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Todays sightings
Morning All! It's reasonably quite out on the reserve at the moment, however the end of season cutting is starting to take place and this should open up some areas nicely for the birds. But keep your eyes peeled and their are a few newly feathered beautie
27 September 2013
Wildlife sightings for 27th September 2013
1 Common Tern - flew W 0950hrs 1 Sandwich Tern - flew W 0950hrs 53 Wigeon - main lake and marsh 2 Pintail - marsh 40+ Snipe - main lake, scrape, marsh 1 Great Crested Grebe juv (well-grown now) - sheltered lagoon 1 Little Egret 1 Hobby juv - flew N 1 P
27 September 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Mid Tide/Time - AM Black Tailed Godwit - 8 Redshank - 117 Lapwing - 72 Common Snipe - 6 Greenshank - 1 Gadwall - 11 Grey Heron - 7 Wigeon - 4 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 22 Back Tailed Godwit - 2 Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit - 2 Coal Tit - 11 Great Ti
27 September 2013
Today's sightings-WF Geese are back!
The Tack Piece WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 2 adults (First of the season) Greylag Goose 220 Teal 150 The South Finger COMMON CRANE 1 2nd year feeding in fields again this morning. Water Rail 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Zeiss Hide GARGANEY 1 Juvenile Teal 700 Wigeon 3
27 September 2013
Latest Sightings
Merse Barnacle Goose 266 Mute Swan 6 Folly Pond Wigeon 47 Teal 62 Redshank 1 Ruff 3 Snipe 5 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Whooper Pond Wigeon 79 Tufted Duck 23 Teal 4 Shoveler 12 Mute Swan 9 Avenues Chiffchaff 3 Feeding Station Great Tit Blue Tit Coal Tit Chaffin
27 September 2013
Shapes and patterns of a wetland by Karen Harvey
We've been spending a lot of time talking about our sculpture lately, and how it might look. I've been going over all the ideas that have been submitted, and thinking about our workshops with the lovely community groups, and I thought, you know, I need to
26 September 2013
20,000 Pink-footed geese arrive at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
The autumn sound of geese calling whilst flying overhead has begun with 20,000 Pink-footed geese arriving at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in the last few days, having made the 500 mile journey from Iceland to spend the next month in Lancashire. The autu
26 September 2013
Barnacle Geese are here!
370 Barnacle Geese on site today! Folly Pond Teal Wigeon Shoveler Mute Swan Sparrowhawk feeding on Ruff Whooper Pond Teal Wigeon Tufted Duck Shoveler Mute Swan Peregrine hunting Wigeon
26 September 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide GARGANEY 1 Juvenile Wigeon 120 Teal 600 Pintail 12 Ruff 7 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 10 Black-tailed Godwit 40 The Knott Pool Pintail 15 The Rushy Green Sandpiper 2 Wigeon 7 Pintail 10 The South Lake Black-tailed godwit 35 Lapwing 200 Reds
26 September 2013
Wildlife sightings for 26th September 2013
1 Garganey - marsh 35 Wigeon - marsh, main lake 2 Pintail - marsh 3 Buzzard - flew S 1040hrs 3 Peregrine - incl. 1 juv 1 Black-tailed Godwit - flew S 1 Jack Snipe 27 Snipe - main lake, scrape, marsh 1 Kingfisher - wildside 1 Yellow-legged Gull - 1st-wint
26 September 2013
Cranes at Welney
Crane - 9 Towards the far side of the reserve from Friends hide Pectoral sandpiper - 1 Curlew sandpiper - 1 Ringed plover - 2 Merlin - 1
26 September 2013
Wildlife sightings for 25th September 2013
105 Shoveler - main lake, marsh 31 Wigeon - marsh, main lake, sheltered lagoon 53 Snipe - main lake, scrape, marsh 1 Kingfisher - marsh 2 Grey Wagtail - on the roof of the observatory Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Garganey - juvenile, mars
25 September 2013
Latest Sightings - Whoopers on the Reserve
Merse Whooper Swan 3 - mobile, flew to fields west of Saltcot Obs Buzzard 1 Pink-footed Goose Folly Pond Ruff 6 Wigeon 40+ Teal 100 Lapwing Whooper Pond Mute Swan 8 Canada Goose Tufted Duck Teal Wigeon Avenue Tower Teal Wigeon Tufted Duck Little Grebe Gre
25 September 2013
Kingfisher sighting
A kingfisher was spotted this morning, darting out of the gully and out along the River Wear.
25 September 2013
Update on the juvenile bonanza
I have been away from WWT Slimbridge for a few weeks and so it has been a pleasant surprise to come back and find so many bundles of fluff running around the legs of taller, pink parents. Or indeed, in some cases, how quickly bundles of fluff have turned
24 September 2013