31st December 2017 Mostly overcast, south-westerly wind. The drake Mandarin was again on Railway Pool and yesterday’s Green Sandpiper was feeding either on the river or on the floods between the north end of Car Park Pool

Work Party Dates: 9th December 2017 – 2 pm 6th January 2017 – 2 pm 10th February 2017 – 2 pm 10th March 2017 – 2 pm Ringing Recovery The second excellent ringing recovery in as many days

  Work Party Dates November 11th – 2pm December 9th – 2 pm 31st October 2017 Sunny intervals, remaining mostly mild. There were two Dunlin today and Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail both showed well in the recently cleared

Notices / Updates 5th September – photograph added. 6th September – final paragraph added. 5th September – final paragraph added. Lost Property (Found): Man’s cap brown with embroidered eagle on front. Childs Clarks navy boot with kitty on

Notices / Updates 30th and 31st August – photographs added 28th August – new final paragraph added 28th August – final paragraph added and photographs added. 15th August – Photographs added and detail on Red-veined Darter amended. 10th

Work Party Dates: August 9th – 6 pm September 6th – 6pm Updates I have omitted to mention that a brood of nine Shoveler ducklings were seen with a female in the north causeway bay on the 12th

  Updates: Photograph added to 27th June. Photographs added to 17th June. New records and photographs added to the 7th June. New records added to the 4th and 5th June. Courtesy of Ben Dolan and the Brewood Ringing

Updates: Photographs added 25th May 2017 Photograph added 21st May 2017 Photographs added to 14th May 2017. Updated record for 12th May added. Photograph added to 27th April 2017 and text update to 27th, 27th and 28th April.

  Work Party Dates: 9th May 2017 – 6 p.m. 6th June 2017 – 6 p.m. Updates: See new photograph added 31st March 2017. Updates added to 26th, 27th (plus photograph) and 28th April. 30th April 2017 Sunny,

Updates: See new photographs added under the 4th March 2017. See new photograph added 31st March 2017. 31st March 2017 Heavy rain showers early on, clearing, sunny, mild south-westerly wind. In the rain just after first light there

 Work Party Dates: 18th March 2017 – 2 p.m. 15th April 2017 – 2 p.m. 9th May 2017 – 6 p.m. 6th June 2017 – 6 p.m. Updates: See Stonechat photograph added under 7th January 2017. 28 February

Wishing all our members a very Happy New Year! Work Party Dates: 18th February 2017 – 2 p.m. 18th March 2017 – 2 p.m. 15th April 2017 – 2 p.m. 31st January 2017 Drizzly, mild. Within the crop field

Wishing all our members and visitors to this site a very happy Christmas and New Year 31st December 2016 Misty start, occasional sunny intervals p.m., south-westerly wind. The year ended in fine style with another record count, this

Work Party Dates: 17th December 2016 – 2 p.m. 21st January 2017 – 2 p.m. 18th February 2017 – 2 p.m. Update: Late news for the 4th,  two Water Pipits were seen and photographed by Car Park Hide –

Update: I am having a catch-up on a few pieces of information that have been supplied to me and upon which I have been remiss in adding to the Website. These are: Graham Rowling found a dead Barn

30th September 2016 Mostly sunny, west south-westerly wind. There was again good visible migration this morning with birds going through in reasonable numbers for much of the morning. In a count from 8.30 to 9.10 a.m., the following

Note:   A Goldfinch, D788283, ringed at a Marsh Lane Reserve feeder on the 28th December 2013 was found dead at Birchfield, Hope, Derbyshire (SK1784) on the 26th May 2016.  Thank you to David Stone for the information. 31st

31 July 2016 – Mostly sunny, westerly. Both Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper were either present or heard going over today with a single Little Egret amongst a few Black-headed Gulls on the gravel spit in front of

Work party 15 June 2016 – 6 p.m. Members notice Scott Hackett and Glen Giles are running a month night on the 11th June 2016. This event will go ahead, whatever the weather and members and their guests are welcome to

Members notice Scott Hackett and Glen Giles are running a moth night on the 11th June 2016. This event will go ahead, whatever the weather and members and their guests are welcome to attend (members free – guest charge £3

Update: The colour-ringed Redshank that was present at Marsh Lane on a number of dates between the 19th March and 29th April was ringed as an adult on Thorny Island, Chichester Harbour, West Sussex, on the 17th October