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Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Little Stint 1 Dunlin 700 Curlew 401 Golden Plover 3500 Lapwing 4800 Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 160 Peregrine 2 Buzzard 3 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 136 Pochard 240 Pintail 185 The Tack Piece Common Crane 1 (GCP) Black-tailed Godwit 80 Red
16 January 2014
A New Year; a new season!
January. Traditionally a month of freezing temperatures and hard frosts, bare ground, minimal vegetation, and minimal natural enrichment. This is a time for wildfowl to hunker down, sit in sheltered hollows and catch any passing rays; all the time using u
16 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 16th January 2014
2 Jack Snipe - marsh 16 Snipe - mostly on the marsh 2 Bittern - main lake S-side 1 Brambling - Explore bird feeders 3 Redpoll - wildside 7 Fieldfare - flew W 36 Redwing - mostly around the sheltered lagoon a.m. with some flying W 1 Chiffchaff - wildsid
16 January 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Tufted Duck 80 Wigeon 121 Shoveler 32 Mute Swan 41 Canada Goose 120 Greylag Goose 4 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 300 Wigeon 450 Shoveler 25 Shelduck 2 Lapwing 200 Curlew 150 Redshank 30 Oystercatch
15 January 2014
Bittern Booming
Very mild and spring like today, so much so that a wintering Bittern was practicing it's territorial call, heard in the reed bed from the Harrier Hide. This bird is likely to return to mainland Europe to breed but if it's still calling in May/June it mayb
15 January 2014
Today's highlights
200 pintail, 140 wigeon, 148 shelduck, 40 greylag goose, 150 curlew, 100 lapwing, 5 redshank, 3 little egret, water rail, peregrine, 28 redwing, mistle thrush, song thrush and great spotted woodpecker.
15 January 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 15 Greylag - 1 Canada Goose - 7 Teal - 52 Mallard - 40 Mute Swan - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 4 Teal - 14 Mute Swan - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodp
15 January 2014
Today's sightings
Tack Piece Peregrine 2 Little Stint 1 (3 on site) Dunlin 300 Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 2800 Black-tailed Godwit 80 Ruff 1 Redshank 36 Shoveler 80 Wigeon 1300 The Rushy Med Gull 1 adult Kingfisher 1 Bewick's Swan 105 The kingfisher Hide Kingfisher 1 The S
15 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 15th January 2014
2 Bittern - south side main lake, both close together. (Below Wetland Living building as viewed from Peacock Tower) 2 Pintail - pair, main lake 2 Mandarin - pair, collection 40 Wigeon - scrape, marsh 63 Lapwing - main lake 1 Coal Tit - near south route (E
15 January 2014
Bewick's Swan again
Great light again this morning and with light winds excellent for viewing. The Peregrines were in action early on with 2 birds present, Merlin again, 3 Common Buzzard and Kestrel. A single Bewick's Swan seen from the Swan Link Hide early afternoon. Some w
14 January 2014
Out on the reserve today
Water rail - 1 Buzzard - 1 Barn owl - 2
14 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Male Goosander floated down on the ebb tide among a raft of Wigeon and Pintail. It took flight and headed N upriver. Little Stint- 1 feeding on pools among Dunlin and Lapwing, it visited the scrape. Dark-bellied Brent Goose-1 on the Dumbles B
14 January 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Shelduck - 22 Canada Goose - 6 Teal - 40 Mallard -36 Moorhen - 2 Other Birds Jay - North Wood - 2 Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 14 Mallard - 30 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch Blue Tit Coal Tit Great Tit Siskin Robin Pheasant Mammals Strong smell of fox ar
14 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 14th January 2014
1 Bittern – main lake 1 Peregrine - Perched on hospital 1 Kingfisher – south route 1 Water Rail – showing well among cut reeds just before succession trail (south route) 1 Jack Snipe – scrape 7 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Redpoll - near WWF hide  
14 January 2014
Bird News
A lovely clear morning with increasing cloud cover through the day and light winds. A build up of Pink-footed Geese is slowly occurring with 3000+ birds roosting. A good time to find something rarer among them. Also more Whooper Swan present although no c
13 January 2014