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Today's Highlights
Common Tern Little egret Great egret Kingfisher Great black-backed gull Black-headed gull Mallard Pochard Tufted duck Gadwall Wigeon Shoveler Mute swan and cygnets Whooper swan Coot Moorhen Swift House martin Sand martin Swallow Cormorant Grey heron Meado
13 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Common Tern Redshank Shelduck Shoveler and ducklings Mallard Moorhen and chicks Little Egret Lapwing Avocet Cuckoo Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover Whitethroat Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Oystercatcher Gadwall Teal Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwi
10 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Ruff (males in various colours of breeding plumage) Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Shoveler and ducklings Cuckoo Yellow wagtail Tree sparrow Great white egret Little egret
9 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts-3 on Lady Fen Avocet Lapwing Great white egret Little egret Coot Moorhen and chicks Redshank Shoveler Shelduck Sedge warbler x lots Goldfinch Tree sparrow Cuckoo x 2 at Lyle hide Linnet Greenshank-Reedbed hide Common sandpiper Whitethr
7 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts Yellow wagtail Sedge warbler Little egret Great white egret Grey heron Marsh harrier Kestrel Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Swallow House martin Tree sparrow Cetti's warbler Pied wagtail Green woodpecker Cormorant Coot Moorhen La
6 May 2017
Sightings for Friday 5th May
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Egyptian goose Gadwall Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Great white egret Little egret Grey heron Avocet Bar-tailed godwit Black-tailed godwit Black-winged stilt Common sandpiper Dunlin Greenshank Lapwing Lit
5 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilt Black-winged stilt - 2 - Lady Fen Ruff - 40 males in breeding plumage and females present Dunlin Greenshank - 7 flying North Grey plover - 1 Friends hide Great white egret between Main hide & Re
3 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts-2 males, 1 female on Lady Fen Little ringed plover Grey plover Common tern Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Avocet Reed warbler Little egret Great white egret Redshank Gadwall Tufted duck Lapwing Tree sparrow Greylag geese Garganey Marsh harr
1 May 2017
Sightings Saturday 29th April
Wonderful bright start to the day with Cranes heard calling on Lady fen. Black-winged stilt on Lady fen this morning (Photo Clive Baker) All hides apart from Allport hide are open Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Canada goose Greylag goose Gadwall
29 April 2017
Today's Sightings
Wheatear Great white egret Shelduck Avocet Lapwing & chicks Redshank Black-tailed godwit Ruff Dunlin Egyptian goose Buzzard Swift Tufted duck Kestrel Shoveler Reed bunting Tree sparrow Moorhen & chicks Coot & chicks Whitethroat Marsh harrier C
28 April 2017
Today's Highlights
Wheatear by Bob Ellis Little Egret Great White Egret Avocet Shelduck Lapwing Redshank Black-Tailed Godwit Little Ringed Plover House Martin Swallow Marsh Harrier Shoveler Teal Gadwall Pochard Mallard Wigeon Tufted Duc
25 April 2017
Today's Highlights
Avocets mating Garganey - male at Friends hide Sandwich Tern Swallow Swift House martin Whitethroat Cetti’s warbler Blackcap Reed warbler Sedge warbler Black-tailed godwit Moorhen + chicks Lapwing + chicks Coot + ch
24 April 2017
Today's Highlights
Ring ouzel - Lyle hide Swifts-2 at Friends hide Swallows House martin Whitethroat Cetti's warbler Reed warblers Sedge warblers Black-tailed godwit-60 Bar-tailed godwit Dunlin-24 Moorhen + chicks Lapwing + chicks Coot + chicks Avocet Cormorant Oystercatche
23 April 2017
Today's Highlights
Ring ouzel - Lyle hide Cetti's warbler Sedge warbler-x lots Reed bunting Skylark House sparrow Tree sparrow Goldfinch Blackbird Whitethroat Pied wagtail House martin Swallow Black-tailed godwit Bar-tailed godwit Redshank Greenshank Avocet Snipe Lapwing Li
22 April 2017
Sightings Friday 21st April
Bar-tailed godwit and redshank Spring birds arriving all the time now as migration is well under way. All hides apart from Allport remain open. Sightings today: Bar-tailed godwit Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose G
21 April 2017