Your recent sightings at Parkgate
Your recent sightings
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Reserve round-up; week commencing 26 July
Recent sightings It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for both weather and sightings, with the scorching hot days followed with stormy conditions making venturing out onto the reserve quite challenging at times! Those who have come to visit ha...
Posted 29 Jul 2021 by Katie E -
Reserve round-up: week commencing 12 July
Recent Sightings What a fantastic month it’s been since our last reserve round-up blog. We have had some great fledgling numbers from the breeding season and in particular our waders did better than expected after the initial unfavourable weather ...
Posted 14 Jul 2021 by Megan B -
Reserve round-up: week commencing 14 June
After a soggy May, we’ve welcomed in June with wonderful sunshine and the reserve is bursting with swathes of lush green vegetation. The scrape is busy with avocet chicks quickly growing and feeding on the muddy edges of the islands, along with...
Posted 10 Jun 2021 by Katie E -
Reserve round-up: week commencing 17 May
Recent sightings What a wild couple of weeks we have had weather-wise! Huge amounts of rain have really tested the warden team with their closely managed water levels. Sleepless nights worrying if the nesting birds around the islands would make it...
Posted 29 May 2021 by Megan B -
Reserve round-up: week commencing 10 May
Recent Sightings With the height of spring here, the reserve feels at its best with bluebells in full bloom, avocet chicks hatching and lots of warblers singing. The weather has been keeping us on our toes with regular changes of blustery rain...
Posted 11 May 2021 by Katie E -
Early birding around Burton
Despite the traditional bank holiday weekend blip, we’ve enjoyed some unseasonably dry weather so far this spring. That’s not such good news for managing a wet grassland site like Burton Mere Wetlands for breeding waders, but it’s presented many...
Posted 03 May 2021 by Dan Trotman
