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Wildlife sightings for 10th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 10th May 2016

1 Whimbrel - main lake 7 Godwit sp. - flew NE 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 6 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 15 Swift - main lake 4 Swallow - main lake 1 Kestrel - hunting around the entrance lake 4 Willow W

10 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2016

1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 6 Redshank - marsh and scrape 1 Whitethroat - singing near sand martin bank   Also: 1 Hairy Dragonfly - at the centre   May bird highlights: Shelduck, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, C

9 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 8th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 8th May 2016

1 Common Tern - main lake 97 Black-headed Gull - main lake, scrape, resr lagoon 134 Herring Gull - mostly main lake 1 Wheatear (female) - marsh bridge 5 Swallow - flew NW 1 Kingfisher - south route 16 Swift - over main lake 2 Whitethroat - scrape, sout

8 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2016

2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Dunlin - wader scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - flew across South route and onto the main lake 1 Redstart - wildside 1 Spotted flycatcher - wildside 5 Swift - over main lake 1 Garden warbler - shelt

7 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2016

2 Dunlin - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 7 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 3 Common Tern - main lake 2 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 2 Whitethroat - South route, wader scrape ba

6 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2016

3 Yellow Wagtail - 2 flew NW, 1 on the marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon, scrape 2 Whitethroat - south route/overflow car park, sheltered lagoon 1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 6 Redshank - marsh, scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Litt

5 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2016

1 Black Redstart - (male) hedgerow between sheltered lagoon and main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 1 Kingfisher - south route 2 Wheatear - marsh 1 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 2 Whinchat - marsh April bird

4 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2016

2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Kingfisher - main lake 2 Wheatear - grazing marsh close to Wildside hide 30 Swift - main lake 2 Swallow - main lake 15 House Martin - main lake 2 Willow warbler - South route, sheltered lagoon April bird highlights: Shelduck

3 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2016

1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 6 Redshank - scrape 1 Kingfisher - entrance lake, then flew down south route 2 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 3 Wheatear - a pair in the SW corner of marsh, and a male seen on a roof by the courtyard 1 Lesser Whitethroat

2 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 1st May 2016

Wildlife sightings for 1st May 2016

2 Shelduck - scrape 1 Little Egret - marsh 4+ Common Sandpiper - seen in several locations, though not at the same time - main lake, scrape, reservoir lagoon, marsh (3) 2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh and main lake 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Iceland Gull

1 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2016

Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2016

3 Arctic Tern - flew W (feeding briefly on main lake) 2 Common Tern - main lake islands 1 Pheasant - sheltered lagoon 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew N 3 Swift 4 Garden Warbler - wildside + south route 1 Kingfisher - entrance lake, south route, sheltered lagoon

30 April 2016
Wildlife sightings for 29th April 2016

Wildlife sightings for 29th April 2016

1 Sanderling - main lake p.m. 2 Common Sandpiper - main lake, scrape 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 8 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 1 Pheasant - south route 3 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 3 Wheatear

29 April 2016
Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2016

Wildlife sightings for 28th April 2016

1 Whimbrel - marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 8 Redshank - marsh and scrape 1 Pheasant (male) - world wetlands 'Tundra' exhibit 1 Barnacle Goose - paired with a Greylag Goose on the marsh 4 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 1 Redstart (female) - wader scrape hi

28 April 2016
Wildlife sightings for 27th April 2016

Wildlife sightings for 27th April 2016

3 Common Tern - 2 flew W, 1 on main lake near observatory 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 8 Redshank - marsh and scrape 1 Brambling (male) - south route bird feeders 6 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 3 Swallow - marsh 1 Whitethroat -

27 April 2016
Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2016

Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2016

1 Caspian Gull 2nd yr - main lake 1 Whimbrel - grazing marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Yellow Wagtail - around cattle in NE corner field 2 Willow Warbler - both singing South route, sheltered lagoon 2 Sedge Wa

26 April 2016