Latest sightings
Todays Highlights
Cranes - 2 adults, 1 juv flew to west part of reserve Reed warblers Blackcap - female Marsh harrier - 3 Kingfisher Yellow wagtail Meadow pipit Kestrel Buzzard Snipe Ruff - 35 Common sandpiper Green sandpiper - 2 Black-tailed godwit Greylag geese Dunli
11 September 2016
Today's Highlights
Black-tailed godwit-16 Ruff-39 Snipe-17 Green sandpiper-2 Common sandpiper-1 Dunlin-3 Water rail-juv at Main Observatory Wigeon-5 Little egret Chiffchaff Yellow wagtail-7
10 September 2016
Todays Highlights
Cranes x 3 Osprey Ruff Lapwing Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Snipe Yellow wagtail Marsh harrier
9 September 2016
Todays Sightings
Crane x 3 - Lyle Hide Temmincks Stint- Friends Little Stint - Friends Greenshank Green Sandpiper Peregrine Falcon Hobby Ruff Little Ringed Plover
4 September 2016
Sigthings Saturday 3rd September
All hides and Summer walk are open apart from Allport hide which remains closed. Temminck's stint Little stint (Both of above can be seen from Lyle hide feeding together this morning) Common sandpiper Greenshank Green sandpiper Little ringed plover Ringed
3 September 2016
Today's highlights - cranes
Cranes The family of three cranes are back again today, seen feeding in front of the main observatory this morning. Green sandpiper Marsh harrier Hobby
1 September 2016
Today's Highlights
Little stint - 1 Crane - 3 (Lyle hide) Green sandpiper - 6 Common sandpiper - 4 Dunlin Avocet
31 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Crane - 1 between Lyle & Friends hides Wood sandpiper - 1 Lyle hide Green sandpiper - 3 Common sandpiper - 4 Dunlin Ruff - 35 Main observatory Black-tailed godwit - 8 Snipe Willow warbler Garden warbler Whitethroat Reed warbler Sedge warbler Marsh har
30 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Cranes flew in again this morning-2 adults and a juvenile at Lyle Hide Curlew sandpiper- also at Lyle hide Ringed plover Ruff-20 Green sandpiper Snipe-5 Common sandpiper-2 at Main Observatory Dunlin House martins wheeling round the Centre building Turtle
29 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Cranes-3 ad + 1 juv at Lyle hide Green sandpiper - Main Observatory Common sandpiper Ruff -20 Avocets -5 Snipe Marsh harrier-harrying the crane Hobby Yellow wagtail-60
28 August 2016
Sightings Thursday 25th August
Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Ruff Snipe Black-tailed Godwit Greenshank Lapwing Ringed plover Golden plover (87 on main lagoon) Wigeon Teal Mallard Gadwall Little egret Kingfisher Hobby Marsh harrier Tree sparrow Goldfinch Yellow wagtail
25 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrow and young by Gill McCoy A dozen Golden plover flew in to Main Observatory pool at 2pm today Greenshank - Lady Fen Common sandpiper-Friends and Main obs Green sandpiper-Friends and Main obs Whooper swan pa
22 August 2016
Rare sawfly found
Willow sawfly larvae by Annabelle Hammond Earlier this month our volunteer, Annabelle Hammond, found this awesome caterpillar whilst managing some of the willow. It turned out to be a very rare species called the wi
22 August 2016
Water at Friends pool
Water levels are now back to normal on our Friends pool. This addition of water over the top of freshly rotivated mud will be a combination that birds will find hard to resist! Plenty of feeding opportunities for hungry travellers, it will be interestin
19 August 2016
House martin & swallow spectacle
The house martins and swallows have had a busy breeding season on the reserve this summer; but it's not over yet! Juveniles from early broods are now feeding on the wing alongside the adults. They can't roost in the nests as there is not enough room, so
18 August 2016