Latest Sighting
Another good wader day with more birds turning up.
Wood Sandpiper - 2
Green Sandpiper - 3
Common Sandpiper - 2
Greenshank - 1
Little Ringed Plover - 6+
Ringed Plover - 1
Curlew - 1
Redshank - 4
Avocet - 20
Oystercatcher - 14
Black-tailed Godwit - 120+
Lapwing - 200+
A Hobby hawking over Vinson's and Sunley's Marsh was the pick of the raptors, 3 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel and Sparrowhawk. Two Barn Owl seen.
A Cuckoo flew across the Mere mid morning towards the Kingfisher Hide.
Kingfisher in front of the Ron Barker Hide.
If you've seen anything on or just off the reserve, or would like to know the best spots to catch some of the species included in these reports, please call in at the in focus shop next to the Discovery Hide.
