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The cosmetic flamingo
A bright story to enlighten these gloomy autumn evenings that have set in... It seems a bit weird but I am not making this up, scientists working on bird colouration and pigments have found out that greater flamingos (one the commonest species in captivit
Some counts
A bit of a compilation of sightings from the last few days. Very windy this morning but much calmer now as I type this. Some wetland bird counts included ~ 300 Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, 550 Greylag, 100 Canada Geese, 5000+ Pink-footed Geese, 1000+ Mallard,
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 14th October have included: 11,950 Brent on the Lough with 1,500 – 2,000 on the Estuary. 12 Whooper swans with 2 young were spotted on the Main Lake. Main Lake – 208 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 36 Tufted Ducks, 1 Pochard, 4 Gadwalls and 3
Spellbound Festival
For those who are feeling brave, bring your little monsters along for a whole host of Halloween events running from Thursday 25 October to Friday 2 November. There’s something to keep everyone entertained from face painting, haunted tours, a monster mas
Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2012
1 Crossbill - flew W 7 Redpoll - wildside 4 Siskin - wildside 8 Song Thrush - flew SW 14 Redwing - flew SW+S 6 Chiffchaff - south route, sheltered lagoon 8 Meadow Pipit - flew SW Recent bird highlights: Gannet, Peregrine, Buzzard, Stonechat, Wheatear, Bra
Today's sightings-Big tide
The view from the Holden Tower this morning, a very high tide! The South lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 410 Lapwing 150 Teal 250 Shoveler 170 Great-crested Grebe 1 Little Grebe 1 The Zeiss Hide Little Stint 1 Dunlin 28 Spotted Redshank
Todays Sighings
Wader Lake/am/Low Tide Lapwing - 60 Mallard - 20 Grey Heron - 3 Moorhen - 1 Snipe - 11 Black Headed Gull - 11 Redshank - 6 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 4 Other Birds Lesser Black Backed Gull - River Wear - 2 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit
Local letter writers inspire our future generations
We have had such an inspirational year with the Queen’s Jubilee, the Olympics and the Paralympics inspiring the nation. And now WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centres has launched a campaign called Scott 100. The Scott 100 campaign is to ‘inspire generations
Flamingo chicks hand-reared at WWT Washington for very first time
A quintet of fluffy flamingo chicks is being hand-reared at WWT Washington Wetland Centre for the very first time. Owen syringe-feeds one of the chicks Aviculture expert Owen Joiner is providing round-the-clock care f
Geese numbers in decline?
Survey results recently published by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) reveal that the population of pink-footed geese may have dropped by around 100,000 in just the last two years. The majority of the world’s pink-footed geese winter in the UK, h
Today's sightings +WeBs Totals
A total of 8,496 Wetland Birds counted on the WeBs count. Details here plus some non wetland birds. Mute Swan 107 White-fronted Goose 5 Greylag Goose 384 Barnacle Goose 120 Canada Goose 332 Shelduck 103 Egyptian Goose 1 Mallard 675 Gadwall 54 Pintail 164
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Grey Heron - 4 Teal - 53 Lapwing - 136 Black Headed Gull - 76 Snipe - 5 Redshank - 7 Moorhen - 7 Coot - 1 SALINE LAGOON Mallard - 2 Black Headed Gull - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD Great Tit - 4 Pheasant - 9 Blue Tit - 8 Coal Tit - 2 Chaffinch -
Wildlife sightings for 15th October 2012
25 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon and main lake 1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 5 Snipe - main lake, marsh and scrape 2 Redwing - flew SW 21 Lesser Redpoll - south route Recent bird highlights: Gannet, Peregrine, Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Short-
Today's highlights
Very busy doing the WeBs count after the fog delayed our count. Full round-up tomorrow but for now here are the highlights. Bittern 2 (Zeiss and Carp Park Reed Bed) Long-Billed Dowitcher 1 Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 3 White-fronted Goose 5 Common Crane 4
Hello again.
Five gorgeous white-wings from LWC We have had a very busy season at Slimbridge so please accept huge apologies for my continued blogging silence. Following a trip to speak for the IWWA convention I have made a sole