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Happy Birthday!
Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust. The sun is shining, the birds are busy feeding in front of all the hides so what better day to come down and celebrate with us? Bewick's Swan numbers have increased too, we're up to 26
Daisy Clarke is the first GPS tagged Bewick's swan to arrive at WWT Welney
The first GPS tagged Bewick's swan has arrived back in the UK this week. Daisy Clarke touched down in the early hours of Monday morning, having flown across The North Sea from The Netherlands. She has been roosting in front of our Lyle and Friends hides
An overnight downpour
You may have noticed that last night was rather wet and not a great night for birds to migrate, so we've no obvious new arrivals this morning. The rain has topped up many of the pools and scrapes across the reserve, so we've now got thousands of ducks a
Wildlife sightings - 09/11/16
a.m. Tide Level: mid Wader Lake Eurasian teal 47 Redshank 13 Common snipe 6 Black-headed gull 50 Common sandpiper 1 Saline Lagoon Domestic embden geese 2 Eurasian teal 4 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Willow tit 1 Chaffinch 10 Blue ti
Wildlife sightings for 9th November 2016
1 Curlew - marsh and main lake 1600hrs 1 Water Pipit - marsh (south-eastern fields) 1 Kingfisher - wildside, sheltered lagoon 1 Meadow Pipit - marsh 15 Redwing - flew SW+W 1 Chiffchaff - wildside 7 Goldcrest - world wetlands, entrance lake 1 Yellow-legg
Flamingo research strikes gold for WWT
WWT Slimbridge has received its official certificate after striking gold in the annual BIAZA awards, taking the honours for best zoo research project in the UK.
Watch a thousand swans at the floodlit feeds
Swans on the main lagoon by Bob Ellis The swan flight in and evening feed are incredible at the moment. Thousands of swans are flying in at dusk right in front of the hides, with over a thousand on the main lagoon a
Whooper influx
The first proper frost of this winter period, overcast for most of the day with light winds. This morning's dawn count produced 1360 Whooper Swan. Quite surprised at the total even though it has been obvious that new birds have been arriving over the week
Wildlife sightings - 08/11/16
a.m. Tide Level: high Wader Lake Shelduck 1 (first in the season) Little grebe 1 (uncommon visitor) Wigeon 1 Coot 1 Redshank 38 Eurasian teal 74 Black-headed gull 18 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 1 Curlew 1 Eurasian teal 5 Hawthorn Wood Robin 3 Dunnock 1 Willo
Recent sightings - 8th November
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +3000, Oystercatcher +300, Curlew +50, Shelduck +300, Black-headed gull +30, Redshank +
Tuesday November 8th
The Scaup and Green-winged Teal remain with us as yesterday. The two Hen Harriers both showed well yesterday, as did the Water Rail. A few Yellowhammers are starting to show on the Observatory path and there are Tree Sparrows around the Peter Scott Trail.
Wildlife sightings for 8th November 2016
2 Dunlin - main lake 1 Chiffchaff 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape 2 Skylark - flew N 2 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 19 Redwing - flew over heading North, North West 3 Redpoll - South route November bird highlights: Water Pipit, Stonechat, Pintail, Golden
Wildlife sightings for 7th November 2016
8 Redwing - wildside 5 Meadow Pipit - marsh + 5 flew W 3 Redpoll - sheltered lagoon 1 Siskin - wildside 40 Goldfinch - sheltered lagoon, wildside 6 Snipe - marsh, scrape 2 Skylark - marsh 2 Peregrine November bird highlights: Water Pipit, Ston
Peregrine strike
One of the adult Peregrines gave the few earlybirds in the Holden Tower a very close encounter this morning, it took a drake Wigeon in flight over the hide and dropped into the Tack Piece nearby. It was unable to feed on its kill as two Buzzard and 2 C
Recent Sightings
Pintail cr. WWT British Steel Hide and Millennium Wetlands (combined count) Black-tailed Godwit 850 Greenshank 11 Snipe 3 Dunlin 15 Redshank 7 Curlew Sandpiper 2 Grey Plover 1 Knot 1 Lapwing 10 Canada Goose 9 Little Egret 14 Cormorant 15 Grey Heron 1 Gre