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Steamy cranes show spring is in the air!
Despite wintery conditions in Gloucestershire a pair of mating cranes has shown that spring in on the way, well in their eyes anyway! Bart and Ruby, who were released as chicks in Somerset as part of the Great Crane Project, spent last summer at WWT Slimb
4 February 2015
daily sightings
7 curlew on ice at Main Obs this morning 60 dunlin - Lady Fen and Main Observatory 10 goldeneye - 4 male 6 female chiffchaff outside Main Observatory
4 February 2015
Recent Sightings 4th February
The following sightings were recorded by Pete Matchett, Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard 342 Cormorant 6 Tufty 45 Scaup 1 Gadwall 47 Little Egret 7 Grey Heron 1 Black Headed Gull 60 Black Tailed Godwit 2
4 February 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese 500 on the reserve from Farmhouse Tower, most have moved off to different feeding areas after the weather in last week and have yet to return in any great number. Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 110 Mute Swan 60 Mallard 350 Tufted Duck 10 Wigeon
4 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing - 30 Black-headed Gull - 150 Grey Heron - 10 Canada Goose - 11 Greylag Goose - 1 Herring Gull - 7 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Saline Lagoon Teal - 22 Hawthorn Wood Goldcrest - 1 Nuthatch -
4 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 4th February 2015
157 Tufted Duck - site count 57 Wigeon - scrape 3 Pintail - main lake January bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander, Peregrine, Pheasant, Woodcock, Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Kingfisher, Stonechat. Good numbers of wintering
4 February 2015
WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre on S4C
WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre celebrated World Wetlands Day 2015 on Monday 2nd February with a visit from S4C’s Heno programme film crew, who spent the afternoon exploring the wetlands and meeting with members of the WWT team. The crew interviewed Learni
3 February 2015
Barn Owls
A hard frost last night leaving most of the Mere frozen this morning, although movement of birds opened up the water between the feeding areas. Langley's Brook remained unfrozen and was packed with Teal and Wigeon. Two Barn Owls early on at least. Peregr
3 February 2015
Today's sightings-partially iced up.
South Lake Lots of wildfowl here today as the deep lake is unfrozen. Ferruginous Duck female under the willows to left of hide Pink-footed Goose 1st winter with Greylag Geese. Crane 2 Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Barnacle Goose 190 White-fronted Goose-some fl
3 February 2015
Kingfisher exploits!
Again Kingfishers seem to be zooming all around the reserve today. On one occasion two kingfishers met at high speed with lots of whistling, briefly clashed in mid flight and then went their separate ways. Territorial dispute over fishing rights or precur
3 February 2015
daily sightings
A quiet day on the reserve but a few highlights including a number of lingering Bewick's swans in the morning and a friendly seal who popped up briefly under the access bridge. photo: Adam Finch
3 February 2015
Bonaparte's Gull!!!
British Steel hide A Bonaparte's gull was seen briefly this morning on the outer scrape of the saline lagoon with the lapwing. It then flew over the hide and high to the north. Other counts include 331 black tailed godwit, 150 knot, 45 curlew, 225 wigeo
3 February 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese 202 on the reserve from Farmhouse Tower, most have moved off to different feeding areas after the weather in last week and have yet to return in any great number. Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 110 Mute Swan 60 Mallard 350 Tufted Duck 10 Wigeon
3 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 3rd February 2015
3 Bittern - main lake N shore (2 near Headley hide) 12 Mandarin - 3 Pintail - main lake 69 Lapwing - main lake 11 Fieldfare - flew over S 1 Meadow Pipit - flew over N 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on Charing cross hospital January bir
3 February 2015
Willow Tit
Cold but virtually windless making for good viewing. Bird of the day was a sighting of Willow Tit from the Janet Kear Hide. It's the second sighting of the year which is unusual as birds once arrived tend to be seen regularly until they disappear. Hopeful
2 February 2015