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Wildlife sightings for 14th March 2013
104 Shoveler - main lake, scrape, resr lagoon 60 Wigeon - marsh, main lake, scrape 2 Bearded Tit - marsh, then across to main reedbed 1 Stonechat - perched on electric fence on marsh, near wildside hide 3 Meadow Pipit - flew N 2 Siskin - wildside
14 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 13th March 2013
79 Shoveler - marsh, main lake 58 Wigeon - marsh, main lake 2 Pintail - pair, reservoir lagoon 1 Stonechat - perched on fox fence on marsh Recent bird highlights: Bittern, Peregrine, Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Skylark,
13 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 12th March 2013
2 Shelduck - males, scrape 2 Pintail - pair, main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 135 Cormorant - main lake 152 Black-headed Gull - main lake 10 Common Snipe - reservoir lagoon, scrape, main lake, marsh 1 Stonechat - male, marsh 135 Fieldfare - pla
12 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 11th March 2013
1 Barnacle Goose - sheltered lagoon first thing looking very wary, then took off and followed a pair of Greylag Geese around the reserve landing on the wader scrape with them 61 Wigeon - scrape 53 Shoveler - main lake, scrape Recent bird highlights: Bitt
11 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 10th March 2013
59 Wigeon - marsh, scrape, reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - pair on the marsh 56 Shoveler - site count 8 Mandarin - world wetlands 11 Little Grebe - site count 3 Great Crested Grebe, including pair mating on the sheltered lagoon 129 Cormorant - main lake 1 Ke
10 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 9th March 2013
2 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Pintail - wader scrape 11 Mandarin – world wetlands 2 Oystercatcher - main lake 77 Lapwing - main lake 4 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake 1 Skylark - grazing marsh 37 Fieldfare – mostly flew NW 4 Redwing – entrance/world w
9 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 8th March 2013
2 Pintail - wader scrape 184+ Teal - site count 3 Mandarin - main lake 1 Redshank - main lake 1 Oystercatcher - main lake 8 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh, wader scrape Recent bird highlights: Bittern, Peregrine, Shelduck, Redshank, Skylark, Bearded Tit
8 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 7th March 2013
2 Shelduck - scrape 2 Pintail - scrape 1 Redshank - scrape 140 Teal - scrape, marsh 5 Cetti's Warbler - (all singing) - south route, main lake, reedbed, resr lagoon Recent bird highlights: Bittern, Peregrine, Shelduck, Redshank, Skylark, Bearded Tit, Sto
7 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 6th March 2013
2 Shelduck - scrape 191 Teal - scrape, marsh 50+ Wigeon - on site 3 Snipe - scrape Additional sightings from yesterday: 6+ Snipe - marsh 50+ Fieldfare - playing fields 3+ Stonechat - marsh, perched on the fox fence 1 Reed Bunting - singing on marsh
6 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 5th March 2013
1 Bittern - reedbed channel next to wildside hide 82 Shoveler - site count 98 Teal - wader scrape 60 Wigeon - grazing marsh 6+ Snipe - marsh 50+ Fieldfare - playing fields 3+ Stonechat - marsh, perched on the fox fence 1 Reed Bunting - singing on marsh &n
5 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 4th March 2013
1 Shelduck - scrape 70 Shoveler - main lake and scrape 61 Wigeon - scrape, marsh 60 Gadwall - scrape 1 Bearded Tit - marsh (nr. to the reedbed-side of the marsh) Recent bird highlights: Smew, Shelduck, Bittern, Peregrine, Dunlin, Woodcock, Skylark
4 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd March 2013
3 Bittern - main lake, resr lagoon 78 Shoveler - main lake and scrape 47 Wigeon - reservoir lagoon 2 Snipe - main lake 2 Skylark - flew W over entrance lake 2 Siskin Lapwing are starting to scrape out nests on islands on the main lake Addit
3 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 2nd March 2013
3 Bittern - main lake S shore, left as you look out of Headley hide 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 5 Pintail - wader scrape 1 Woodcock - N bank reservoir lagoon @ 2.30pm 6 Snipe c. 30 Fieldfare 1 Stonechat Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Dunl
2 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 1st March 2013
1 Bittern - western corner of reservoir lagoon 1 Pintail - wader scrape 76 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 5 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake 41 Fieldfare - flew over S Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof ti
1 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 28th February 2013
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon (halfway along the N shore) a.m. 120 Cormorant - main lake 45 Shoveler 40 Wigeon 5 Water Rail - reedbed, marsh 55 Fieldfare - flew N and NW Peacock Tower closed today due to high winds affecting the roof tiles. All other hide
28 February 2013