Latest sightings

Recent sightings - 13th November

Recent sightings - 13th November

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. The WEBs count today revealed very interesting numbers for some wildfowl species such as Shelduck and Teal, whose numbers are increasing as the winter approaches, an

13 November 2016

Recent sightings - 8th November

Recent sightings - 8th November

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +3000, Oystercatcher +300, Curlew +50, Shelduck +300, Black-headed gull +30, Redshank +

8 November 2016

Recent sightings - 29th October

Recent sightings - 29th October

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +3000, Oystercatcher +200, Curlew 5, Shelduck +100, Black-headed gull 50, Redshank 20,

29 October 2016

Recent sightings - 21st October

Recent sightings - 21st October

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +2000, Oystercatcher 50, Curlew 1, Shelduck 50, Black-headed gull 30, Black-tailed godw

21 October 2016

Recent sightings - 16th October

Recent sightings - 16th October

The following sightings were recorded today by Maurice Turley and Toni Castello, warden, at mid tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory A thorough count today, as part of our WEBs counts work. The numbers of some win

16 October 2016

Recent sightings - 10th October

Recent sightings - 10th October

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +6000, Oystercatcher 20, Curlew 40, Little egret 3, Shelduck 20, Black-headed gull 20, B

10 October 2016

Recent sightings - 7th October

Recent sightings - 7th October

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +4000, getting ready for our Brent event this coming weekend! Oystercatcher 20, Curlew 1,

7 October 2016

Recent sightings - 2nd October

Recent sightings - 2nd October

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard 70, Tufted duck 13, Coot 2, Gadwall 1, Pintail 1, Common teal 30, Mute swan 1. Wadermarsh - visibl

2 October 2016

Recent sightings - 26th September

Recent sightings - 26th September

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard 70, Tufted duck 7, Coot 3, Gadwall 5. Wadermarsh - visible from Wadermarsh lookout and Brent H

26 September 2016

Recent sightings - 23rd September

Recent sightings - 23rd September

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +100, Tufted duck 5, Coot 5. A group of around 40 Common teal is being very regular at roost

23 September 2016

Recent sightings - 18th September

Recent sightings - 18th September

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory As days pass, we are getting more and more wintering birds, which in some cases appear in notable

18 September 2016

Recent sightings - 14th September

Recent sightings - 14th September

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +150, Tufted duck 5, Coot 3, Common teal 30, Black-headed gull 16. Wadermarsh - visible from

14 September 2016

Recent sightings - 9th September

Recent sightings - 9th September

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary – visible from Brent hide and Limekiln observatory An impressive juvenile Peregrine falcon was among the Brent this morning in Strangford Lough. Peregrines

9 September 2016

Recent sightings - 3rd September

Recent sightings - 3rd September

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary – visible from Brent hide and Limekiln observatory The Brent geese are back!! A group of around 50 birds were in Strangford Lough this morning. This is the s

3 September 2016

Recent sightings - 27th August

Recent sightings - 27th August

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at high tide. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +100, Tufted duck 13, Coot 2, Greylag 10 in the water + 36 in flight, Gadwall 1, Black-headed

27 August 2016