World Migratory Bird Day
This weekend is World Migratory Bird Day it is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats.
Highlights today include:
Great white egret - flew past the main observatory
110 swifts over Churchman's wood (seen from Reedbed hide)
58 avocets
2 pied wagtail nests (1 on the bridge and 1 in Lyle hide)
2 little ringed plovers (main observatory)
10 house martin nests
Garganey - Lyle Hide
