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A few snipe in front of Nettley's hide this morning were good value - some roosting, some feeding and at least one having a good stretch, scractch and preen. And all of them of course looked very beautiful and stripey in the sunshine. About 20 wigeon were amongst the teal and mallard, the most I've...

Decent selection of passage waders now arriving on the brooks - greenshank, spotted redshank (thanks to Graham for photo), little ringed plover, snipe, green sandpiper, common sandpiper and black-tailed godwit present today. There were 2 or 3 garganey amongst the flocks of mallard and teal on the north...

Fantastic warm spring day here yesterday - an adult night heron was found by a visitor at about 10.30 and it then appeared on the north brooks a few times, though elusive. There was also a redstart singing on the southern edge of the heath and a spotted flycathcer singing (well, faintly squeaking) from...

It was cool and felt like autumn this morning and the birds rather reinforced this - 5 black-tailed godwits and at least 8 green sandpipers on the north brooks were no doubt heading south. Plenty lapwings, ca. 130 greylags geese, a few teal, shelduck, mallard and mandarin also present. Large numbers...

The first wigeon of the autumn have arrived - about 30 were on the north brooks this morning. Numerous teal, mallard, lawping, greylag geese and canada geese were also present. Blackcaps, whitethroats, chiffchaffs and spotted flycatchers could be found in the scrub along the trail.3 or 4 redstarts were...