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Wildlife sightings
The cool dry weather has brought in good numbers of wildfowl with a high of 25 Shoveler ( the most recorded here since 2003), 10 Wigeon as well as 14 Bewicks Swan (roosting overnight). A single Dark bellied Brent put in an appearance yesterday and today
12 December 2013
Todays sightings
Martin Smith Hide Crane 1 Buzzard 1 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Wigeon 800 Water Rail 1 Robbie Garnett Hide Lapwing 1100 Golden Plover 1100 Redshank 4 Wigeon 900 Holden Tower White-fronted Geese 142 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 3 Meadow Pipit 14 Curlew 68 Golden plover
12 December 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine - 1 Sparrowhawk - 2 Marsh harrier Kestrel - 2 Barn owl - 1 Dunlin Curlew Golden plover Black-tailed godwit
12 December 2013
Nene pairs released for the 2014 breeding season.
Nene in the catching corral. The Nene flock at Slimbridge fluctuates from between 65-85 birds during the seasons, and our beloved pairs breed and multiply in the Spring before being redistributed in the Autumn. Some
12 December 2013
Wildlife sightings for 12th December 2013
2 White-fronted Geese - flew low over Headley Hide p.m. from the river 1 Bittern - flew across the main lake early p.m. 31 Redwing - flew W plus some in shrubs near Wetland Living 7 Redpoll - flew N+W 6 Meadow Pipit - flew W 8 Blackbird (migrants) - f
12 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Teal - 33 Shelduck - 2 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 20 Chaffinch - 7 Coal Tit - 10 Blue Tit - 14 Great Tit - 10 Treecreeper - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Other
12 December 2013
Barn Owl
A misty start to the day followed by the sun breaking through with a chilly SE wind blowing. Good numbers (1000+) of Whooper Swan on the reserve throughout the day, with many feeding on the waste potatoes on Top Mere. No recent counts to mention but Wigeo
11 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Shelduck - 5 Teal - 64 Redshank - 27 Lapwing - 62 Greylag - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Teal - 36 Redshank - 4 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 10 Chaffinch - 6 Sparrowhawk - 1 Coal
11 December 2013
Recent Sightings
200 Brent Outside the Brent Hide and Limekiln Observatory with Shelduck further out. Redshank forging both on shoreline and Wader Marsh. Main Lake had flock of 20 greylag with 1 Barnacle Goose, 9 gadwall, 1 heron, 6 little egrets and 1 cormorant. The Spoo
10 December 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 140 Tufted Duck 57 Wigeon 120 Shoveler 5 Mute Swan 56 Canada Goose 120 Greylag Goose 3 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 200 Wigeon 400 Shoveler 20 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Flood Ground Teal 250 Wigeon 500 Shoveler 10 Goosande
10 December 2013
Wildlife sightings for 10th December 2013
4 Pintail - wader scrape 54 Lapwing - main lake 1 Kingfisher - flew across South route towards carpark 9 Redwing - flew over NW 2 Redpoll - entrance lake December bird highlights: Goosander, Brent Goose, Bittern, Peregrine, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Green Sandp
10 December 2013
Alarming disappearances among our familiar countryside birds
The latest State of the UK's Birds report, published today, reveals many of our most familiar countryside birds are undergoing sweeping changes with some experiencing 'plummeting population declines', compared with the 1990s. It is now known that in som
9 December 2013
Raptors
Upto 2 Marsh Harriers were on the reserve today along with the family of Peregrines (2 adults 1 juv male) showing well along with Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and Buzzard. The Little Egret is still around and briefly visited the Mere late afternoon. A male Stonec
9 December 2013
Out on the reserve today
Red kite - 1 flew over the centre and main hide Brambling - 2 under the bird feeding station
9 December 2013
Sightings Update
Great views of 4 male and 3 female Goosander on the river today plus good numbers of Teal on Wader Lake
9 December 2013