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Today's sightings
Martin Smith hide/Tack Piece Crane pair and chick Teal pair Swift 20+ feeding over Top Hut area manure mound Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Teal pair Wigeon 3 male/1 female Avocet 6 adults- young Lapwing-5 pairs with young South Lake Black-headed Gull 40 pairs-
4 June 2014
Today' sightings
Martin Smith Hide/Tack Piece Crane pair plus chick Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 Lapwing 6 Oystercatcher 2 Cuckoo 1 singing Zeiss Hide/ Top New Piece Avocet 4 adults and 5 chicks, some now flying Oystercatcher 2 Teal pair Shoveler 6 South Lake Black tail
3 June 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 returning bird Avocet pair Lapwing 20- the three chicks from the scrape now flying Zeiss Hide Avocet 3 pairs but one pair on nest Teal 3 Wigeon 8 Reed Warbler- regularly showing Canoe Trail Cuckoo- male singing and female 'b
1 June 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide No sign of the red-necked phalarope so far. Avocet 8 adults with 8 juveniles. The Martin Smith Hide Common Crane 2 with 1 juvenile The Rushy Avocet 6 The South Lake Oystercatchers with young Great Crested Grebe with young Gadwall 58
30 May 2014
Today's sightings-Phalarope
The Zeiss Hide RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 1 adult in full breeding plumage Avocet 6 with a few juveniles Redshank 4 The Holden Tower Little Stint 1 Adult in summer plumage Sanderling 53 Ringed Plover 60 Dunlin 82 Peregrine 1 Cuckoo 1 Common Crane (At least 9
29 May 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Avocet- 6 Oystercatcher- 2 Shelduck- 2 broods Mediteranean Gull- 1 (1st Summer) Martin Smith Crane- 2 adults, 1 chick Robbie Garnett Redshank- 1 Lapwing- 4 Shoveler- 1 Wigeon- 1 Teal- 1 Holden Tower Sanderling- 6 Curlew- 1 Great Black Backed Gull- 3
28 May 2014
Today's sightings
Rushy Avocet 9 including two incubating birds and a pair nest scrapeing. Shellduck two big broods. Redshank 2 Common Tern 2 Mediteranean Gull 1 1st summer Martin Smith Hide Common Crane 2 ad and 2 chicks showing well. Lapwing 2 ad with 3 chicks. Buzza
26 May 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Avocets 2 pairs incubating and a spare adult, nice to see them feeding on the newly created pools on the upper pond. Oystercatcher 4 Waiting for the first sign of hatching chicks here. Martin Smith Hide Crane 2 ad + 2 chicks. Some good activity earl
25 May 2014
Today's sightings
Common Crane news The two chicks are still present today but spending much more time further out in the field best viewed from the Martin Smith Hide or our live CraneCam They have taken several 500m + walks and lots of swims today. The Martin Smith Hide
24 May 2014
Today's Sightings- Baby Cranes still
Common Crane news The two chicks are still present today after serving a rather scary encounter with a Fox yesterday evening. Amazing photograph sent into us by Mark Hughes of the adults chasing the fox away. Since the Fox attack the Crane family is spen
23 May 2014
Today's sightings
Kingfishers Looks like at least two different broods of young have fledged their nests. At least 12 Kingfishers spotted around the grounds this morning (South lake, Canoe Trail, South Finger, Rushy, Zeiss Hide, Big Pen) Common Cranes The pair Monty and Ch
22 May 2014
Today's sightings-Cranes!
Common Cranes Pair showing well with 2 young from Martin Smith Hide Pair still incubating on the South Lake 3 Adults flying high over grounds The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 1 Female Peregrine 1 The Zeiss Hide TEMMINCK STINT 1 adult Common Sandpiper 1 Avoc
21 May 2014
Sightings and news for 18/19 May 2014-Cranes have hatched!
19 May 2014 Martin Smith Hide THE CRANES HAVE HATCHED TWO YOUNG, they have left the nest try Crane Cam here http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/experience/webcams/slimbridge-rushy-pen/ The Cranes feeding one of the two chicks- Image M.J.McGill Holde
19 May 2014
Today's sightings-Hawfinch
The Decoy HAWFINCH 1 Female trapped and ringed this morning during a BTO CES session. The Willow Hide Spotted Flycatcher 1 The Rushy Avocet 2 nest scraping The South Lake Common Crane Pair still incubating The Martin Smith Common Crane Pair incubating The
17 May 2014
Great Reed Warbler still present
GREAT REED WARBLER The singing male Great Reed Warbler is still present this morning. The bird has been showing well from both the Knott Hide and The Robbie Garnett Hide. The Holden Walkway Cuckoo 2 Male and female showing well. Spotted Flycatcher 1 show
14 May 2014