Latest sightings
Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2012
1 Cuckoo - reported by a visitor calling on Barnes Common (east side), 9:20 a.m. 1 small Heron species flew high W over entrance lake 1410hrs (not an Egret species) 1 Shelduck - landed on main [...]
9 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th May 2012
2 Hobby - over site New lapwing brood - SW corner of marsh, 3 chicks (4th brood total) 3 Little Ringed Plover - scrape, main lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 7-8 [...]
8 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2012
3 Shelduck - flew over main lake 1 Red Kite - flew over main lake, drifted SE 2 Peregrine - having a wash on the main lake 1 Hobby - over main lake 1 Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Bar-t [...]
7 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2012
2 Shelduck - scrape 1 Spotted Redshank - marsh 1 Bar-tailed Godwit - scrape 2 Dunlin - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 6 Redshank - scrape [...]
6 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2012
1 Spotted Redshank - grazing marsh 1 Bar-Tailed Godwit - grazing marsh 3 Dunlin - wader scrape 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 3 Lapwing Bro [...]
5 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2012
1 Spotted Redshank - grazing marsh 1 Bar-Tailed Godwit - wader scrape 2 Greenshank - wader scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Dunlin - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper [...]
4 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2012
1 Dunlin - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh, wader scrape 5 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Iceland Gull 1st - winter  [...]
3 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2012
6 Common Tern - main lake 2 Lapwing broods - still on scrape and NE corner of marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - flying between scrape and main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 3 Redshank [...]
2 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 1st May 2012
1 Cuckoo - perched on marsh fence, flew to the summer route after being harrassed by a Lapwing 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Little Egret - main lake 1 Whimbrel - flew E @ 1.05pm 1 Oysterca [...]
1 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2012
1 Kestrel - male, hunting over reedbed/main lake 1 Little Egret - marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh Lapwing chicks - 5 seen after a brief look this mor [...]
30 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 29th April 2012
1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape, then flew to lake 3 Lapwing chicks - still on long island in front of scrape hide c. 170 Herring Gull - loafing on marsh and [...]
29 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2012
7 Shelduck - marsh and scrape 2 Hobby - perched in cedar tree on Castlenau 3 Little Ringed Plover 8 Redshank - scrape and marsh Lapwing: 16 pairs across the main lake, marsh and scrape [...]
28 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 27th April 2012
6 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 5 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 7 Common Tern - main lake, wader scrape 2 Swift - main lake 25+ Sand Martin - wader scrape, main lake [...]
27 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - long shingle island, main lake 1 Peregrine - juvenile male, hunting over site 4 Common Tern - main lake tern rafts 1 Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd summer bird, scrape [...]
26 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th April 2012
2 Shelduck - scrape 1 Little Egret - marsh 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, 2 of which were mating 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Peregrine - flew over, carrying prey for the chic [...]
25 April 2012