For information on June Sightings see list below:
Tindale Tarn
Trails
Visitor centre garden
Mute Swan***
Pheasant***
Stonechat*
Blackbird*
Canada Goose***
Black Grouse*
Whinchat**
Wren*
Greylag Goose**
Red Grouse*
Wheatear**
Dunnock*
Mallard***
Buzzard**
Song Thrush*
Robin**
Tufted Duck*
Kestrel*
Mistle Thrush**
Coal Tit*
Grey Heron*
Oystercatcher**
Grasshopper W*
Blue Tit***
Lapwing**
Lapwing***
Sedge Warbler***
Great Tit***
Lr Black-backed Gull**
Snipe*
Blackcap**
Chaffinch***
Black-headed Gull**
Curlew***
Willow Warbler***
Reed Bunting**
Common Gull***
Redshank**
Jackdaw***
Cuckoo**
Stock Dove***
Siskin*
Skylark***
Lesser Redpoll**
Meadow Pipit***
Tree Pipit*
*** Likely to be seen ** Good chance of seeing * Present but can be difficult
Recent Sightings
1 Jun - oldest known Whinchat in the UK nesting, almost 6 years old
23 May - Osprey at Tindale Tarn
17 May - Dunlin at Tindale Tarn
16 May - Red Kite
14 May - Osprey at Tindale Tarn
12 May - Marsh Harrier. Holly Blue butterfly, first record for the reserve
23 Apr - Whinchat first for year
20 Apr - Grasshopper Warbler first for year
19 Apr - Whitethroat
9 Apr - Sand Martin first for year
4 Apr - Osprey over Tindale Tarn
30 Mar - Red Kite
20 Mar - Wheatear first for year
Pink-footed Goose 25 flew west
25 Feb - Whooper Swan, 2 on Tindale Tarn
24 Feb - Ring-necked Duck on Tindale Tarn
Oystercatcher, first of year
14 Feb - Curlew 8 flying east, first of year Ring-necked Duck male back on Tindale Tarn
11 Feb - Little Egret third record for reserve
Mammals
Roe deer, Brown hare, Stoat
Reptiles
Adder
Butterflies
Orange Tip, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Green Hairstreak, Small Heath, Green-veined White