Recent Sightings 6th-13th August
Highlights: Avocet, Cattle Egret, Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Yellow-legged Gull
Marsh Scrapes
The Marsh Scrapes habitat has seen lots of action lately with the weekly count recording good numbers of commonly seen wading species: 570 Black-tailed Godwits, 96 Redshank, 47 Greenshank; visitors also sighted some rarer birds with a Spotted Redshank and a Ruff on Friday; whilst on Saturday a Avocet was seen here and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on Sunday.
Millennium Wetlands
On Wednesday a Marsh Harrier was seen flying over the woodland opposite the Canoe Safari; a Great White Egret was seen feeding with Little Egrets on the edges of Deep Water Lake on Monday; whilst a Cattle Egret was sighted from the Heron's Wing Hide on Friday; and juvenile Kingfishers are still frequently being sighted perching in front of the Sir Peter Scott Hide.
Work this week included our Wednesday volunteers donning chest waders and getting in the Reedbed channels to clear the encroaching vegetation, these reedbed channels offer refuge to wildlife such as wildfowl and it you are lucky enough you may be able to spot animals using or even crossing the channels.
