Latest sightings
Great weather for ducks
You may have noticed, its been a bit wet lately and some would say great weather for ducks but even they are getting a bit fed up with the downpours.
14 June 2019
Curlew release pen and LRP's.
Head started Eurasian Curlew release pen with Conservation Breeding Team membersA new project to help the declining lowland population of Eurasian Curlew was launched this year. More details here https://www.wwt.org.uk/news/2019/06/07/bird-on-the-brink-re
13 June 2019
Another Lapwing surprise
A new brood of Lapwing was discovered on the Dumbles scrape today which was encouraging, we're not sure where this pair nested but with tall grass all around it could easily have been nearby. The Lapwing broods on the Dumbles and Dumbles saltmarsh continu
9 June 2019
Avocets and a Goshawk.
RushyVery busy with Avocet, 22 here with lots of incubating birds and a new hatched brood of 3. Shelduck 22 an Oystercatcher one Wigeon and 17 Tufted Duck and of course hundreds of Black Headed Gulls.Tack PieceOne ringed and an unringed Crane with 47 Barn
8 June 2019
Wet Wet Wet!
Rushy HideLittle Ringed Plover 22 cy Med GullTack PieceGreen Sandpiper 1Oystercatcher 2Redshank 1South Lake HideBlack Tailed Godwit 41Oystercatcher 2Avocet 6Shelduck 27Gadwall 12Cormorant 1Lesser Black Backed Gull 2Tufted Duck 6Pochard 1 maleGt. Crested G
7 June 2019
Curlew hope and other news
It's been quite a day here on the reserve, we've all been busy on various tasks one of which was an wader monitoring session starting early this morning. The forecast was for warmth and sunshine so we planned a survey for the more remote and difficult to
6 June 2019
Today's sightings
South Lake50 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Avocet (two nests), 5 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Crane, 2 Oytsercatcher, 28 Shelduck, 18 Gadwall, Common Tern and Little Grebe among the birds seen here today. Cuckoo this afternoon Zeiss Hide/Top New PieceSpoonbill, 2 Oy
5 June 2019
Lapwing breeding season
The Lapwing breeding season is nearly at an end, we may yet get a pair nesting late on but the increasing in post breeding flocks signals the conclusion of another nesting season. It's still too early to 'count our chickens (Lapwings) as they need to be f
4 June 2019
Spoonbill on the 'Rushy'
The second calendar year (hatched last year) Spoonbill paid a visit to the Rushy over high tide this morning, it tends to feed on the Severn estuary at low tide favouring the deeper pools and creeks south of Middle Point. It has been present in the area f
3 June 2019
Avocets everywhere
RushyFantastically busy with 58 Avocets nest building incubating and prospecting for nests, at least 10 incubating birds but as yet no young. Little Ringed Plover pair displaying and nest scraping.Tack PieceGreat close up views of a Little Egret in a supe
1 June 2019
The plot thickens
This year's story of the Cranes took another turn this morning with a pair possibly reunited.
31 May 2019
Still waiting
We're still waiting to try and work out exactly what is going on with one of our Kingfisher pairs
30 May 2019
More LRP action
There were possibly five Little-ringed Plover on the reserve this morning with plenty of action going on
29 May 2019
Spot the nest
Spring is moving along quickly with the young of many birds starting to appear, although some birds are only just getting going.
24 May 2019
Today's sightings
Still plenty of birds around, including our first Avocet chicks of the year.
23 May 2019