Birds

Here you will find information about birds on the reserve.

Waterfowl Count December 2011

Waterfowl Count December 2011

Our monthly waterfowl figures for December 2011. Click through to see the numbers of species in each area of the reserve.

Recent Bird Sightings

Recent Bird Sightings

Please send records of any sightings to: tim@rutlandwater.org.uk or follow me on twitter @rutlandbirds for quick up dates.

Waterfowl Count November 2011

Waterfowl Count November 2011

Our monthly waterfowl figures for November 2011. Click through to see the numbers of species in each area of the reserve.

Drake Gadwall

Another Record Wildfowl Count

To hear more about these record numbers make sure you tune in to Sally Pepper Goes Wild on BBC East Midlands Today at 6:30pm tomorrow (Thursday) evening.

male Gadwall

Record-breaking Ducks

If you have visited the reserve recently the chances are you will have seen a duck or two. Our bleary-eyed WeBS volunteers recorded an incredible 27701 ducks on the October wildfowl count – a record for the reserve.

Waterfowl Count October 2011

Waterfowl Count October 2011

Our monthly waterfowl figures for October 2011. Click through to see the numbers of species in each area of the reserve.

Wetland Bird Survey Summer 2011

Wetland Bird Survey Summer 2011

Rutland Water Nature Reserve Wetland Bird Survey for April to September 2011.

Spring Migrants

Spring Migrants

Here is a list of all the dates on which spring migrants have arrived at the reserve over the last 10 years

Breeding Birds

Breeding Birds

A list detailing the birds breeding on the reserve

Black-tailed Godwit Migration

Black-tailed Godwit Migration

This godwit was ringed in the Tejo estuary, Portugal as part of the same study on Icelandic godwits.