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Today's sightings
Rushy Pen This morning a Mediterranean gull was seen here along with two common cranes and lots of avocets with their chicks. The hybrid wigeon is also still around so keep your eyes peeled. Tack Piece Seen from the Robbie Garnett Hide in total were thr
31 May 2017
Cloudy skies
A cloudy start to the day and it looks like it is set to continue and remain grey. Rushy The recently hatched oystercatcher chicks are out just in front of the Rushy Pen Hide, with their adults staying near. Again the avocet chicks are still around, at le
30 May 2017
Waders on the estuary.
Estuary (summer walkway) Good bird watching here early (08.30) this morning. 70 Dunlin, 29 Ringed Plover, 2 Sanderling, 8 Curlew and 2 Avocet only meters away in front of the viewing area. Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting and Sedge Warbler in the reeds and a Cu
29 May 2017
Avocet chicks keep hatching.
Avocets A real feature at the moment and we look set to have our best year ever. Around 50 adults on site and all seem to be either prospecting, incubating or protecting young. Getting difficult to keep track of all the broods but here go's. On the Rush
28 May 2017
New brood of Oystercatchers
Rushy Great here this morning. A brood of 3 Oystercatchers were just a few meters in front of the hide, at least 12 young avocet including 5 almost fledged birds were all over the scrape with 14 adult birds, No sign of Med or Little Gull but keep lookin
27 May 2017
Clear blue skies and again more sunshine
Again the day started warm but with barely a cloud to be seen in the sky. Temperatures are still set to stay high so looks like another day of lovely weather. Rushy At least 9 avocets were seen here, 2 of which are on eggs, and 3 little chicks can be seen
26 May 2017
Another Day of Sun
Yesterday started warm with again more sun and temperatures increasing. But even with the increasing heat there are still lots of birds to see. Rushy Lots of shelduck and tufted duck were present here, with a brood of shelduck ducklings. There were also c
26 May 2017
Breeding season birding
As we approach the end of May and head for June we are seeing much reduced migration, our local birds settling in to breed or starting to feed their young. House Martins and Swallows are busy collecting mud for their mud cup nests on the centre buildings,
22 May 2017
Settling into summer
South Lake The Avocet colony is still defending their nests and chicks, we have broods of 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the lake with at least seven more nests to hatch. The Crane pair 'Bart and Ruby' continue to incubate two eggs near Hogarth Hide, please move slowly
21 May 2017
Cuckoo, Cranes and Avocets!
Rushy Avocet 12 with three young feeding on the lower pool. Several tufted ducks and a couple of gadwall. Lapwing 2 on the causeway. Little gull 1 in front of InFocus No sign of the med gulls by 10:30. Tack Piece Cattle egret 1 with the cows. Lapwing pa
20 May 2017
Avocet Heaven
Rushy Some great birding here this morning, five 1st summer Med Gulls and one adult. The Little Gull was also present here along with a redshank also being present. 12 Avocets were here, with 4 little chicks also running around. Robbie Garnett This morni
18 May 2017
A downpour
As you may have noticed, its been a very wet day with near constant rainfall at least in this part of the world. We're watching water levels on several pools to make sure we keep enough water for the birds, but not enough to flood out some of our ground
17 May 2017
Sightings update
South Lake A few Swifts and c30 House Martin feeding over the alder trees, the Black-headed Gull colony (mostly on deep lake islands) has 60-80 occupied nests. The wader scrape held a male Ruff in breeding plumage and 100+ Black-tailed Godwit as well as
15 May 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Pen Up to five different Mediterranean Gulls, the nesting Avocets including a brood of 4 chicks and a few Lapwing. No reports of the Lapwing chicks but we hope they are hiding out there somewhere. Tack Piece A pair of Lapwing with a brood of three c
14 May 2017
A really nice birdwatch morning
A group of 15 enjoyed a morning walk event around the site today Rushy Avocets were great here with 5 incubating pairs and a family of 3 young still doing ok. A fine 2nd Summer Med Gull was a first for many of the group. A Little Ringed Plover was in here
13 May 2017