• A week of waders
    We've topped the charts with 20 different waders spotted on Burrowes pit this week. The list includes Oystercatcher, Avocet, Lapwing,Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover,Grey Plover, Turnstone, Curlew...
  • Sightings for this spring week...
    Once again we have that Friday feeling and many of us are looking forward to a weekend spent outdoors enjoying the spring sun on our faces! If you're thinking of heading down to the reserve, here's...
  • Shelduck chicks and other sightings this week
    The highlight this week has been a glossy ibis hanging around in the hayfields. Hobbies have also been showing well during the week. A great crested grebe is nesting in front of the visitor centre alongside...
  • This weeks sightings 8th - 12th February
    Hello! It's been fairly quiet here on the reserve today. Yesterday was a different story however! It was such a beautiful winters day - this was my view from the Visitor Centre window! There was no wind...
  • Bird sightings for the last few weeks
    It's been a good few weeks for waders! We've had 2 great white egrets hanging out on our reserve for a while, with them being spotted every day for about 2 weeks. A cattle egret (below) was seen in the...