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Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Middle Point Golden Plover 1 Lapwing 15 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Teal 30 Shoveler 21 Avocet 10 Redshank 8 Lapwing 16 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 5 Black-tailed Godwit 1 South Lake Avocet 4 Lapwing 96 Redshank 38 Black-tailed Godwit26 Gadwall 50
22 June 2014
Med Gulls
Two adult Med Gull on the Mere this morning. Little Gull again from the UU Hide out on Woodend Marsh. Cuckoo again from The Janet Kear Hide. At least 8 Buzzard in the air at any one time also 2 Kestrel. Barn Owl out again this morning and Tawny Owl showin
22 June 2014
Something special to look out for in Flamingo Lagoon
Another week of beautiful sunshine. We should probably call this flamingo breeding weather, rather than a barbeque summer. I hope I haven't jinxed it now by saying that... The Flamingo Lagoon chicks are stars of the show at Slimbridge currently, and they
22 June 2014
Tern around!
After the sad loss of the male Common tern, it was warming to see another pair briefly around the reserve at the beginning of the week roosting on the new island on Arun riverlife. Was it our female with a new mate or a different pair? Hopefully next year
22 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 22nd June 2014
1 Kittiwake - on island in front of WWF hide, then circled and drifted N 2 Shelduck - flew E 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Lapwing chick - scrape 1 Peregrine - circling around hospital 2 Chiffchaff - singing in wildside and sheltered lagoon Add
22 June 2014
Bird News
Relatively quiet on the migration front as we enter the longest day. Most of the 60-70 species present are local breeding birds or part of some post breeding movements. Barn Owls are feeding young so it's a good time to catch them here. One adult bird was
21 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 21st June 2014
2 Tufted Duck broods (of 4 ducklings) - main lake, wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover (seen mating) - wader scrape 4 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon, wildside, reservoir lagoon 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon June bird highlights: Red Kite, Hobby, Oystercat
21 June 2014
Latest Sightings
The Teal Pond Hide is currently closed as we are replacing it with a shiny new hide over the next couple of months. Sorry for any inconvenience. Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 - with 1 chick Mallards Mallard ducklings Moorhen with chicks House Martin
21 June 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 8 The Rushy Avocet 14 The South Lake Mediterranean Gull 2 Green Sandpiper 1 Redshank 18 Black-tailed Godwit 27 Lapwing 70 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 9 The South Finger Cuckoo 1 The Car Park Cuckoo 1
21 June 2014
Today's sightings
The South lake Mediterranean Gull 7 Redshank 18 Avocet 9 Gadwall 45 Great-crested Grebe 3 The Tack Piece Avocet 4 Green Sandpiper 5 Buzzard 2 Common Crane 3 (GCP) The Zeiss Hide Avocet 10 Black-tailed Godwit 34 Little Egret 1 The Rushy Avocet 10
20 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 20th June 2014
7 Shoveler - wader scrape 2 Little Grebe broods (of 3 and 2 chicks) - main lake seen from Headley hide 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Garden Warbler - wildside 1 Kestrel - sheltered lagoon June bird highlights: Red Kite, Hobby, Oystercatcher, Gr
20 June 2014
Latest Sightings
The Teal Pond Hide is currently closed as we are replacing it with a shiny new hide over the next couple of months. Sorry for any inconvenience. Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 - with 1 chick Mallards Mallard ducklings Moorhen with chicks House
20 June 2014
Some finer details... Red.
Awh the joys of interpretation... I spend more time looking after my charges than reading formal papers on them... Left on my lonesome as I often am, observations are readily made as to the reasons behind some wildfowl colourations. I love tying physical
19 June 2014
Todays sightings
A beautiful day at WWT Welney with plenty of young and fledgling birds around from the moorhens feeding chicks in the front pool to blackbirds taking their first flights outside reedbed hide. Grazing Officer Shaun whilst off checking the cows on Lady Fe
19 June 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 - with 1 chick Mallards Mallard ducklings Moorhen with chicks House Martins Swallows Folly Pond Mallards Mallard ducklings Oystercatcher 3 Swallows House Martins Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 - with 8 cygnets Gadwall 4 Gadwall du
19 June 2014