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Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 185 Tufted Duck 82 Wigeon 120 Shoveler 8 Mute Swan 61 Canada Goose 170 Gadwall 2 ♂ Folly Pond Disturbance here again today as we replace a screen fence. Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 100 Wigeon 150 Shoveler 14 Shelduck 2 Lapw
10 January 2014
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 4 Teal 1700 Shoveler 50 The Holden Tower Merlin 1 Female Buzzard 4 Dunlin 2000 Little Stint 1 Lapwing 2600 Curlew 80 Brent Goose 1 The Tack Piece Peregrine 1 Buzzard 2 Black-tailed Godwit 180 Redshank 34 Ruff 5 Dunlin 500 Lapwing 300
10 January 2014
Full Steam Ahead at Martin Mere
It's full steam ahead at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre as we are hosting our popular indoor Model Train Show on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 January. All the family will be entertained by local model train societies as they bring a vast array of layouts to
9 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 9th January 2014
1 Bittern - main lake S shore between Dulverton Hide and Observatory 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 3 Fieldfare - marsh banks 4 Redpoll - flew N 20 Redwing - flew W Late December/early January bird highlights: Goosander, Brent Goose, Bittern, Peregrine, Glossy Ibi
9 January 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 152 Tufted Duck 82 Wigeon 120 Shoveler 6 Mute Swan 52 Canada Goose 170 Gadwall 2 ♂ Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 1 Folly Pond Disturbance here today as we replace a screen fence. Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 100 Wigeon 150 Shoveler
9 January 2014
Today's sightings-New record!
Some of the thousands of waders on the Tack Piece currently taken by James Lees WWT New Reserve Record! Our reserve wardens counted a new site record of 323 Shovelers today. The Zeiss Hide Shoveler 60 Gadwall 8 Teal 1900 Avocet 4 The Tack Piece Shoveler
9 January 2014
Pinkfeet and Harriers
Some wildfowl counts on site revealed 980 Whooper Swan, 4190 Pink footed Geese, 344 Greylag Geese, 1610 Wigeon, 2490 Teal and 20 Tufted Duck. No reports of the Bittern today but the best hide to look from should be the Harrier Hide. The imm male Marsh Har
8 January 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Shelduck - 8 Teal - 47 Mallard - 82 Greylag - 1 Canada Goose - 2 Tufted Duck - 36 Redshank - 30 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Teal - 20 Curlew - 1 Hawthorn Wood Lesser Redpoll -
8 January 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 150 Tufted Duck 82 Wigeon 103 Shoveler 6 Mute Swan 52 Canada Goose 170 Gadwall 2 ♂ Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 1 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 100 Wigeon 150 Shoveler 14 Avenue Tower Teal 1591 Wigeon 263 Pintail 11 Goosa
8 January 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Shoveler 146 Pintail 280 Wigeon 1900 Teal 2200 Pochard 150 Ruff 7 Redshank 14 Dunlin 400 Black-tailed Godwit 190 Golden Plover 3,500 The Holden Tower Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 160 Dunlin 2400 Lapwing 2800 Curlew 200 The South Lake Kingfi
8 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 8th January 2014
1 Bittern - main lake north side 114 Shoveler - main lake, marsh, scrape 2 Pintail - main lake Several large flocks of Woodpigeon flew N, perhaps 500 birds. Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Brambling - on feeders Late December/early Ja
8 January 2014
Bittern
Bird of the day has to go to the Bittern flushed while strimming back some of the reedbed in front of Harrier Hide late morning, it flew and dropped back into the quite extensive reedbed here, hopefully with some of the reeds being strimmed there may be s
7 January 2014
Festival of Birds Historic Hotel Offer
Our Friends at Stonehouse Court Hotel are offering a great deal to visitors for the weekend of the Festival of Birds (Feb 1 & 2) Rooms at the Hotel are normally priced from £95, but anyone who rings and books for that weekend an
7 January 2014
Dawn swan count
WWT Welney Bewick's swan - 1073 Whooper swan - 2989 Ouse washes total Bewick's swan - 1073 Whooper swan - 4481
7 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower High tide around midday RAZORBILL- one floated up on the tide Peregrine hunting over estuary and Dumbles Curlew 174 Lapwing, Golden Plover and Dunlin in thousands Barnacle Geese 160 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1 Little Stint 1 around the scrape
7 January 2014