Your recent sightings at Newport Wetlands
Your recent sightings
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Favourites, dragonflies and a snake
Recent sightings from 14 to 20 September 2020 It was a very good week for some of the absolute favourites of our visitors. Up to three kingfishers were seen every day flying over the lagoons or perching on the reeds. Often you could also see them...
Posted 20 Sep 2020 by Stefan Z -
Kingfishers, bearded reedlings and a busy coastline
Recent sightings from 07 to 13 September 2020 Swallows were still seen flying over in big numbers with smaller flocks of house martins joining them. Along the hedgerows blackcap, bullfinch, chiffchaff and goldfinch were regulars and robin, blue an...
Posted 14 Sep 2020 by Stefan Z -
A regal visitor
Recent sightings from 31 August to 06 September 2020 It was another busy week at RSPB Newport Wetlands. Willow warblers, chiffchaffs, bullfinches and blackcaps remained regulars as did the green woodpecker. Buzzard, peregrine and sparrowhawk were...
Posted 07 Sep 2020 by Stefan Z -
Surprises on an early morning
Recent sightings from 24 to 30 August 2020 It was a week in which some of the songbirds burst into new life. The robin next to our welcome marquee treated us to several concerts and the Cetti’s warblers tried their best to outvoice not only the...
Posted 01 Sep 2020 by Stefan Z -
A wolf lurks among the wildflowers
The life of an insect is a harsh one, a story of hunt or be hunted. This is a story that plays out amongst the wildflowers at Newport Wetlands every day, right beneath our feet. A story that often goes unnoticed, except for those rare moments when...
Posted 26 Aug 2020 by Stefan Z -
Blown away
Recent sightings from 17 to 23 August 2020 It was another rather wild week at RSPB Newport Wetlands with heavy rain and stormy conditions. All week long you could still see the swallows preparing for their migration south and there were a few hous...
Posted 24 Aug 2020 by Stefan Z
