• Osprey Overhead
    Mersehead Recent Sightings 24 th – 30 th March Spring migrants have been arriving at Mersehead this week with our first singing Chiffchaff of the year recorded on Rainbow Lane yesterday. Sand Martin...
  • Mersehead Recent Sightings: 20th - 26th February
    This week the penultimate WeBS count was completed on the reserve. We recorded at total of 3733 Barnacle Geese , 31 Shelduck , 102 Wigeon , 4 Gadwall , 317 Teal , 7 Mallard , 50 Pintail , 57 Shoveler...
  • An event-full week at Mersehead
    Mersehead Recent Sightings: 12 th - 18 th October 2019 The magic of bird migration continues to thrill us here at Mersehead. This week saw more winter visitors arrive, including the first sightings...
  • Migration Magic
    Mersehead Recent Sightings 5 th - 11 th October It was another wet start to the week with the reserve entrance road again flooding on Saturday and meaning wellies were still an essential requirement...
  • recent sightings by Colin Bartholomew
    Photo By D Beaumont A birds eye view of parts of Mersehead, as we wait for the first of our summer visitors to arrive this is probably what they see on arrival! Speaking of which things do appear...