Wildlife sightings
We'd love to hear about the wildlife you’ve spotted in Lee Valley Regional Park. Every record helps us to monitor how species are doing throughout the park and will also feed into wider county records.
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Recent sightings in the park
Rye meads
21/04/24, 10:15
Little Ringed Plover from the Draper Hide
Paula Moore
Fishers Green
11/04/24, 17:30
Nightingales singing in four locations:
1. By Wildlife Discovery Centre
2. By where the bridge meets path to electricity substation
3. On overflow channel path by tree stump
4. Across the overflow channel by outfall pipe.
Pablo
70 Acres lake, Fishers Green.
03/04/24, 12:30
Pair of Shelduck
Paula Moore
Waltham Abbey
25/03/24, 15:00
Silver Wood Duck
Duck Drama
Seventy Acres Lake, Fishers Green
22/03/24, 15:15
3 Kittiwakes.Visible from Wildlife Discovery Centre.
Caroline Leonard
Wildlife Discovery Centre, Fishers Green
22/03/24, 13:30
1 Male Sparrowhawk
Ryan Richardson (@TheZoologyDuo)
Rye Meads
21/03/24, 13:02
Garganey
Stuart Fox
Amwell
21/03/24, 10:58
Cattle Egret
Stuart Fox
Cornmill Meadows
13/03/24, 12:30
Female Blackbird
Tony Gorman
Enfield Lock/Gunpowder Park
12/03/24, 17:45
Great White Egret flying north along the course of the River Lee
Ian Moir
Rye meads
21/04/24, 10:00
Pair of Garganey from the Draper hide
Paula Moore
Seen from the Wildlife Discovery Centre, Fishers Green
03/04/24, 13:00
Heron chick (you can just see its eye)
Paula Moore
Stanstead Innings
01/04/24, 10:15
Willow Warbler
Stuart Fox
Waltham Cross Substation
24/03/24, 16:00
Pair of Ravens hopping between the pylons
Mark P
Wildlife Discovery Centre, Fishers Green
22/03/24, 14:00
Sparrowhawk
Carol Green
Rye Meads
21/03/24, 14:00
Marsh Harrier
Tony Gorman
Amwell
21/03/24, 11:55
Mediterranean Gull
Stuart Fox
Myddelton House Gardens
20/03/24, 14:00
One Nuthatch in the Kitchen Garden
Holly Curtis
Cornmill Meadows
13/03/24, 12:15
Goldfinch
Tony Gorman
Hall Marsh Scrape
11/03/24, 10:05
Pair of Shelduck seen from the silver viewing screen.
Caroline Leonard
Rye Meads
18/04/24, 12:08
A pair of Canada Geese flying in unison
Michael Mignott
Seen from the Wildlife Discovery Centre tower at Fishers Green
03/04/24, 13:00
Heron & chick from
paula moore
Waltham Cross, Cheshunt
30/03/24, 17:00
Black Swan
Inese Sebarsova
Cheshunt
24/03/24, 13:00
4 Red Kites. The picture shows a kite carrying a knitted glove: probably to be used in a nest.
Mark
Seventy Acres Lake, Fishers Green
22/03/24, 14:00
3 Kittiwake seen from the Wildlife Discovery Centre occasionally flying around.
Ryan Richardson (@TheZoologyDuo)
Rye Meads
21/03/24, 13:16
Marsh Harrier
Stuart Fox
Rye Meads
21/03/24, 11:30
White Stork
Tony Gorman
Rye Meads
18/03/24, 13:52
Buzzard on a fence post
Michael Mignott
Cornmill Meadows
13/03/24, 12:00
Jay
Tony Gorman
Fishers Green car park, near bridge
09/03/24, 16:30
Muntjac
Mark Roydhouse