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Recent Sightings - 16th June
Main Lake - Shelduck with 8 ducklings, 3 Mute Swans, 3 Greylag & 6 goslings, 2 Teal Wader Marsh - Shelduck with 6 ducklings, 6 Greylags, 9 Black Tailed Godwit, 1 Little Egret. Buzzard was seen flying over the Main Lake/ Wader Marsh. Fresh Water Lagoo
17 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 17th June 2014
6 Common Tern chicks - main lake rafts 1 Yellow Legged Gull 1st summer - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 80 Swift - over reserve 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Kestrel - South route June bird highlights: Red Kite, Hobby, Oystercatcher
17 June 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Ringed Plover on the scrape South Lake Avocet 5- 2 adults and 3 juvenile Black-tailed Godwit 21 Redshank 8 Gadwall 117 Great Crested Grebe 3 Lapwing 45 Rushy Avocet 4 pairs- 4 chicks hatched Green Sandpiper 2 Robbie Garnett Hide Green Sandpip
17 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
17 June 2014
Cuckoo
Another pleasant day out and about. Observers in the Janet Kear Hide caught some rarely seen activity in the shape of a Cuckoo flying into the reeds and coming out carrying an egg, presumably of Reed Warbler, to leave its own egg in place. Some wildfowl c
16 June 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Gadwall 21 +brood Avocet 7 Grey Heron 2 (inc juvenile) Teal 50+ Greenshank 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Rushy Green Sandpiper 4 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Avocet 4 pairs- 2 chicks have hatched Holden Tower/Middle point Lapwing 19 Bar-tailed God
16 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid-high Grey Heron - 21 including young Avocet - 9 including young Lapwing - 11 Oystercatcher - 5 Tufted Duck - 19 Shoveler - 1 Common Tern - 46 Redshank - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Mid-hi
16 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 16th June 2014
1 Pochard brood - reedbed Lapwing juvs - scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - marsh 1 Buzzard - high over to the NW of the reserve 1 Swallow - over marsh 4 Whitethroat - scrape, sheltered lagoon, resr lagoon 6 Sand Martin juvs - scrape June bird highlights:
16 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 15th June 2014
1 Peregrine - feeding over main lake 1 Hobby Whitethroat - feeding young near the Wader Scrape hide June bird highlights: Red Kite, Hobby, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, Kingfisher, Turtle Dove, Swallow, Whiteth
16 June 2014
Owls
A two species of owl day with Tawny Owl showing in trees between the Janet Kear Hide and the UU Hide. Barn Owl hunting from the Ron Barker Hide. A good selection of waders including breeding plumage male Ruff, an elusive Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plo
15 June 2014
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Red-necked Phalarope 1 mid morning only Avocet 7 Redshank 8 Gadwall 12 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 2 Marsh Harrier- female flew past headed to Middle Point Teal 61 Wigeon 2 male Holden Tower Avocet 6 Lapwing pair and 2 chicks Oyster
15 June 2014
Orchids in bloom
Bee orchid in the grounds An orchid survey is underway across WWT Washington’s reserve and some of the meadow results are back in. This year, Forgotten Meadow has 758 Northern marsh orchid and 14 common spotted orch
15 June 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Lapwing - 11 + 3 chicks Redshank - 2 + 3 chicks Avocet 8 + 6 chicks Shelduck - 6 + 2 broods Oystercatcher - 4 + 1 chick Grey Heron - 14 Common Tern - 63 Pied Wagtail - 1 Black Headed Gull - 2 Shoveler - 1 Saline Lagoon G
15 June 2014
Out on the reserve
After a wet start many of the birds were sheltering from the rain but come opening time activity resumed with lots of chicks and ducklings feeding out on the pools. Today was a great day for insects with lots of dragonflies and bees including: Blue-tail
14 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 14th June 2014
1 Little Egret - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Redshank - main lake 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon June bird highlights: Red Kite, Hobby, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, Kingfisher, Turtle
14 June 2014