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Today's sightings
Holden Tower small Canada Goose sp present with 80 Canada Geese. An influx of about 30-40 birds has brought this bird to the reserve. It was seen on Thursday and again today and is feeding on the [...]
18 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 17th March 2012
1 Shelduck - main lake 8 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Redshank - wader scrape 1 Sandwich Tern - over wader scrape 2 Sand Martin - over courtyard 9 Lesser Redpoll - entrance [...]
17 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Egyptian Goose 1 (Lower Dumbles) Shelduck 134 Wigeon 38 Shoveler 13 Tufted Duck 40 Peregrine1 Buzzard 2 Grey Plover 2 (on estuary) Lapwing 66 Wheatear 1 (on north [...]
17 March 2012
Rare geese win race to hatch first 2012 young
Nene Gosling by Dominic Heard Some very special youngsters are attracting attention at a wildlife centre in Gloucestershire. Slimbridge Wetland Centre’s Hawaiian geese are the first to have hatched their young this
16 March 2012
Blackcap and Yellowhammer singing
At last the sun came out today! Plenty of activity logged too with two new species for the year list. A Blackcap was singing near the Kingfisher Hide this morning. The status of Blackcap is confused w [...]
16 March 2012
Today's sightings
A bittern has been seen in front of the Peter Scott hide this morning along with a wheatear and 2 chiffchaff. Other highlights include 290 oystercatcher, 87 curlew, 17 black tailed godwit, 2 greenshan [...]
16 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 16th March 2012
4 Pintail - grazing marsh 3 Redshank - wader scrape 19 Redwing - entrance, wildside 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 5 Cetti's Warbler - main lake, reservoir lagoon, reedb [...]
16 March 2012
First Wheatear
Holden Tower The first Wheatear of the season was on the fence at the north end of the Dumbles from at least 1.30 yesterday and again this morning. Chiffchaff singing in the walkway. A [...]
16 March 2012
Top Gun of the bird world goes LIVE!!
Peregrine pictured at WWT Slimbridge. (c) James Lees The first egg laid by a pair of Peregrine falcons nesting on the roof of a Fulham hospital, just a short flight from their daytime haunt at WWT London Wetland Centr
16 March 2012
A fond farewell!
We waved a final farewell to the Bewick’s swans this week as the last few left on spring migration back to arctic Russia, symbolically ending the British winter. And what a winter it has been! Familiar faces, unusual associations and of course, the usua
15 March 2012
Chiffchaff returns
The first Chiffchaff returned today, singing in the Waterfowl Gardens, one day later than last year. This species is the first of the traditional spring migrants to arrive, although the murky, cool we [...]
15 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 15th March 2012
2 Pintail - main lake 1 Peregrine - hunting over the main lake in the mist 3 Redshank - scrape 26 Common Gull - scrape, main lake 19 Snipe - marsh and lake 3 Collared Dove - Castle [...]
15 March 2012
Discover Wildlife Wonders
WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre is celebrating gardening for wildlife throughout March by hosting a medley of green-fingered events and activities. Events begin this weekend so bring the family down for a morning or afternoon of Den Building. Kids will, w
14 March 2012
Wild otter
A wild otter has been spotted playing on the riverbank beneath the saline lagoon, right next to where the public viewing platform will be once its open! [...]
14 March 2012
Bullfinch
A pair of Bullfinch were found inside the Waterfowl Gardens near the North America area. They are not new for 2012 but generally we only get individual birds on the reserve, and then they tend only to [...]
14 March 2012