Your recent sightings at Blacktoft Sands
Your recent sightings
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Mid May Breeding season bittern bonanza
It really is that time of year again when all the birds are in full breeding season flow as the early breeders fledge young and others are getting ready to hatch theirs. It seems that migration is subdued as the season of bountiful plenty dominate...
Posted 23 May 2019 by Pete Short -
Mid May highlights
Been a week of changes here at Blacktoft and it's going to be a quick blog. With the last few summer migrants turning up, singing warblers are on very good form. ! was very pleased to hear three grasshopper warblers from Singleton hide on Tuesday...
Posted 17 May 2019 by Mike Pilsworth -
The rain will bring em down!
As my brother and also my partner Masha know I tend to have a saying 'the rain i'll bring em down', that is the passage migrants! And its true, I've seen it time and time again that heavy rain and wind in the right direction will always bring...
Posted 09 May 2019 by Pete Short -
May just keeps on giving..............
Its certainly been a fantastic spring here on the Sands with some great birding and wildlife watching just continuing on and on , it really seems to change day in day out with you never really knowing what will be about! Apologies too for the late...
Posted 07 May 2019 by Pete Short -
Mrs Mont's is back!
Amazing news from yesterday that for the sixth year running our amazing and faithful Montagu's harrier is back on site and showing from reception down to Singleton hide. There has been no male bird for the last two years so lets hope that 2019 bri...
Posted 01 May 2019 by Pete Short -
Spring Rouzel
Its been a long time since we had a spring ring ouzel on the reserve (only one other in the last 20 years!) so it has been particularly nice to have a bird arrive and stay at Ousefleet for the past couple of days showing at times particularly well...
Posted 25 Apr 2019 by Pete Short
Grid Reference: SE8423 (+2km)
- Water Rail (1)
- 22 May 2019
- Avocet (24)
- 22 May 2019
- Cetti's Warbler (5)
- 22 May 2019
- Tree Sparrow (0)
- 22 May 2019
- Little Gull (1)
- 19 May 2019
- Common Sandpiper (1)
- 17 May 2019
- Pink-footed Goose (1)
- 13 May 2019
- Bar-tailed Godwit (20)
- 13 May 2019
- Shelduck (5)
- 22 May 2019
- Shoveler (2)
- 22 May 2019
