Up-to-date Wildlife Sightings


This web page is designed to provide current information (see date below) on wildlife sightings at Baron’s Haugh RSPB reserve.  This information will normally be gathered by members of Hamilton RSPB group and other visitors to the Haugh.                                              

If you have any interesting sightings to contribute, please click here. These sightings updated 18/8/08 

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Hobby

Area 2

This bird was watched for half an hour yesterday catching dragonflies over the river. The last Hobby stayed around for a week!- so keep watching….

7 Black-tailed Godwits

Causeway Hide

 

 

 

 

Greenshank

Causeway Hide

 

500 lapwings

Marsh Hide

Flock building and often attacked by Peregrine

Kingfisher

Areas 2 and 3

Several sightings today

Peregrine

Area 2

Seen at the same time as the Hobby…..

Water Rail

Marsh Hide

in marsh area in front of hide every day

Sparrowhawks

Area

Several seen lately

2 Dunlin

Causeway Hide

 

1 Green Sandpiper

From Marsh Hide

Enjoying the new low levels of mud

Fox

Phoenix Hide

This fox was hunting along the edge opposite the hide – check the inside corner water-edge from the Causeway Hide

20 Snipe

 

 

Comma

Path to Marsh Hide

seen lately – any other reports welcome

Im Goosanders

Area 4

These photographed in heavy rain

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