+ Swallow - reservoir lagoon 4 House Martin - reservoir lagoon 1 Whitethroat - singing near West Bank   April bird highlights: Stone

19 April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 18th April 2015

Wildlife sightings for 18th April 2015

1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Wheatear - marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 3 Common Tern - high over main lake 1 Whitethroat - south route 1 Swallow - wildside 6 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake April bird highlights: Stone Curlew, Grey P

18 April 2015