Your recent sightings at Conwy
Your recent sightings
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Autumn brings a few surprises
A strong contender for ‘bird of the month’ for September was the spotted crake present on 22/9, which put in regular appearances in front of the coffee shop throughout the afternoon (photo shows a bird seen previously). This was the fifth record f...
Posted 07 Oct 2018 by Tim Wallis -
Waders keep moving as summer draws to an end
Wood Sandpiper The most sought after bird over the past month was undoubtedly the wood sandpiper which stayed with us for 15 days from 8/8 to 23/8 and generally showed very well for visitors. Other main highlights were further visits from a great...
Posted 03 Sep 2018 by Tim Wallis -
Autumn wader passage gets under way
As we move further towards autumn, the presence of wading birds on the lagoons and estuary is becoming ever more noticeable with both greater variety and numbers. Green sandpipers are currently proving to be a highlight with up to four present sin...
Posted 01 Aug 2018 by Tim Wallis -
Channelling the spirit of '76.
The grass is brown and desiccated, the leaves on some of the trees curl and fall to the floor, and the media is drawing parallels with the summer of 1976. This is the heatwave of 2018. My memory of 1976 (I was five years old) was the huge number ...
Posted 15 Jul 2018 by julian hughes -
Nature: the next generation
We're less than two weeks away from midsummer and the reserve is full of life. Plants blooming, bees, flies and wasps are pollinating, dragonflies and butterflies are emerging, and birds are busy feeding youngsters. On the lagoons, coots , moorhen...
Posted 10 Jun 2018 by julian hughes -
It's baby bird time again!
Little grebe with chicks With the breeding season now well under way, the presence of young birds is highly evident around the reserve. The lagoons are a great place to look out for birds with their young, with at least five broods of coot , three...
Posted 25 May 2018 by Tim Wallis
Grid Reference: SH7977 (+2km)
- Black-tailed Godwit (6)
- 17 Nov 2018
- Goosander (0)
- 14 Nov 2018
- Red-breasted Merganser (5)
- 13 Nov 2018
- Greenshank (5)
- 13 Nov 2018
- Cetti's Warbler (0)
- 08 Nov 2018
- Kingfisher (1)
- 06 Nov 2018
- Rock Pipit (1)
- 06 Nov 2018
- Wigeon (6)
- 17 Nov 2018
- Gadwall (4)
- 17 Nov 2018
- Little Egret (1)
- 17 Nov 2018
