Latest sightings
Today's highlights
Green sandpiper - 1 (main hide) Avocet Redshank Lapwing Wigeon Shelduck House martin Swallow Barn owl Moths collected in the light station last night: Large yellow underwing - 1 Magpie - 2 Ringed China-mark - 1 Small angle shades - 1 Spectacle - 2 Common
13 July 2016
Today's highlights
Green sandpiper - 4 (main hide) Avocet Lapwing Greenshank - 1 (viewed from the road South of the centre at Hobby Cottage) Dunlin - 1 (viewed from the road South of the centre at Hobby Cottage) Whooper swan pair with 2 cygnets Shoveler Mallard Swift House
11 July 2016
Today's highlights
Pectoral sandpiper - 1 (Bank Farm viewed near Hobby Cottage) Green sandpiper - 3 main lagoon Spoonbill - 1 flew South Cuckoo calling Avocet & juveniles Redshank & juveniles Oystercatcher Lapwing Shelduck & juveniles Whitethroat Reed warbler Se
10 July 2016
Today's highlights
Quail - heard singing near Nelson-Lyle hide Hobby Kingfisher Green sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Little ringed plover Snipe Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Lapwing Cuckoo Cetti's warbler Sedge warbler Reed warbler Whitethroat Wren Gadwall & ducklings Sh
9 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Quail heard singing at Reedbed hide, Main Observatory and Friends hide Green sandpiper-Main Obs Greenshank Yellow wagtail Lapwing Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Sparrowhawk Redshank Black-tailed godwit-Lady Fen Little egret Avocet chicks-14 at Lyle hi
8 July 2016
Sightings 5th July 2016
All paths and hides apart from Allport hide are open. Cuckoo Common Sandpiper (Lyle hide) Ruff (Lyle hide) Little ringed plover + chicks Black-tailed godwit (8 chicks fledged from 3 pairs = 6% of UK population) Lapwing Redshank Avocet Oystercatcher Grey H
5 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Avocet juveniles-18 at Lyle Hide Avocet adults bickering amongst themselves! Mallard and ducklings Shelduck and ducklings Little Egret Cetti's warblers - Seen and heard Cormorant Mute swan and 7 cygnets Whooper swan and 3 cygnets Black-tailed godwit Moorh
4 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Green sandpiper-2-Main Observatory Whooper swans-11 Avocet-20 adults, 11 juveniles Little ringed plover-3-Friends hide Little egret Cuckoos-2 Marsh harrier-female and a juvenile Black-tailed godwit-Lady Fen Black-headed gulls and chicks Mute swan and cygn
2 July 2016
Todays sightings
Whooper swan and 3 cygnets Mute swan and 7 cygnets Quail Little ringed plover and 5 chicks Avocet and chicks Mallard and 10 ducklings Buzzard Marsh harrier Greenfinches x 4 Little egret Reed warbler
25 June 2016
Today's Highlights
Quail singing by the Reedbed hide Yellow wagtail Corn bunting Marsh harrier Very pale Common buzzard Black-tailed godwit Avocet and chicks Lapwing and chicks Mute swan and cygnets Little-ringed plover and chicks Goldfinch Tree sparrow Moorhen Coot Sparrow
20 June 2016
Today's Highlights
Cuckoo Avocet Little egret Lapwing and chicks Mallard and ducklings Quail singing by Nelson/Lyle hide Green sandpiper Whitethroat Mute swan and 7 cygnets Cetti's warbler Reed warbler Sedge warbler Snipe Redshank and chicks Skylark Whooper swans-11 Oysterc
18 June 2016
Today's Highlights
Little ringed plover with 4 chicks Avocet with 3 chicks Curlew -3 Common tern Teal
17 June 2016
Today's Highlights
Avocet and chicks - Lyle hide and Friends hide Redshank and chicks Lapwing and chicks Little ringed plover and chicks - Main Observatory Black-tailed godwit Snipe Shoveler and ducklings Mallard and ducklings Shelduck and ducklings Kingfisher - Main Obse
15 June 2016
Today's highlights
Little egret Redshank Skylark Little ringed plover Shelduck Tufted duck Wigeon Whooper swan Mute swan Avocet Common tern Gadwall Greenfinch Reed bunting Snipe (drumming) Swallow House martin Yellow wagtail Oystercatcher Ruff
14 June 2016
Today's highlights
Little ringed plover and 4 chicks - Main Observatory Tree sparrow Little egret Whooper swan and 4 cygnets Goldfinch
13 June 2016