A reserve full of waders and warblers
A beautiful sunny day on the reserve with a great selection of waders and warblers to see and hear.
Another beautiful sunny day on the reserve. The British Longhorn cattle that we use to manage the grasslands are currently tucked away at the back of the reserve so as not to cause disturbance to the breeding waders. One of the cows gave birth this morning to a lovely male calf who looks very healthy. That now takes us up to 3 calves born this year (2 females and 1 male). The cows will be infront of the hides later in the summer so visitors will be able to see the calves.
Public footpath from the sewage works to the railway line
3 wheatears
5 corn buntings
Yellow wagtail - first for the year
Ron Barker hide
Grasshopper warbler reeling from the reedbed in pumphouse field (to the right)
Oystercatcher nest on the shingle island with 3 eggs (should hatch in the next couple of days)
Little-ringed plovers on the shingle island
Shovelers
Teal
Gadwall
Curlew
Reedbed walk
Cuckoo calling from both the reedbed and the canoe safari (probably the same bird)
10 singing reed warblers
6 sharming water rails
Sedge warblers singing
Willow warblers
Blackcaps
Chiffchaffs
Pochard
2 pairs of little grebe
Great-crested grebes
The Mere
Mediterranean gulls
Black-headed gulls
Little-ringed plovers
Avocets
Oystercatchers
2 Common Sandpipers
Shelduck
United Utilities hide
22 ruff - 3 in breeding plumage
20 black-tailed godwits
Lapwing
Redshank
Little-ringed plovers
Common sandpipers
Green sandpipers
Oystercatchers
Snipe
39 pairs of avocet
Butterflies on the wing today
Lots of orange-tip butterflies
Holly blues
Brimstones
Commas
Peacocks
Red admirals
Small tortoiseshells
Speckled woods
