Wed 25th Feb 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

11:48  Brimstone along entrance road, maybe Spring is just round the corner.

12:10  Whitefront in with 6 Greylags just landed behind raised platform.

 

Tues 24th Feb 26

At last this morning it felt a bit like spring, and just to make the point we had our first butterfly of the year a Peacock in the feeding station.

The water levels across the mashes were very much lower today as was the number of birds, 2 Mute Swans, 15+ Greylag, 4 Canada Geese, c100 Teal, c50 Wigeon, 20+ Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 4 Grey Heron, lots of corvids was about it over the road.

Around the site a lot more birds were singing including Song Thrush and Blackbird, plus 4 Greenfinch around the Badger Sett.

From the hide: 2 Mute Swans, 50+ Greylags, 1 W F Goose, 6 Canada Geese, c100 Teal, 80 Shoveler, c30 Wigeon, 15 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, c40 Lapwing, 34 Curlew, 17 Avocet, 3 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Blk. T Godwit, 81 Blk H Gulls, 2 Com. Gulls, 1 Med Gull, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Muntjac Deer.  RJ/MO'H/TR/MR et.al.

 

Mon 23rd Feb 26

The sighting of the day was not a bird this morning but an Otter, a brief viewing in front of the hide, firstly it's back was seen in the open water, then it popped it's head out to investigate the apple on the raft put out for the Water Vole before dropping back under the water not to be seen again. Brilliant !!!

From the hide: 3 Mute Swans, 40+ Greylag, c600 Teal, c250 Wigeon, 108 Shoveler, 10+ Mallard, 5 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, c150 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Curlew, 1 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel. RJ/MO'H/TR/MR.

 

Sun 22nd Feb 26

Reports from today

Richard Jeffree

14:01 It's as you were today at the haven with 30+ Pintail and 6 Gadwall over the road, from the hide there was the usual 300+ each of Teal and Widgeon, + 50 Shoveller, 8 Shelduck and a Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 23 Curlew. On the raptor front there was 1 each of Peregrine, Buzzard, Red kite, Kestrel and a new young male Marsh Harrier.

 

Sat 21st Feb 26

Still lots of ducks & geese over the road that included 30+ Canada Geese, 30+ Greylags, hundreds of Teal & Wigeon, 60+ Pintail, 40+ Shoveler, and a few Mallard & Gadwall.

From the hide: 3 Mute Swans, 70+ Greylag, 1 W F Goose, c500 Teal, c200 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 2 Shelduck, c200 Lapwing, 13 Curlew, 4+ Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Peregrine, 1 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard. PL/RJ/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Matt Lonsdale

14:07 2 Egyptian Geese in Greylags behind scrape. 4 Purp Sands on boating club rocks. 2 Peregrine and 2 Mute Swan on arable. R T Diver offshore.

 

Fri 20th Feb 26

One White-f-Goose was with c100 Greylags on the marsh below the raised platform.

From the hide: 3 Mute Swans, 30+ Greylags, 10+ Canada Geese, 1 Egyptian Goose, c500 Teal, c250 Wigeon, c60 Shoveler, 10 Mallard, 6 Shelduck, 3 Gadwall, c30 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Buzzards, 2 Peregrine, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel. RJ/MO'H/MR

Both the Peregrine and the Red Kite managed to find a meal this morning

 

Thurs 19th Feb 26

The site year list hit 100 today with Goosander and Bar T Godwit during Graham's second seawatch of the week.

6 Purple Sands and a Rock Pipit were along the front first thing (RJ et.al.)

From the hide: 1 Mute Swan, 140+ Greylag, 10+ Canada Geese, 1 W F Goose, (all up on the arable), c500 Teal, c150 Wigeon, 60+ Shoveler, 10+ Mallard, 4 Shelduck, 2 Pintail, 1 Gadwall, c80 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe. RJ/MR  

Reports from today

Matt Lonsdale

09:56 11 Pintail on site today- Pair on flood right of hide and 9 over the road. 2 Black-wits also over the road. Ad Med Gull raised platform. 

Graham Sutton

10:05 Haven Shelter (0715 - 0915): C Scoter 1 N, Goosander 11N, Cormorant 223N 1S, RT Diver 8N, Bar-tailed Godwit 1N, Oystercatcher 1N, Med Gull 1N (ad).