A slightly more mild morning on the reserve, with a bit of cloud cover. Its our Christmas Fayre TODAY, 1-4pm. A great range of stalls will be here including knitwear, wildlife illustrations, woodwork, bird boxes & tables, soft furnishings, Fairtrade p
2 December 2017
Second frosty morning in a row! This brought a number of Pintail onto the Whooper Pond with nine birds present first thing. These have now dispersed but the three on the Flood Ground tend to stick around. Male Bulfinch once more down the Avenue near
29 November 2017
Good morning for a wander....Goldcrest, Fieldfare, Redwing and Long-tailed Tits are present in the Hawthorns down the Avenue. Due to their presence there was also a female Sparrowhawk perched up in one of the Sycamore trees first thing. The Water Rail
25 November 2017
It's a crisp and sunny morning on the reserve. Two Lesser Redpoll are feeding on Alders in the Peter Scott Trail. Also a Water Rail is under the feeders there and two male Bullfinches in the Avenue. Named Whooper Swan arrivals: YHS - Solway Siren ZHP - An
24 November 2017
Definitely a day to wear wellies if you are visiting! Murky start is not helping with the counts but the Wigeon especially are liking all the flooded fields. Approximately 300 birds both in Corner Field and Lochar field, still to spot an American with
22 November 2017
A wet start to the day with rain overnight, but this does not stop the birds. Two sparrowhawks each with prey were seen this morning on the way to Avenue Tower. At the Tower there were some great close up views of a few hundred barnacle geese (with
20 November 2017
A fantastic morning on the reserve and we were out at dawn to count Pink-footed Geese coming off the roost for the Icelandic Breeding Goose Census. The Pink-feet have headed inland to feed but there are plenty of Barnacle Geese in the fields this morning.
18 November 2017
What a change from yesterday morning, lovely start to the day! Avenue Tower is the place to be with 18 Little Egret, a mixed flock of over 1500 Golden Plover and Lapwing, plus Curlew, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit and Redshank. Three drake Pintail on t
16 November 2017
A misty start to the morning, but there is still plenty of wildlife around. 12 Twite were seen along the avenue this morning (image below). There was a lovely sight of a sparrowhawk flying between the trees down the avenue. Lots of fieldfare are also stil
15 November 2017
More Whoopers in again! The Whooper Pond is really starting to fill up and come alive with all the calling going on. Newfield was great yesterday afternoon with 23 Dunlin, 34 Curlew, 230 Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover and a Ruff. The Black-tailed Godwit r
11 November 2017
The Black-tailed Godwit are showing nicely on the Folly Pond currently with 61 individuals present. They tend to fly out to the Newfield to feed later on returning to Folly Pond at dusk. Some more new arrivals for the Whooper Swans this morning so ple
10 November 2017
Lovely start to the morning today and what a change from yesterday. Whooper swan numbers for the Swan feeds are now regularly up to 90 birds with the cold snap at the beginning of the week encouraging them in. A few more named birds are in so please s
9 November 2017
A very foggy start to the day which has made this update slightly more difficult than usual. Still a huge number of wildfowl around the site, with a Pintail on the Teal Pond a particular highlight this morning. The mist has now lifted so we should be able
8 November 2017
A ring tail Hen Harrier was seen this morning flying around the flood ground. Several Buzzards were also seen from Avenue Tower. This cold weather seems to be great for raptors. Fieldfare were heard along the avenue this morning, and a few Goldcrest were
3 November 2017
Male Hen Harrier was spotted quartering some of the fields next to Avenue Tower this morning. The past couple of days have been a bit of a raptor fest with regular sightings of Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Peregrine and Sparrowhawk. The Hybrid
1 November 2017