Latest sightings
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 2 Whimbrel - 1 (Lady Fen) Greenshank Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank PeregrineHobby Sedge warbler Water vole on the front pond Caught on the small mammal survey this morning: Water shrew Bank vole Field vole Wood mouse
21 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lyle hide Peregrine - 1 Avocet - 50 Gadwall Wigeon Visitor centre pond Water vole - 1
20 April 2014
Great white egret
Great white egret - 2 (feeding between Reedbed hide and Nelson-Lyle hide)
17 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Main hide Marsh harrier - 1 (female, hunting along the reeds) Little ringed plover - 1 Avocet - 10 Redshank - 6 Lady Fen Yellow wagtail Lapwing and chicks Shelduck
16 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Water vole - 1 (possibly 2) on the pond between the visitor centre and the car park, sat in the reeds on a fresh reed platform! Lady Fen Yellow wagtail - 3 Lapwing chicks Pond dipping stations With this spring being warmer than last year we are already se
15 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Greenshank - 1 Some additional sightings from yesterday:- Black-tailed godwit - 2500 Avocet -54 Dunlin - 20 Little ringed plover - 3 pairs Ringed plover - 2 Sedge warbler - 1 Willow warbler - 1 Yellow wagtail - 1 Buzzard - 1
11 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Reedbed hide Willow warbler Main hide Greenshank - 1 Visitor centre ponds Sedge warbler - 1 Little grebe - 1
10 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Spotted redshank - 1 Dunlin - 78 Black-tailed godwits - 600 Swallow - 1 Yellow wagtail - 2 (the first of the year) Little ringed plover - 4 Snipe - 2 Black-tailed godwits wickering Crane calling Teal - 2080 Wigeon - 200 Shoveler - 25 Pintail - 20 Gadwall
9 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Little ringed plover - 2 Snipe Avocet Redshank Lapwing Wigeon Tufted duck Teal Shoveler Gadwall Shelduck
6 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Little ringed plover - 4 Black-tailed godwit Avocet Lapwing Redshank Garganey Gadwall Wigeon Pintail Teal Shoveler Tufted Duck Little egret
5 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Peregrine - 1 Stoat - 1 on Lady Fen and near the visitor centre
2 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 1 (Reedbed hide) Little ringed plover - 3 Ruff Dunlin Gadwall Wigeon
31 March 2014
Out on the reserve today
Redshank Main observatory Little ringed plover - 2 Avocet - 12 Oystercatcher - 4 Redshank Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Gadwall Wigeon Shoveler Tufted duck Shelduck Shelduck
29 March 2014
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 1 (favouring the ditches in front of Nelson-Lyle hide) Main observatory Little ringed plover - 1 Bewick's swan - 1 (briefly at lunchtime) Lyle hide Goldeneye - 2 Pintail - 28 Little grebe - 1 Great crested grebe - 6 Throughout the whol
27 March 2014
Out on the reserve today
Avocet Main observatory Avocet - 40 (most of them were in a huddle, but some pairs came as close as the front island on the lagoon, whilst feeding) Redshank Ruff Oystercatcher Lapwing Teal Wigeon Shoveler Mallard Litt
26 March 2014