Latest sightings
The Great Crane soap opera
Our Cranes have been very busy this morning with lots of activity around the Dumbles and the Tack Piece leaving us scratching our heads as to what is going on
8 March 2019
More rain
We've had some much needed rain over the last 24 hours bringing up ditch levels and refreshing some wetter areas in the fields, and the birds are loving it.
6 March 2019
Practise your bird song
Now is a great time to start getting to grips with bird song as our resident species start singing before the arrival of our migrants in a few weeks time.
5 March 2019
Still have our White-fronts
Having seen numbers drop over the last few days the flock of White-fronted Geese was back up to 151 birds this morning, and they were joined by some more unusual visitors.
4 March 2019
Waiting patiently
The female Kingfisher was sat at the nest bank this morning, awaiting the arrival of the male. There is also lots of Kingfisher activity around the South Lake this week with at least one bird making regular flypasts of the Discovery Hide.
1 March 2019
Out of the murk
Another sign of Spring this morning when out of the murk and the rain came a Sand Martin, our first of the year, out over the Top New Piece.
28 February 2019
Avocet increase
Tufted Ducks are displaying (pictured) with the Robbie Garnett Hide being a good place to watch and hear the unusual calls.South LakeThe Avocet flock on the wader scrape has increased to 62 with 64 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Dunlin, 9 Redshank, 92 Lapwing, 1
26 February 2019
Sun and Swans
A lovely sunny day with all the birds looking great in the sunshine
23 February 2019
Get your gull on
With an even bigger high tide on the river a lot of large gulls were pushed off the river and many of them finding the South Lake offering a great chance to brush up on ID and ageing at close range
22 February 2019
Next first for the year
Another sign that Spring is on its way with another new arrival for the year with a pair of Mediterranean Gulls back on the South Lake.
20 February 2019
Carpets becoming rugs
Duck numbers continue to drop and a few of our Bewick's Swans have also departed.
19 February 2019
Departures have begun
We've seen some large scale departures of our wintering bird flocks but also further arrivals of species that breed here (Avocet and Oystercatcher). Passage birds that stop over on their way through such as Black-tailed Godwit are also increasing. Rushy H
18 February 2019
February WeBS Count
The warm late winter weather and drying conditions have encouraged the first large scale migration departures. There was quite a difference in bird numbers compared to last weekend with some very low counts of certain species (like Teal). Behaviour indica
17 February 2019
Sparrowhawk chaos
Zeiss HideHundreds of Lapwing, Golden Plover and Dunlin being chased around by a crazy female Sparrowhawk. Also 2 Peregrines around so lots of disturbance. Just a single crane and one Little Egret, 92 Teal and 295 Wigeon were mobbing the Sparrowhawk. Thre
16 February 2019
A few more Avocets
As daytime temperatures peak in their mid-teens there have still been some cold nights with some ice around this morning, but we've still seen a few more Avocets arrive on the reserve
15 February 2019