Todays Sightings
Sunny spells today which has lead to some very dramatic skies! lovely to sit in the main observatory and watch the hale pass and then followed by a fantastic sunny spell. Chiffchaffs are singing along the footpaths and avocets mating in front of the hides. Also a moorhen has chosen to next on the pond between the car park and the visitor centre so quietly look down off the bridge and you can watch her incubating her eggs.
The signs of spring are definitely here.
Todays sightings
Little grebe
Great-crested grebe
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Pintail
Shelduck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Tufted duck
Moorhen
Coot
Water rail
Avocet
Little ringed plover 4
Redshank
Lapwing
Black-tailed godwits 530
Snipe
Oystercatcher
Golden plover 300 Lady Fen
Dunlin 4
Cormorant
Grey heron
Little egret
Black-headed gull
Common gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Great black-backed gull
Crow
Rook
Jackdaw
Magpie
Woodpigeon
Stock dove
Collared dove
Pheasant
Red legged partridge
Kestrel
Buzzard
Marsh harrier
Sparrowhawk
Barn owl
Little owl – Lady Fen
Blackbird
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Starling
Great spotted woodpecker
Green woodpecker
Blue tit
Great tit
Long-tailed tit
Dunnock
Robin
Wren
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Reed bunting
Linnet
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Cetti’s warbler 10 singing
Chiffchaff
Swallow
Skylark
Meadow pipit
Pied wagtail
Also seen today
Peacock butterflies
Small tortoiseshell
