Your recent sightings at Conwy
Your recent sightings
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Winter birds continue to move in
The arrival of goldeneye on the reserve is always a sign that winter is just around the corner. We have a small number of these birds over-wintering here each year, and a female seen on 15/10 was the first of this winter (library photo by Ben Hall...
Posted 27 Nov 2021 by Tim Wallis -
Autumn migrants and winter arrivals
A mixture of autumn migrants passing through the reserve, along with winter birds arriving has resulted in a nice variety of bird species present over the last few weeks. Water rails have been particularly prominent with regular sightings of up to...
Posted 15 Oct 2021 by Tim Wallis -
Autumn migrants on the move
Autumn migration has brought a good variety of birds to the reserve over the past few weeks, with some of the main highlights including an adult black tern which appeared briefly over the deep lagoon on 29/8 and up to two garganey , at least one o...
Posted 12 Sep 2021 by Tim Wallis -
Wader numbers increase as autumn migration gets underway
The number and variety of wading birds has been steadily increasing over the last few weeks as autumn migration picks up and we see many birds moving back southwards and dispersing away from their breeding grounds. Four avocets on 2/7 were a...
Posted 01 Aug 2021 by Tim Wallis -
Great whites return!
Great white egrets have made a recent reappearance on the reserve, almost exactly a year after they started to arrive last year (photo of two of last years birds by Mel Hughes). This time, at least four arrived at once on 24/6 and most of these se...
Posted 02 Jul 2021 by Tim Wallis -
Nightjar takes a nap - on a heron!
It’s been a busy few weeks with numerous interesting sightings for the reserve, but undoubtedly the highlight has to be a nightjar which was present on 22/5, the first record of this species here. Being nocturnal, the bird spent most of the day...
Posted 23 May 2021 by Tim Wallis
