Nesting birds
Very soon birds will be nesting all over the parkland. Look out for spring migrant birds such as the swallow, house martin and swift.
The lakes are a perfect location to look out for birds. Home to ducks, geeese, coots and swans and, before long, broods of ducklings and goslings. The lakes provide the perfect habitat for a huge variety of birdlife, making it a prime spot not just for hardened bird watchers but also those who just fancy giving it a go. Noisy oystercatchers appear each spring to nest, returning from the coast where they spend the winter. These black and white wading birds, with their long carrot coloured beaks probe for earthworms in the park and nest on the big island.
Not all the birds on the lakes nest here - see if you can spot the showy shelduck and whiter-than-white little egrets.