Reserve Update 26th October - water rail, whoopers and wigeon!
The water rail has once again re-appeared in the Peter Scott Trail underneath the bird feeder area. Seen yesterday and again first thing this morning. Another Whooper Swan family has turned up on the Whooper Pond with five cygnets just to confuse matters with Paisley and Renfrew.
Elsewhere on the reserve, Wigeon numbers have built up again on the Folly Pond. Merlin, Hen Harrier and Peregrine have been frequenting the Merse with the Great Egret also seen first thing this morning. Two Pintail are utilising the Flood Ground. Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tits, Linnets and Redpoll have been down the Avenue and feeding on the seeds within our cover crop at Avenue Tower.......oh, and we still have a few Barnacle Geese around too!!
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 12,000 inc 4 leucistics
Whooper Swans: 73
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 61 + 12 cygnets
Mute Swan 18 + 7 cygnets
Canada Geese 32
Greylag geese 2
Mallard 97
Wigeon 81
Tufted Duck 35
Moorhen 2
Gadwall 1♂
Teal 4
Curlew 1
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 137
Wigeon 447
Moorhen 1
Mute Swan 1
Shoveler 32
Mallard 4
Canada Geese 8
Black-tailed Godwit 3
Grey Heron 1
Teal Pond
Coot 1
Avenue Tower
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Wigeon 82
Teal 11
Shoveler 8
Pintail 2
Mute Swan 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Great Egret 1
Peregrine 1
Merlin 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Hen Harrier male and Ringtail 2
Kestrel 1
Pink footed Geese 300+
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Pintail 200+
Wigeon 200+
Dunlin 200+
Golden Plover 100+
Knot 200+
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Yellow-browed Warbler (heard calling 17/10/16)
Redwing
Fieldfare
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The winter webcam is now showing the Whooper Pond. The first few Whooper Swans have already shown up and later in the winter we enjoy the superb spectacle of up to 300 of them along with a variety of wild ducks and geese at feed times - 11:00 and 14:00 daily
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
