Sightings and news to week ending 2 August 2026
Image- Tufted Duckling
Upcoming Events
Dragonfly Festival - 18 July - 3 Sept
Guided Birdwatch Walk - Tuesday 4 August
Birding for Beginners - Wednesday 5 August
Summer Walkway
Fully open for the summer, from after 0815hrs to 1630hrs each day. Please allow time to return. Enjoy.
Tuesday 28 July
Rushy
2 Common Tern, 3 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, 72 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3 Avocet, 5 Lapwing, Little Egret and Spoonbill
South Lake
3 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 5 Lapwing
Tack Piece
3 little Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpipers, 4 Redshank, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail
Dumbles/ River
37 Curlew, 4 Cranes (unringed), 5 Common Sands, Great Egret (Spoonbill flew in from the Rushy)
Decoy
2 Mandarins
Top New Piece
3 Little Grebe (1 Juvenile), 1 Avocet, 10 Lapwing, 1 Ruff, 130 Dunlin, 3 Pied Wagtail Juveniles, Roe Deer
Bottom New Piece
37 Lapwing, Bar-headed Goose
Morning Safari
2 Roe Deer, 11 Cranes (including 2 young), Curlew, Little Egret and a small Grass Snake
Monday 27 July
Kingfisher Hide
4 Roe Deer (2 fawns), Canada Geese, 2 Mute Swan, Grey Heron, 4 Gadwall and a Peregrine
Top New Piece
80 Dunlin, female Mandarin, Sedge Warbler, House Martins up high, 33 Lapwing, Little Grebe, 4 Crane and a Bittern spotted flying into the reeds in front of Zeiss Hide and a Marsh Harrier
Rushy
A pair of Common Tern, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 8 Ruff, 1 Redshank 85 Black-tailed Godwit
South Lake
91 Black-tailed Godwit , 2 Common Gull and large number of loafing Gadwall and Tufted Ducks.
Tack Piece
8 Greensand, 3 Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank and Common Sandpiper
Dumbles Scrape
A juvenile Little Ringed Plover
