Sightings
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Select monthly bird sightings or annual bird/butterfly reports below:
Recent Sightings
19th - Cetti's Warbler, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff
17th - Kingfisher, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Egyptian Goose, 2+ Sand Martin, c.10 Swallow, c.30 House Martin, 3 Cetti's Warbler and on Stocker's Farm - 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Ringed Plover
15th - Little Ringed Plover (on Stockers Farm)
14th - Cuckoo (calling and seen briefly near causeway), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing) and on Stockers Farm - Oystercatcher, Yellow Wagtail
13th - Common Tern (flying over lake), Kingfisher (from Kingfisher hide), and on Stockers Farm - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper
11th - 2 Willow Warbler (singing), 2 Kingfisher (chasing), Wigeon, 7 Cetti's Warbler
8th - Great White Egret (seen in heronry from causeway, apparently flew north c11.30 hrs), Willow Warbler (singing), 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Kingfisher
4th - Red-crested Pochard (male), 3 Swallow (flying together), Blackcap (male, in shrubs near Shoveler Hide),
3rd - 2 Common Tern, Kingfisher, c4 Swallow, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Cetti's Warbler
1st - 3 Oystercatcher (seen circling overhead), 2 Blackcap
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