Recent Sightings at Alston Wetland
8th September 2026
Greenshank, 1, (Gareth Powley)
On south shore
Black-headed Gull, 250
Loafing - adjacent field recently slurried
31st August 2026
Shoveler, 8
24th August 2026
Gadwall, 7, (Gareth Morgan)
Lapwing, 31
Ruff, 1, J
Below central screen
Snipe, 3
21st August 2026
Golden Plover, 1, (David Bickerton)
Mute Swan, 9, (Gareth Powley)
Still 7 fully grown cygnets
Gadwall, 10
Stock Dove, 2
Little Grebe, 4
Lapwing, 10
Golden Plover, 1
Feeding in front of Central Screen
Curlew, 1
Common Sandpiper, 2
28th July 2026
Mute Swan, 9, 2 ad 7 juv, (Peter Sharples)
Tufted Duck, 11
Stock Dove, 8
Little Grebe, 6
Lapwing, 46
Common Sandpiper, 1
central screen
15th July 2026
Stock Dove, 7, (Gareth Powley)
Little Grebe, 5
One nest still occupied
Little Ringed Plover, 2
Common Sandpiper, 1
14th July 2026
Shoveler, 1, Female
No ducklings
Coot, 29
Black-tailed Godwit, 1
Common Sandpiper, 1
Great White Egret, 1
Left site at 09:00 (as I arrived) and flew east with LEs
Little Egret, 2
Left with GWE at 09:00
13th July 2026
Stock Dove, 5, (David Bickerton)
Oystercatcher, 3
Lapwing, 15
Black-tailed Godwit, 1, Adult
Dunlin, 1, Adult
Wood Sandpiper, 1, Adult
House Martin, 4
Wood Sandpiper, 1, Adult, (Gareth Morgan)
Black-tailed Godwit, 1, (Gareth Powley)
Still from Central Screen
Dunlin, 1
Common Sandpiper, 1, (Gavin Thomas)
West end at 08:00
Wood Sandpiper, 1, (Gareth Powley)
From Central Screen at 09:00