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Today' sightings
Martin Smith Hide/Tack Piece Crane pair plus chick Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 Lapwing 6 Oystercatcher 2 Cuckoo 1 singing Zeiss Hide/ Top New Piece Avocet 4 adults and 5 chicks, some now flying Oystercatcher 2 Teal pair Shoveler 6 South Lake Black tail
3 June 2014
We’ve chosen a welly unique home
A welly boot decoration at the entrance of a playground has been chosen as home for a family of birds at Slimbridge Wetland Centre. Grounds manager Nathan Dixon spotted the pair of Blue Tits flying to and from a gate post leading to the playground Welly
3 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - High Avocet - 6 + 6 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 chicks Lapwing - 4 +2 juvenile Redshank - 2 Common Tern - 68 Grey Heron - 21 + 16 juvenile Gadwall - 8 Shoveler - 16 Tufted Duck - 16 Shelduck - 14 _ 20 duckling Canada Goose
3 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 3rd June 2014
2 Teal (a pair) - wader scrape 2 Shoveler (a pair) - wader scrape 1 Oystercatcher - wader scrape 2 Swallow - grazing marsh Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over the last couple of years, so we will close the nest bank until the
3 June 2014
Out on the reserve today
A great day to see breeding waders today with lots of adults and chicks in front of the hides. The swallows and house martins are incubating eggs or feeding small chicks and the reedbeds are alive with the sounds of reed warblers, sedge warblers and ree
2 June 2014
Arun Riverlife becoming a lush habitat for wildlife
This is Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. Last summer our Arun Riverlife area was a wasteland of cracked
2 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 9 & 6 chicks Shelduck - 22 & 28 ducklings Gadwall - 4 Shoveler - 5 Tufted Duck - 22 Grey Heron - 19 Redshank - 2 Lapwing - 6 Oystercatcher - 4 & 2 chicks Common Tern - 49 Common Snipe - 1 &n
2 June 2014
Glossy Ibis still present
An early up date (11:55). Glossy Ibis still present from the Harrier Hide. Green Sandpiper on the Mere is new for the year. Drake Garganey in Langley's Brook viewed from the Ron Barker Hide. Picture by Andy Bunting
2 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 2nd June 2014
1 Pochard brood - 7 ducklings on main lake 1 Teal - scrape 1 Shoveler - marsh 2 Redshank - main lake 7 Collared Dove - world wetlands 2 Chiffchaff - south route, wildside Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over the last cou
2 June 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Green Sandpiper 1 returning bird Avocet pair Lapwing 20- the three chicks from the scrape now flying Zeiss Hide Avocet 3 pairs but one pair on nest Teal 3 Wigeon 8 Reed Warbler- regularly showing Canoe Trail Cuckoo- male singing and female 'b
1 June 2014
Glossy Ibis
Surprise of the day goes to the arrival of a Glossy Ibis briefly on the Mere then relocated feeding in front of the Harrier Hide 14:30 at least. The range of Glossy Ibis in Europe is mostly around the Mediterranean. This will be the 8th record for Martin
1 June 2014
Out on the reserve today
Avocet and chick Main observatory Little ringed plover - 3 Common tern - 2 Avocet - 3 Lapwing Redshank Shoveler Shelduck House martins Swallows Sedge warbler singing Nelson-Lyle hide Two pairs of mute swan with cygnet
1 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Weather: Sunny and warm Time: AM/ Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet - 10 + 6 chicks Shoveler - 2 Gadwall - 3 Grey Heron - 26 Shelduck - 19 Tufted Duck - 23 Redshank - 1 Lapwing - 4 Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 chicks Common Tern - 72 Wader Lake Foo
1 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 1st June 2014
1 Red Kite - flew low over entrance area, around 9.25 a.m. 2 Shoveler - scrape 9 Common Tern - main lake c. 30 Swift - feeding on main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing on Thames bank 1 Chiffchaff - calling around sheltered lagoon Please note, the numbe
1 June 2014
Cuckoo again
A very pleasant day and plenty of activity around the reserve although no new arrivals at least migrant wise that we know of. A Cuckoo showed well from the Janet Kear Hide early afternoon. It's not been heard to call and is probably the same bird seen ove
31 May 2014