News
14 Baby Duckling hatch perfect timing for Easter at Castle Espie
14 Little Ducklings captured by Richie Lort Spring is in the air and WWT Castle Espie was delighted to see the arrival of 14 little adorable mallard ducklings hatch at the weekend. The main breeding season is in full
26 March 2012
WeBS Count
Highlights from today's Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS count) [...]
26 March 2012
Out on the reserve today
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26 March 2012
150 Whooper Swan
The Whooper Swan count this morning was down to 150. Ideal weather for them to be migrating North. Similar wader counts to yesterday although a few Common Snipe were also recorded. Worth noting th [...]
26 March 2012
Today's updated wild bird sightings
spoonbill pinkfooted goose spotted redshank greenshank c250 black tailed godwits 61 curlew 43 greylag goose 115 shelduck 26 wigeon 5 pintail [...]
26 March 2012
Today's sightings
A spoonbill is present on the saline lagoons and is best viewed from the British steel hide. Other sightings include 43 curlew, 11 black tailed godwit, 26 lapwing, 3 grey heron, 52 greylag goose, 43 s [...]
26 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 26th March 2012
1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 4 Redshank - main lake and marsh 12 Snipe - marsh and main lake 6 Cetti's Warbler - all singing, wildside, reedbed, main [...]
26 March 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cackling Canada Goose 1 Canada Goose 19 (all on spartina island) Peregrine 1 Skylark 4 pairs Lapwing 20 in 'wintering' mode and 22 in breeding mode, ie on territory [...]
26 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet 9 Shoveler 2 Shelduck 22 Teal 18 Heron 36 Greylag 16 Canada Geese 6 Lapwing 29 Redshank 16 O [...]
25 March 2012
Less Whoopers More Spring
A Whooper Swan count was down to 316 birds. Most of these will have left by the beginning of April. Water levels in front of the Ron Barker Hide were dropped a few weeks ago to provide better habitat [...]
25 March 2012
Recent sightings
Reserve 22nd March Catttle Egret spotted on Shingle Bank amongst the Black headed Gulls. Today was spotted with our Swans on the main lake. [...]
25 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th March 2012
2 Shelduck - main lake 4 Redshank - main lake 1 Sand Martin - flew over main lake 1 Blackcap - male, waterlife 6 Cetti's Warbler - singing across reserve Also: 1 [...]
25 March 2012
Today's sightings
Little Gull passage A flock of 17 to 23 flew off the estuary near to Frampton with Black-headed Gulls and headed NNE at 1330. They may have carried on migrating. At 1345 an adult was feed [...]
25 March 2012
Scorchio!
How nice was today! Temperatures nudged 18 degrees and apparently it's likely to continue for the next 5 days at least. Now could somebody just improve the visibilty a bit and we will all be happy [...]
24 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 24th March 2012
4 Redshank - wader scrape, main lake 8 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 6 Cetti's Warbler - all singing wildside, reedbed, main lake, waterlife, sheltered lagoon 3 Chiffchaff - wildsid [...]
24 March 2012