Latest sightings
Late summer arrivals
A few more passage birds have arrived over the last few days.
9 August 2021
More rain overnight
A heavy downpour last night has further topped up our water levels
6 August 2021
Today's sightings
A summary of this morning's birds
5 August 2021
A welcome top up
Heavy overnight rain has helped to top up some of the scrapes, the South lake is still a bit on the low side.
3 August 2021
A little movement here and there
Passage migrants continue to arrive and locally fledged young are wandering
2 August 2021
It's a wet one
Today has been punctuated with short and sometimes heavy showers, but the birds are benefitting - mostly
30 July 2021
Island restoration
This week we've started work on restoring some of the islands on the Rushy and Tack Piece
29 July 2021
Sightings for 25-27 July 2021
Round up of sightings and reserve work
27 July 2021
Return of the Snipe
We've seen our first returning Snipe of the autumn this week
24 July 2021
Look out for waders
It has been a good week for waders on the reserve and the wider estuary as their migration really starts to get going
23 July 2021
The duckling factory
The reserve is filling up with ducklings of several species in what is looking like a great breeding season
22 July 2021
Wild Safaris start again
The Wild Safaris have resumed with a slightly reduced number of people.
20 July 2021
Fledged Redshank and Lapwing
The scrapes are getting busier as adult waders return from breeding grounds, a juvenile Common Sandpiper and a few juvenile Little-ringed Plovers are among them, both of the latter species are from elsewhere but our two home-grown Little-ringed Plover chi
12 July 2021
Ducklings
Great to see good numbers of ducklings on the reserve
11 July 2021
Spotted Redshank and the first Dunlin begin to return
A few more return passage migrants of note included a smart dusky Spotted Redshank
8 July 2021