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Out on the reserve today
Although water levels are rising on the reserve, so that currently the Reedbed hide and Dragonfly ponds are closed and you need wellies for Allport and Friends hides, there are still plenty of birds. All of which are now visible due to the fog clearing.
Today's sightings
Green Lane/100 Acre Viewing Platform Please note that due to change in farming methods the Green Lane and 100 Acre viewing platform are current out of bounds. We are in talks with the local farmer and hope to gain access to this area soon, we will of cour
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Low Tide Teal - 84 Mallard - 68 Curlew - 3 Common Snipe - 8 Redshank - 36 Grey Heron - 7 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 9 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 4 Teal - 4 Other Birds Siskin - Wader Lake Footpath - 14 Redwing - Hawthorn scrub by the Reservoi
Wildlife sightings for 24th October 2012
1 Bittern - main lake N shore, viewable from Observatory 88 Shoveler - main lake 25 Wigeon - main lake and sheltered lagoon 1 Mediterranean Gull - circled over main lake 1 Dunlin - flew E 1 Green Sandpiper - heard calling somewhere over main lake/scrape 7
Sorting out who's "top dog" (or "top flamingo", I suppose).
A couple of behaviours today that I observed amongst the small flock of juvenile Chilean and Caribbean flamingos that currently reside in the flamingo enclosure at the far end of the Big Pen (or "Swan Lake" as it is known on maps and in guide books). Thes
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 60 Wigeon 20 Whooper Swan 2 Teal 1 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 104 (Post Roost) Teal 900 Shoveler 40 Mute Swan 15 Snipe 2 Wigeon 120 Teal Pond Snipe 1 Kestrel 1 Teal 4 Gadwall 1 Avenue Tower Teal 700 Wigeon 350 Shoveler 5 Lapwing 100
Today's sightings-Migration!
With perfect conditions for birds to leave Scandinavia and a good North East wind with mist there was plenty to see today. All birds were seen flying low back into the wind heading North East, presumably having headed too far SW overnight and now track
Lead shot poisoning - more voices say look for alternatives
Concerns that lead poisoning from gunshot can affect animal and human health have widened, following a scientific paper by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) which suggests a third of waterbirds sampled suffer from lead poisoning through eating lead
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Low Tide Teal - 63 Grey Heron - 2 Mallard - 34 Common Snipe - 8 Lapwing - 4 Redshank - 49 Moorhen - 2 Coot - 1 Curlew - 1 Black Headed Gull - 31 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 6 Mallard - 10 Pheasant - 12 Jay - 2 Hawthor
Meet our new chef
We are pleased to welcome a new member to the Martin Mere team. Our new head chef Michael Ray who started a few weeks ago and is settling really well into our team. Michael who is originally from Leeds first started his career in a French restaurant ther
Wildlife sightings for 23rd October 2012
1 Mandarin - grazing marsh 1 Redshank - main lake 74 Lapwing - site count 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Rail - reservoir lagoon 1 Ring Ouzel - circled reservoir lagoon a.m. 13 Skylark - flew over NE 1 Rock Pipit - flew over W 52 Redwing - flew over
Today's wild bird sightings
Please note these are yesterday's sightings! Great white egret from the British Steel Hide 5 little egret 18 cormorant 630 black tailed godwit 462 knot 6 snipe 35 dunlin 12 redshank 2 spotted redshank 14 greenshank assorted wildfowl kestrel sparowhawk bu
Today's wild bird sightings
Great white egret - seen from the British Steel Hide 5 little egret 18 cormorant 630 black tailed godwit 462 knot 6 snipe 35 dunlin 12 redshank 2 spotted redshank 14 greenshank assorted wildfowl kestrel sparrowhawk buzzard
The swans are coming!
One of nature’s greatest spectacles and feats of endurance is now underway as thousands of small yet hardy Bewick’s swans escape the freezing Russian arctic winter and make their way to warmer havens in northwest Europe. After leaving Russia in Septem
Whats on this October half term
We had a great start to October half term this weekend with 2100 people visiting us! This weekend the pumpkin carvings kicked off our half term activities, and we have plently more going on over the new two weeks. There are daily talks and feeds includin