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Today's sightings
A spoonbill and 3 Mediterranean gull have been seen from the British steel hide. Other sightings include 120 black tailed godwit, 3 redshank, 4 lapwing, 14 little egret, cetti’s warbler and 2 li [...]
14 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Gadwall 1 Mallards with ducklings Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Flood Ground Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Heron Mallard with families of [...]
14 June 2012
Chichester Observer column appearing June 14
Wildlife Sightings walk on 05/06/2012 by Paul Stevens The heavens opened at 1 o'clock today and a persistent, heavy rain began to fall. Some hardy visitors and families in colourful Macs [...]
14 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 14th June 2012
1 Buzzard - flew over W 1 Hobby - hunting over marsh and main lake 2 Redshank - marsh 5 Common Tern chicks + 12 adults - main lake 1 Wheatear - marsh 1 Chiffchaff - wildside 7 [...]
14 June 2012
They have done it!
Avocet News! We are very pleased to announce that our very first breeding pair of Avocets have fledged three young. This is the first time this species has bred in Gloucestershire. They laid four [...]
14 June 2012
Saline lagoon on track with enticing new wildlife
Our new saline lagoon, designed to open up our reserve to the River Wear corridor and the wildlife that inhabits it, has been visited by a roe deer. And it's not even finished! Wardens out in the grounds spotted the tracks and took the below snaps, the s
13 June 2012
Award Winning Disabled Artist Exhibits at Castle Espie Gallery...‘Our Local Wildlife - Night & Day ‘
On Tuesday 19th June at 10am Castle Espie Gallery, art through nature, will be opening the doors to ‘Our Local Wildlife Night and Day, this is the inspired title of an exhibition by Bangor artist, Kym Lennon, founder of Disability Matters North Down. Th
13 June 2012
Take photos while the sun shines!
'Flower Power' by Helen Louise Saunders Here comes the sun (well, err, till tomorrow at least!). Why not visit WWT Washington during the next couple of days and snap some photo comp shots like this while it'
13 June 2012
Black-winged stilt
Black-winged stilt - 1 (Lyle hide-Friends hide) [...]
13 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM/Mid Tide Avocet - 9 Lapwing - 12 Common Tern - 80 pairs Gadwall - 5 Wigeon - 1 Oystercatcher - 6 + 2 chicks Little Ringed Plover [...]
13 June 2012
Deer tracks spotted!
Roe deer tracks have been spotted on the saline lagoon. On the second image you can see the dew claws quite clearly in the soft mud, suggesting it was running! [...]
13 June 2012
Today's sightings
A little gull is present in front of the British steel hide along with a spoonbill and 3 Mediterranean gull. Other highlights include 2 lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, 2 cetti’s warbler, k [...]
13 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Flood Ground Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Heron Mallard with families of ducklings [...]
13 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 13th June 2012
1 Shoveler - male, entering eclipse plumage, main lake 1 Little Grebe chick - being fed by both parents in channel nearest wildside hide 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Redshank - mai [...]
13 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 2 from the Great Crane Project Hare on the saltmarsh shelf Zeiss Hide Avocet pair Teal 3 Redshank 4 Shoveler pair Little Egret 1 South Lake M [...]
13 June 2012