Latest sightings
Today's Sightings
Main Observatory:- Wood sandpiper Common sandpiper Green sandpipers Hobby Sparrowhawk Marsh harrier Peregrine Lady Fen:- Ruff-5 Redshank Lapwing Snipe-15 Lots of Painted ladies Migrant Hawker
7 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Lady Fen:- Ruff Snipe Redshank Green sandpiper Little egret -26 Main Observatory:- Wood sandpiper Green sandpiper-3 Common sandpiper Kingfisher Common tern Mallard with new ducklings Hobby Peregrine nearly caught a kingfisher Ruff-5 Whooper swan and 2 cyg
6 August 2016
Little stint & other highlights
Little stint Little stint - 1 (on Lady Fen easily viewed from cafe) Garganey - 2 in eclipse on main lagoon Green sandpiper - up to 6 on main lagoon Yellow wagtail - 10 + on main lagoon Dunlin - 1 Ruff - 10 Snipe - at
5 August 2016
Todays Sightings
Wood Sandpiper (last night, main observatory) Whooper Swans- Cygnets Little Egret Common Tern Lapwing Redshank Ruff Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Black tailed Godwits Dunlin
3 August 2016
Todays sightings
Wood sandpiper Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Greenshank Dunlin Ruff Snipe Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank Lapwing Shelduck Teal Shoveler Gadwall Mallard Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Sedge warbler Reed warbler Reed bunting Tree sparrow Sand martin Ho
1 August 2016
Today's sightings
Green sandpiper - 1 Dunlin - 2 Ruff - 8 Snipe Black-tailed godwit Redshank Lapwing Little egret Shoveler Gadwall Mallard
29 July 2016
Todays Sightings
Ruff x 5 Lady Fen Green Sandpiper x 2 Main Obs Kingfisher x2 Reedbed Hide Red Kite Marsh Harrier Hobby
19 July 2016
Today's highlights
Quail - 3 Little egret - 40+ on Lady Fen
18 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Little egrets-50+ on Lady Fen until Peregrine flew through Great spotted woodpecker Common tern Tree sparrow feeding juv under feeders Dunlin- Lyle hide Ruff of various colours-4 Greenshank Cuckoos-5 adults and juv on power lines over Summer walk Green s
17 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Little egret-15 Whooper swans-10 + 2 cygnets Avocet-17 Green sandpiper-3 Redshank-5 Oyster catcher-3 Curlew-1 Black-tailed godwit-14 Common tern-4 at Friends hide Marsh harrier-female, carrying lunch Newly hatched Moorhen chicks-4 A family of 4 Water shre
16 July 2016
Today's highlights
Green sandpiper - 1 (main hide) Avocet Redshank Lapwing Wigeon Shelduck House martin Swallow Barn owl Moths collected in the light station last night: Large yellow underwing - 1 Magpie - 2 Ringed China-mark - 1 Small angle shades - 1 Spectacle - 2 Common
13 July 2016
Today's highlights
Green sandpiper - 4 (main hide) Avocet Lapwing Greenshank - 1 (viewed from the road South of the centre at Hobby Cottage) Dunlin - 1 (viewed from the road South of the centre at Hobby Cottage) Whooper swan pair with 2 cygnets Shoveler Mallard Swift House
11 July 2016
Today's highlights
Pectoral sandpiper - 1 (Bank Farm viewed near Hobby Cottage) Green sandpiper - 3 main lagoon Spoonbill - 1 flew South Cuckoo calling Avocet & juveniles Redshank & juveniles Oystercatcher Lapwing Shelduck & juveniles Whitethroat Reed warbler Se
10 July 2016
Today's highlights
Quail - heard singing near Nelson-Lyle hide Hobby Kingfisher Green sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Little ringed plover Snipe Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Lapwing Cuckoo Cetti's warbler Sedge warbler Reed warbler Whitethroat Wren Gadwall & ducklings Sh
9 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Quail heard singing at Reedbed hide, Main Observatory and Friends hide Green sandpiper-Main Obs Greenshank Yellow wagtail Lapwing Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Sparrowhawk Redshank Black-tailed godwit-Lady Fen Little egret Avocet chicks-14 at Lyle hi
8 July 2016