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Summer Round-up
Castle Espie Reserve Hatching of Black headed gulls slowed into June with 30 nests still to hatch from original 750. Gull chick survival was similar to 2011 in spite of the wet summer with one third of flocks made up of fledged young. Most had left
30 August 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 25th August have included: Estuary – 75 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1,500 Oystercatchers and 1 Black Tailed Godwit Limestone Lake – 3 Little Grebes, 3 Mallard, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Tufted duck Main Lake – 3 Little Egrets, 120 Black Heade
29 August 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 13 August have included Main Lake - 36 Greylags, 4 Coots, 2 tufted, 1 Gadwall, 1 shelduck and 1 lesser black backed gull and 51 Mallards. Wader Marsh the following sightings were noted 6 shelducks and 1 Greylag. Freshwater lagoon - 4 t
20 August 2012
Recent sightings
Sightings from the 28th July have included Main Lake - 1 Kingfisher, 6 Wigeon ducks, 220 Mallards, 22 Greylags, 20 Tufted ducks and 1 Little Grebe. Wader Marsh – 40 Oystercatchers, 25 Shelducks and 1 Greylag. Fresh Water Lagoon – 1 Common Sandp
31 July 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 28th July have included Main Lake - 1 Kingfisher, 6 Wigeon ducks, 220 Mallards, 22 Greylags, 20 Tufted ducks and 1 Little Grebe. Wader Marsh – 40 Oys [...]
31 July 2012
Recent sightings
Sightings from the 22nd July have included Main Lake - 3 shelducks, 1 little grebes, 30 tufted ducks, 3 wigeon ducks, 9 greylags, 190 mallards, 1 kingfisher. Estuary - 140 curlews, 150 black headed gulls, 2 common gulls, 1 common tern, 1 knot, 70 oysterca
25 July 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 22nd July have included Main Lake - 3 shelducks, 1 little grebes, 30 tufted ducks, 3 wigeon ducks, 9 greylags, 190 mallards, 1 kingfisher. Estuary - 140 curlews, 150 black h [...]
25 July 2012
Recent sightings
Reserve On the 15th July sightings on the main lake included 2 shelducks, 17 tufted ducks, 1 little grebe, 3 coots, 98 mallards. On the Limestone lake sightings included 1 little grebe with 4 young, 4 herons, 4 little Egrets and 1 kingfisher. Swallows
16 July 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 15th July sightings on the main lake included 2 shelducks, 17 tufted ducks, 1 little grebe, 3 coots, 98 mallards. On the Limestone lake sightings included 1 little g [...]
16 July 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 16 June a little grebe was spotted nesting on the limestone lake. On the wader marsh there were 6 Shelduck with young and 1 grey Heron. On the fresh water lagoon there were 6 godwal [...]
17 June 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve From the 5th June sightings on the main lake included 30 Tufted ducks, 3 Greylags, 3 Gadwalls, 1 Teal, 7 Mute Swans, 5 Shelducks. On the Limestone lake 2 Little Grebes were spotted. On the [...]
7 June 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 20th May sightings on the estuary included 350 oystercatchers, 2 grey plover, and 12 dunlin. Sightings on the saline lagoon included a pair of red breasted mergansers, 2 common tern [...]
20 May 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve As of the 12 May there were 700 oystercatcher with 120 black-tailed godwits on the wader marsh. On the main lake there were a pair of red-breasted merganser, a little grebe, 28 tufted [...]
15 May 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 8th May, due to an extremely high Spring tide a record number of oystercatchers (770) were sighted on the reserve. On the 5th May a male garganey was spotted on the main lake along [...]
10 May 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 22nd April a little grebe was sighted on the limestone lake. A family of mute swans has now taken up residency on the main lake along with 2 little grebes, 68 tufted duck [...]
22 April 2012