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Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Dunlin 115- plenty of juveniles among the breeding plumaged adults Common Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Avocet 8 Redshank 16 Lapwing Black-tailed Godwit 11 Ruff adult female (Reeve) and an adult male Crane 6 GCP birds flew low ove
30 July 2015
Great views of Garganey
Holden Tower Hobby - on the ground Common Crane 4 - in Spartina Grass South Lake Discovery Hide Common Tern 1 - on one of the man-made rafts Black Tailed Godwit 151 - nice flock in summer plumage Redshank 53 Ruff 1 Dunlin 1 in breeding plumage Pied Wagt
29 July 2015
Today's sightings
South Lake 3 juvenile Avocet, 123 Black-tailed Godwit, 53 Redshank, 70 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher and 3 Ruff on the wader scrape. Both Little and Great Crested Grebes among the duck/Coot flocks. Common Tern on the rafts and 2 Crane also present. Zeiss Hide
28 July 2015
Today's sightings
After a prolonged dry spell, rain all day on Friday and Sunday has pushed water levels up on some scrapes such as the Rushy, Tack Piece and Top New Piece. If no more rain falls the levels will drop as the fields drain off. The best exposed mud can be fo
27 July 2015
Today's sightings
Tack Piece/Robbie Garnett Hide Wood Sandpiper- juvenile still present with 8 Green Sandpiper Martin Smith Hide Garganey- at least one juvenile still present. South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 100+ Redshank 40 Oystercatcher 3 Avocet 3 juveniles Lapwing 20 Te
26 July 2015
Sunny Saturday sightings
The Robbie Garnett Hide Wood Sandpiper 1 still but elusive Green Sandpiper 7 Lapwing 8 Common Crane 2 The South Lake Redshank 41 Black-tailed Godwit 139 Green Sandpiper 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Lapwing 50 Great-crested Grebe 3 Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 30 The Rus
25 July 2015
Soggy sightings
The Robbie Garnett Hide Wood Sandpiper 1 still present but elusive Green Sandpiper 11 Shoveler 6 Crane 1 The South Lake Dunlin 9 Avocet 5 Redshank 60 Ruff 2 males in near summer plumage Black-tailed Godwit 28 Common Sandpiper 1 Common Tern 2 Great-crested
24 July 2015
Today's bird news
The South Lake Spoonbill 1 adult Ruff 2 Redshank 60 Avocet 5 Black-tailed Godwit 30 Lapwing 25 Great-crested Grebe 3 The Tack Piece Wood Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper 11 Lapwing 8 Crane 2 Mandarin 1 The Rushy Avocet 11 Green Sandpiper 3 Black-tailed Godwi
23 July 2015
Today's sightings-Wood Sand
The South Lake SPOONBILL 1 adult still Greenshank 1 Black-tailed Godwit 110 Redshank 30 Oystercatcher 3 Common Tern 1 Great-crested Grebe 1 Common Sandpiper 1 The Zeiss Hide Dunlin 28 Avocet 22 Redshank 10 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Little Grebe 1 Grey Heron 1
22 July 2015
SPOONBILL
The South Lake SPOONBILL 1 adult this morning Redshank 30 Lapwing 25 Black-tailed Godwit 104 Grey Heron Cormorant 2 Great-crested Grebe 3 The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 14 Avocet 4 Oystercatcher 2 Martin Smith Common Grane 2 Robbie Garnett Green Sandpiper
21 July 2015
Today's sightings-increase in Dunlin
Zeiss Hide Dunlin 138- includes the first two juveniles of the year. An adult Little-ringed Plover, Avocet 23+, 6 Redshank, 20 Lapwing and Oystercatcher 7. Teal 32, 4 broods of Shelduck, Mallard, Gadwall and Shoveler. Grey Heron with an Eel. South Lake T
20 July 2015
Today's sightings-Marsh Harrier returns?
South Lake Ruff- 3 'new in' males, dark plumaged birds in moult. Black-tailed Godwit 70+ including a colour ringed bird Redshank 50+, a few juveniles among them. Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 30 Dunlin 5 Teal 7 Rushy Pen Avocet- 5 adults attending 7 nearly fl
18 July 2015
Today's sightings-plenty of waders
South Lake Very busy with birdlife, a brilliant selection of wading birds were assembled on the scrape today due to the low water levels. Single Ruff, Common and Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 4 Little-ringed Plover (3 juveniles), 88 Black-tailed Godwit,
17 July 2015
Tufted Duck broods every where.
Tufted Ducks This late breeding species is really coming into the peak time for youngster. You can come across broods almost anywhere but some of the hot spots are The South Finger Reed Bed settlement pool (5 broods) South Lake (4 broods) and Rushy (3 bro
16 July 2015
Migrant Dunlin in full summer plumage.
Rushy Green Sandpiper 3 Black-Tailed Godwit 1 Oystercatcher 1 Crane 1 Avocet 8 + (7 Chicks) Martin Smith Tufted Duck + 4 young ducklings Teal 1 Crane 3 Robbie Garnett Blackcap 1 Bullfinch 1 Green Sandpiper 10 Oystercatcher 2 Cranes 4 Pied wagtail family
15 July 2015