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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - High/Time - AM Mallard - 126 Teal - 54 Shelduck - 8 Tufted Duck - 12 Greylag - 1 Redshank - 72 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 10 Other Birds Goosander - River Wear - 1 Jackdaw - Site count - 800 Curlew - Site count - 8 Jay - River path - 1 Haw
7 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 7th January 2014
102 Shoveler - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 8 Snipe - 4 flew W, grazing marsh 54 Lapwing - main lake 13 Fieldfare - wildside 1 Peregrine - over main lake Late December/early January bird highlights: Goosander, Brent Goose, Bittern
7 January 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 114 Tufted Duck 72 Wigeon 130 Shoveler 14 Mute Swan 52 Canada Goose 93 Gadwall 2 ♂ Oystercatcher 2 Little Egret flew over 8.30am Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 100 Wigeon 150 Shoveler 14 Avenue Tower Teal 800 Wigeon
7 January 2014
''Yellow legged Gull''
A 'Yellow legged Gull' that has been around on and off for a few years was seen again today, although at times it looks very like a michahellis Yellow legged Gull there a number of features that aren't quite right, the upperpart grey is a little too dark
6 January 2014
Recent Sightings
The spoonbill has been sighted on both the Peninsula Saltmarsh and the Wader Marsh. Along with 44 oystercatchers, 4 redshank, 2 turnstone, 16 linnet, 1 merlin, little egret, greenshank Main Lake 41 gadwall, cormorant, 25 tufted ducks, 320 mallard, 7 pinta
6 January 2014
Today's sightings
* Second highest reserve count of Shoveler ever! - 265 noted today * Highest count of Gadwall so far this winter- 98 Holden Tower The Dumbles (area of salt pasture and saltmarsh) Lapwing 4000+ Dunlin 2000+ Golden Plover 1200+ Barnacle Goose 160 Raven 1 o
6 January 2014
Reserve count
Wigeon - 2603 Teal - 596 Pochard - 287 Tufted duck - 84 Pintail - 39 Shoveler - 22 Gadwall - 18 Lapwing - 7678 (in the farmland just outside the Ouse washes) Golden plover - 920 Redshank - 18 Curlew - 10 Snipe - 8 Little gull - 1 Marsh harrier - 6 Short-e
6 January 2014
Today's highlights
British Steel hide/estuary 120 curlew, 300 lapwing, 12 redshank, 150 wigeon, 60 herring gull, 5 greater black backed gull, water rail, 25 teal, 3 little egret, peregrine, rock pipit, 5 redwing and 4 mistle thrush.
6 January 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Mallard - 60 Teal - 27 Shelduck - 4 Moorhen - 2 Saline Lagoon Teal - 12 Mallard - 10 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Pheasants - 5 Coal Tit - 1 Bullfinch - 3 Other Birds River path Bullfinch - 3 Blue Tit - 2 Lon
6 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 6th January 2014
1 Rock Pipit - marsh (during heavy rain a.m.) 3 Cetti's Warbler - main lake, wildside 1 Bittern - main lake S shore a.m. 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 120 Teal - mostly on the scrape Late December/early January bird highlights: Goosander, Brent Goose, Bittern, Pe
6 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Robbie Garnett Hide, Martin Smith Hide and Stephen Kirk Hide Peregrine 1 hunting between the Dumbles and Tack Piece Little Stint 1 feeding around the scrape Dunlin 2000+ Lapwing 4500 Golden Plover 3500 Black-tailed Godwit 228 E Wh
5 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 5th January 2014
108 Shoveler - main lake, marsh 2 Pintail - main lake 35 Wigeon - marsh, scrape 1 Bittern - main lake 12 Snipe - marsh, scrape, main lake 4 Jack Snipe - 3 on the marsh 121 Black-headed Gull - main lake, scrape 50 Redwing - entrance area plus flyovers 1 B
5 January 2014
Out on the reserve today
Water rail - 1 (pools near bird feeding station) Barn owl - 2 Sparrowhawk - 1 Gadwall Teal Wigeon Pochard Tufted duck Grest crested grebe - 2 Curlew Golden plover Lapwing Green woodpecker - 1
5 January 2014
New birds in the collection at WWT Llanelli
WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre has welcomed two new species of birds into our breeding collection – three pairs of black brants (a type of brent goose) and three pairs of New Zealand scaup. The birds are settling in well into their new environment. The sc
5 January 2014
Into the new year.
A good start to the day in calm conditions. A Barn Owl was hunting this morning, viewable from the Ron Barker Hide. At least 4 Common Buzzard, Peregrine and Marsh Harrier. Over 1000 Whooper Swan and 1000+ Pink-footed Geese roosting. We can expect more Pin
4 January 2014