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Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
When the barn owls have young to feed, you could see them at any time of day as they scour the grassland for small voles and shrews to take back to their nest. |  |
Cetti's warblers are recent colonists of the UK. They are very often hard to see, but their 'explosive' song is unmistakable, once learned. |  |
Around 20 pairs of grey herons nest in the trees at Middleton Lakes. Activity at the heronry starts early in the year and continues through spring, when the young herons begin flying. |  |
In spring, lapwings come to the wet grasslands here to breed. Conditions have to be right for their chicks to be able to find food just after hatching. |  |
A warbler that returns from Africa in spring, the sedge warbler is easy to see because it 'pirouettes' up into the air from the tops of the bushes, singing its scratchy song as it goes. |  |