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Woolston Eyes Monthly Sightings

2025-06-01

As summer arrives, we say goodbye to what has been an outstanding spring at Woolston Eyes. The good weather and frequent easterly winds have brought in an exceptional variety of migrants, bringing our year list up to 149 species already. It also looks like being our best ever year for breeding Black-necked Grebes, with around 30 pairs nesting and at least four broods already appearing on No.4 bed. Other broods have included our first of Pochard and Shelduck, hopefully with plenty more to come. A nice bonus has been the arrival of several Cuckoos, appearing on both Nos.3 and 4 beds, while two drake Garganey have been daily sightings in front of the Morgan Hide. The following link is to a short video showing the Garganey plus a few other species. https://youtu.be/5_ooxFdYLRI Cheers David

Submitted by: David Bowman