Your recent sightings at Minsmere
Your recent sightings
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Lingering summer
After a year of strange and varied weather - something we'll have to get used to in our changing climate - it's been lovely to enjoy some warm sunny weather this week. Even on Tuesday, when the rest of eastern England was soaked in torrential rain...
Posted 17 Sep 2021 by Ian Barthorpe -
Busy wildlife, busy wardens
The Scrape continues to attract an excellent variety of migrant waders, although numbers of many species are declining as the autumn progresses. Good numbers of avocets remain (they've often all gone by September), and up to 200 black-tailed godwi...
Posted 10 Sep 2021 by Ian Barthorpe -
Wildlife galore
Earlier in the week I focussed on waders in my last blog . Today is a chance to look at some of the other amazing wildlife that is on show at the moment. Pride of place probably goes to this stunning female adder that has been seen along the North...
Posted 04 Sep 2021 by Ian Barthorpe -
Wader-ful Scrape
After an excellent summer for wader migration, it's great to see that there's still a wonderful selection of waders feeding on the Scrape. Most are refuelling on the long journey south, from the Arctic to West Africa, though the lapwings and snipe...
Posted 31 Aug 2021 by Ian Barthorpe -
Carnivorous plants and visitors from afar
Firstly an apology that there haven't been any sightings updates for three weeks, while I was enjoying a much needed family break and catching up on some admin on my return. Of course, there have been plenty of sightings in that time, including a...
Posted 20 Aug 2021 by Ian Barthorpe -
A tern up for the books
There have been some pretty impressive counts of terns on the Scrape this week, including an incredible 350+ common terns and about 50 little terns. Many of these will be birds that have finished breeding (or failed) elsewhere and have moved here ...
Posted 30 Jul 2021 by Ian Barthorpe