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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Oystercatcher - 4 + 1 chick Avocet - 8+ 6 chicks Shelduck - 6 Redshank - 1 + 3 chicks Lapwing - 3 Tufted Duck - 19 Mute Swan - 2 Grey Heron - 14 Common Tern - 56 Gadwall - 2 Shoveler - 2 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher - 2 Tuft
14 June 2014
Todays Sightings
Rushy Green Sandpiper 1 Avocet 6 Shelduck 3 broods Robbie Garnett Avocet 3 juvs Teal 2 Reed Warbler 2 Cettis 1 Holden Tower Avocet 8 (4 juvs) Curlew 26 Bar Tailed Godwit 1 Barnacle Goose 29 Zeiss Hide Avocet 9 Teal 32 Shoveler 4 Heron 1 Little Egret 1 Sou
14 June 2014
Ruff
A breeding plumaged male Ruff along with 2-3 Reeves (females) was on view from United Utilities Hide today along with a 1st cal year Little Gull and a single Common Tern. Other waders on site include Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper, also lots of
13 June 2014
We're going on a Wild Walk...
we're going on a wild walk Explore a hidden gem of wetland habitat at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre this summer holiday with the opening of Wild Walk. Work is well underway to create the new Wild Walk experience whic
13 June 2014
The Indepedent Flamingo
Aside from my wanderings around, staring at and writing down about the Slimbridge flamingos, I am joined this year by two University of Exeter MSc students, Finn and Alyssa, who are helping categorise and evaluate the behaviour of the really large flock
13 June 2014
Sunshine and heat
The whole reserve is literally buzzing with life. Scores of Canada and greylag geese goslings, Mute swan cygnets, Mallard, Gadwall, Shelduck and Tufted duck ducklings and Black headed gull chicks abound. Swallows are feeding young at two nests in our h
13 June 2014
Today's Sightings
No sign of yesterdays Glossy Ibises yet but keep looking. Rushy Four pairs of Avocet here and lots of interaction with several broods of Shelduck. Robbie Garnett Hide More Shelduck broods a couple of Teal and a lone Wigeon. Good views of a Green Sandpiper
13 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 13th June 2014
2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Redshank - wader scrape 1 House Sparrow - Queen Elizabeth Walk 2 Whitethroat - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 1 Kestrel - hunting over South route June bird highlights: Red Kite, Hobby, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpip
13 June 2014
Bird News
A quiet time of year but at the moment we still have 2 Little Gulls present along with at least 1 Common Tern viewable from UU hide. The Mere is still alive with the sounds of the Black headed Gull colony.A Marsh Harrier was on site again today, best look
12 June 2014
VIDEO: roe deer courtship
This brief clip of two roe deer flirting at our saline lagoon was caught by a camera trap. The buck and doe briefly nuzzle right at the start and then he saunters off as she follows behind, having fallen under his spell. If you look carefully, he’s ado
12 June 2014
Wildlife sightings for 12th June 2014
1 Redstart - (female) feeding along the resr lagoon north shore, then flew SW towards the wildside 'summer route' a.m. 3 Whitethroat - resr lagoon and sheltered lagoon (feeding young between the Sand Martin Bank and Wader Scrape Hide) 1 Garden Warbler
12 June 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 - with 1 chick Mallards Mallard ducklings 9 Tufted Duck 2 House Martins Swallows Folly Pond Teal 2 Mallards Mallard ducklings Oystercatcher 3 Swallows House Martins Corner Field Teal 14 Shelduck 1 Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 - w
12 June 2014
Today's sightings- Glossy Ibis
GLOSSY IBIS GLOSSY IBIBS 3 Roosting with gulls over high tide then flew north early morning. Then they were relocated at midday feeding in front of the Zeiss Hide where they remained for the afternoon. The Rushy Avocet 18 ( 28 on site today) The Zeiss Hid
12 June 2014
Government overlooking cost effective and beneficial flooding solutions
Two clear opportunities to tackle flooding have been missed by Government, at the same time as publishing evidence of the economic benefits of those approaches. The economic report published by Defra’s advisers, Natural England, on Monday shows Sustaina
11 June 2014
VIDEO: wading chicks growing up fast
Oystercatcher chick and adults Wader Lake June 2014 Oystercatcher, avocet and redshank - oh my! Wader Lake's chicks are growing up fast, with six avocets due to fledge any day now, grey heron juveniles learning to fis
11 June 2014