• Recent sightings 21.3.2022-1.4.2022 Sunshine, Snow and Snakes!
    Image Credit: Andrew Quittelier As we welcome in April, some very exciting changes have happened in our visitor centre. We have a calm and relaxing new style to our café to recover and ponder your days...
  • Bittern sightings are booming!
    Recent sightings from 26 to 29 May 2018 The bittern delighted staff and visitors alike with many sightings in the last few days. It was regularly seen flying from one end of the reserve to the other...
  • Booming bitterns and baby birds
    Recent Sightings from 3rd to 9th May 2021 International Dawn Chorus Day last Sunday was a beautiful day full of birdsong at Newport Wetlands and so it has continued through this week. The more familiar...
  • Recent Sightings 2.5.22 - bumblebees, booming and babies
    The past week or two have really been the fulfilment of Spring. The air has been full of song from our year-round birds and from our newly arrived migrants. We’ve been listening to the earlier migrants...
  • Recent sightings 25 March to 1 April
    Things are getting louder! Spring is a time for new sightings but also new sounds. The familiar sound of the Cetti’s Warbler has been ever increasing, even with the visitor centre doors shut they can...