Latest Sightings
The arrival of summer visitors continues with 3 ringed plover sighted on the mere late last week. Avocet numbers are continuing to rise with 21 on the mere with single figures of avocet seen at both Ron Barker and on Woodend Marsh.
Merlin and peregrine have also been seen on site the past few days from United Utilities. Our longhorn cattle have now been moved onto Sunleys and Lord's Mere Marsh so now is a good opportunity to see cattle egret from Ron Barker hide.
The whooper swans are still with us on site but some of our radio tagged and ringed birds have now been recorded up in Iceland.
We have also undertaken our monthly Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS). Here are the results: