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Today's sightings
Female Common Goldeneye on the South lake today by Paul Daunter The South lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE 1 female Little Egret 2 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 1 The first returning bird of the winter. Pochard 18 Pintail 25 The Holden Tower Littl
Caring for birds this time of year
As autumn starts and temperatures drop and the leaves on the trees change we know autumn is here. Autumn is a great time to wrap up warm and get outdoors, before the weather gets really cold! It’s a time where you can really enjoy wildlife and see the c
David Attenborough's return to Slimbridge
David Attenborough with WWT Chief Exec Martin Spray Half a century ago the BBC ran a live outside broadcast called Guest At Slimbridge. The guest that day, 9 May 1962, was none other than Sir David Attenborough and, o
Latest sightings Friday 26th October
Two little egrest were showing nicely on the Folly pond this morning as was the cracking male brambling with the chaffinches on the feeder in the farmyard. 5,670 barnacle geese were counted from the tower with at least twice that in the Caerlaverock paris
October half term continues..
We have had a busy week this week as October half term kicked off and it continues through to next week as well. We still have loads of activities for families to enjoy. It’s a great way to spend an autumn day as there is loads to see and do. Families
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Dark-bellied Brent Goose 28 (41 in the last 24hrs) White-fronted Goose 10 Barnacle Goose 110 Ruff 5 Knot 1 Golden Plover 228 Dunlin 90 Little Stint 1 Redshank 15 Lapwing 500 Wigeon 600 The South lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed G
Wildlife sightings for 26th October 2012
81 Shoveler - main lake 8 Snipe - wader scrape 1 Little Egret - flew onto main lake @ 9.20 a.m. 1 Yellow Legged Gull - 2nd winter main lake 1 Ring Ouzel - flew over low NW @ 10.50 a.m. 62 Fieldfare - flew over NW 225 Redwing - flew over NW, W 1 Skylar
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Low Tide Mediterrainean Gull - 1 Black Headed Gull - 36 Common Gull - 1 Wigeon - 6 Teal - 146 Gadwall - 4 Coot - 2 Common Snipe - 5 Redshank - 34 Lapwing - 15 River Wear Goosander - 1 Redshank - 9 Cormorant - 2 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch - 1 Tr
Great grey shrike
A great grey shrike has been spotted in trees near the duckery/new sustainable garden area and in Close Encounters. This is only the second sighting on site, the first being in 1976!
Today's sightings-Mega migration
Well the weather was again perfect for visible migration today so a small group of us gathered at the South Finger. It soon became apparent that this was not going to be an ordinary day as a big number of birds were seen quite early on. So we set up camp
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Redshank - 43 Lapwing - 157 Teal - 59 Mallard - 27 Snipe - 7 Black-headed Gull - 15 Moorhen - 1 Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Pheasant - 2 Hawthorn Wood G
Wildlife sightings for 25th October 2012
1 Jack Snipe - main lake, on low-lying area viewable from Peacock Tower 1 Brambling - flew E over sheltered lagoon 11 Redpoll - flew over W + NW 16 Siskin - feeding in wildside, but also moving back and forth to south route 9 Meadow Pipit - flew over SW,N
Autumnwatch is back on our screens
Autumnwatch will be hitting our screens again from next Tuesday 30th October to the 2nd November with a programme every day. It will be shown from 8-9pm. Autumnwatch will include knowledge on bird migration which really reflects on what Martin Mere is all
The spooky side of wetlands
From Saturday 27 October until Sunday 4 November you can join us for Halloween-themed half term family fun! Catch spiders and other beasties at our creepy crawly hunts (11am), find frightening fungi and hear spooky stories about them (1pm), go fishing in
Conservation & captive breeding
Peter Cranswick, Head of Species Recovery for WWT visited the centre today we a inspirational talk about how conservationists are trying a range of techniques to try and save Madagascar Pochard and Spoon-billed Sandpipers from extinction and reintroduce C