3+ Wheatear on P1, 2+ Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank (permit), Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Swift, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, 2+ Snipe (per eBird and WhatsApp)
Category Archives: April 25
29th April 2025
2 female Wheatears including one on Phase 1, Greenshank and Redshank (permit), 2+ Common Sandpiper, 8+ Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, 4+ Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe (per eBird and WhatsApp)
28th April 2025
Garden Warbler on Biker’s Field, female Cuckoo heard bubbling, 15+ Swift, 2 Green Sandpiper (permit), Greenshank and Redshank still (permit), 2 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail (per eBird and WhatsApp)
27th April 2025
Whinchat, 8+ Mediterranean Gull including 7 through together, Greenshank still (permit), 2+ Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank (permit), Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 20+ Swift, 2+ Snipe (per eBird and WhatsApp)
26th April 2025
Wood Sandpiper heard only near Phase 2 (permit only), male Ring Ouzel (permit only), 2+ Greenshank including one on Phase 1, 3+ Common Sandpiper, 30+ Swift, Hobby, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck, 3+ Snipe, Redshank (permit), 2+ Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Rook, Great Black-backed Gull (per eBird and WhatsApp)
25th April 2025
Greenshank still (permit), Wheatear, 20+ Swift, Yellow Wagtail through, 2+ Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Whitethroat (per eBird and WhatsApp)
24th April 2025
Little Tern on the North Lake first thing, Wood Sandpiper heard only SE corner (permit only), Greenshank still, 15+ Swift, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 3+ Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 3+ Yellow Wagtail through, Raven, 2+ Lesser Whitethroat, Rook, Great Crested Grebe (per eBird and WhatsApp)
23rd April 2025
dark phase Arctic Skua flew N, Wood Sandpiper circled Enclosed Lagoon (permit only), 2+ Common Swift (FOY) in and around the North Lake, Greenshank on Phase 2 and Redshank still (both permit only), 2+ Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, 3+ Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Snipe, 3+ Yellow Wagtail (per eBird and WhatsApp)
22nd April 2025
Yellow-browed Warbler heard in subsong/song along the western perimeter of the North Lake, along the permissive path, late morning – site’s first spring record; also Corn Bunting flew over vismig hide and dropped near South Lake (permit only); also Greenshank dropped in mid afternoon before flying N, Black Redstart (permit), 2+ Common Sandpiper, Redshank and Green Sandpiper still (permit), Raven, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Tawny Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Willow Warbler (per eBird and WhatsApp)
21st April 2025
2 Lesser Whitethroat and Nightingale reported, 2 Great Egrets SE, 2 Whinchat on P1, 8+ Wheatear, Mediterranean Gull through, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2+ Willow Warbler, 2 Great Crested Grebe (per eBird and WhatsApp)
20th April 2025
3+ Wheatear, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe, Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)
19th April 2025
Garden Warbler (FOY) and Hobby in vicinity of 100acre; also female Black Redstart still (permit only), 2 Whimbrel E, Marsh Harrier S, 3+ Wheatear, 2 Redshank still (permit), 3 LRP, 4+ Green Sandpiper, 2+ Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Rook, Mistle Thrush (per eBird and WhatsApp)
18th April 2025
Short-eared Owl flew N, before returning to North Lake late morning; also Grasshopper Warbler reeling in SE corner (permit), Curlew flew SE, Wheatear, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank still (permit), Green Sandpiper, Tawny Owl, 2+ Yellow Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher, 2 Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch (per eBird and WhatsApp)
17th April 2025
Hobby over South Lake early afternoon (FOY) and 2-3 Grasshopper Warblers all reeling; also 2+ Wheatear, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Redshank still (permit only), 37+ Whitethroat, 25+ Reed Warbler, 2+ Willow Warbler, 9+ Sedge Warbler, Great Crested Grebe, 10+ Sand Martin, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Mistle Thrush, Rook (per eBird and WhatsApp)
16th April 2025
2 Whinchat and Ring Ouzel still at the back of Phase 1, Nightingale singing parkside, female Redstart (permit only, SE corner), Wheatear, 2 Redshank still 100acre (permit only), 5+ Sand Martin, 10+ Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Green Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe (per eBird and WhatsApp)
