Singing, displaying & nest scraping start
Treecreeper sightings have increased in the wooded areas. Photo: Romney Turner March 1, 2018
The lapwing males are doing display flights over the Wet Grasslands area. Three sets of lapwing pairs seen on the wet grassland from the Lapwing hide – two of the pairs were nest scraping.
Singing around the site are:
Cetti’s warblers
Wren
Dunnocks
song thrushes
blackbirds
chaffinches
Onsite this week look for...
Along the pathways:
bullfinch (feeders)
water rail
long-tailed tits
Cetti’s warblers (singing)
wren (singing)
dunnocks (singing)
song thrushes (singing)
blackbirds (singing)
chaffinches (singing)
Woodland Loop
treecreepers
great spotted woodpecker (drumming)
goldfinch
blue tits (nest boxes)
coal tits
great tits
chaffinch
Lost Reedbed
Reedbeds
Water rail
Reed bunting
sparrowhawk
Lagoons Ramsar, Sand Martin & Scrape hides
teal
shoveler ducks
snipe
grey heron
tufted ducks
shelducks
little grebe
little egret
oystercatcher pair
gadwall
black-headed gull
Mediterranean gull
Wetlands Discovery
pochard ducks
tufted ducks
goldcrest
bullfinch
green woodpecker (ground)
Arun Riverlife
shelducks
tufted ducks
pochard
oystercatcher pair
water rail
grey wagtail
Wet Grasslands from Lapwing & Ramsar hides
snipe
teal
lapwing (males are displaying & nest scraping)