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Wildlife sightings for 20th may 2014
8 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - a pair on the wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon near WWF hide Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over the last couple of year
20 May 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 1 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Shoveler 2 Shelduck 4 Oystercatcher 2 Swallow 20 House Martin 20 Gadwall 2 Avenue Tower Garganey 2♀ Oystercatcher 2 Black-headed Gull 9 Lapwing 10 Teal Pond Little Grebe 2 Mute Swan (on nest) Barnacl
20 May 2014
Todays sightings
Friends hide 10 avocet chicks Redshank Mallard Heron Mute swan Lyle hide 5 avocet chicks Black tailed godwits Pintail Tufted ducks Redshank Mallard Coot Mute swan Sedge warbler Pied wagtail Shoveler Nelson-lyle hide Coot Mute swan Shoveler lillte egret He
19 May 2014
Sightings and news for 18/19 May 2014-Cranes have hatched!
19 May 2014 Martin Smith Hide THE CRANES HAVE HATCHED TWO YOUNG, they have left the nest try Crane Cam here http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/experience/webcams/slimbridge-rushy-pen/ The Cranes feeding one of the two chicks- Image M.J.McGill Holde
19 May 2014
Today's highlights
A spoonbill was seen flying over, heading up river, at 1:00pm today. Other highlights include little gull, Mediterranean gull, 3 whimbrel, sanderling, 2 ringed plover, 7 lapwing, 176 black tailed godwit, 14 dunlin, 48 curlew, 60 shelduck, shoveler, great
19 May 2014
Crane chicks mark start of first wild generation for western Britain
...well hello there! These newly-hatched chicks – filmed at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire – could be the first wild-born cranes to survive in the west of Britain for 400 years. The parent birds were hand-reared by The Grea
19 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 19th May 2014
1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - male and female, scrape 1 Wheatear - scrape Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Shoveler - scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropp
19 May 2014
Cuckoo
First Cuckoo of the year seen well from the Ron Barker Hide and mobbed by the resident Swallows. Great to continue to record this species on the reserve for another year. More signs of movement with 2 new Curlew Sandpiper and 14 Ringed Plover, mobile arou
18 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2014
2 Mandarin - world wetlands 2 Shoveler - scrape 249 Tufted Duck - site count 1 Kestrel - over world wetlands 5 Lapwing chicks - scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 3 Little Ringed Plover - scrape, marsh, main lake 8 Common Tern - main lake, reser
18 May 2014
Wood Sandpiper still
The Wood Sandpiper and Little Gull are still present from Friday, both best looked for from United Utilities Hide. No reports of the Curlew Sandpiper today but a late report from the 12th may of an adult Hobby over the Reedbed area. Otherwise no other rep
17 May 2014
Bird news Friday 16th
The weather started to look very interesting for bringing in some new birds and straight away had an effect with a flurry of new sightings. The best of which were a Curlew Sandpiper from Ron Barker which joined 2 Ruff and later in the day these were joine
17 May 2014
Todays sightings
Peregrine over the visitor centre Marsh harrier - Friends hide Sparrowhawk - Friends hide Whitethroat - Nelson-lyle hide Sedge warblers
17 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2014
1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Swallow - sheltered lagoon 1 Willow Warbler - singing from trees behind Otter exhibit Please note, the number of Sand Martins nesting has dropped over
17 May 2014
Today's Sightings
Weather: Beautiful sunshine! Time: AM / Tide: Mid Wader Lake Avocet - 12 + 8 chicks Lapwing - 6 Redshank - 1 Shoveler - 3 Common Tern - 44 Grey Heron - 36 Shelduck - 20 + 16 chicks Mallard - 41 Tufted Duck - 23 Greylag Goose - 6 + 8 chicks Oysterca
17 May 2014
Today's sightings-Hawfinch
The Decoy HAWFINCH 1 Female trapped and ringed this morning during a BTO CES session. The Willow Hide Spotted Flycatcher 1 The Rushy Avocet 2 nest scraping The South Lake Common Crane Pair still incubating The Martin Smith Common Crane Pair incubating The
17 May 2014