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Wildlife sightings for 23rd March 2012
Grass snake (right) in wildside ponds (image by Peter Galbraith) 4 Redshank - wader scrape 8 Cetti's Warbler - site count 6 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside, reedbed, water [...]
Todays sightings
Great sunshine and a scattering of summer migrants but the site is drying out far more quickly than it should be.Chiffchaff singing all over and one or two Blackcap as well. The female Lesser Scau [...]
Cheeky bronze-winged ducks (video)!
Meet our gregarious, noisy, nibbly bronze-winged ducks – which we wouldn’t have any other way. Quite difficult to film while stumbling backwards over your own feet; much better to see and be chased by them in person! They’re also known as ‘specta
Countryfile magazine highlights our grey heron colony
Countryfile magazine has named WWT Washington as one of the best places to spot grey herons in the whole of the UK! http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/wildlife-watch-out-march [...]
Wildlife news
A bright morning, with a singing Chiffchaff outside the In Focus shop giving a very Spring-like feel to the day. Between 7 and 10 pm last night, numbers of Whooper Swans were heard apparently le [...]
Today's sightings
Holden Tower over high tide Avocets- Five came into the Top New Piece, best viewed from the Zeiss Hide. They are showing lots of territorial/pairing behaviour today. The party of five often meetin [...]
Magical Animal Fun at WWT Martin Mere this Easter
Easter is Animal Magic at Martin Mere and you can get up close and personal to a huge range of weird and wonderful creatures. Everyday throughout the Easter Holidays there will be different animals for the whole family to enjoy including birds of prey, sk
Out on the reserve today
Marsh harrier has just been gliding over the far end of Lady Fen (easily seen from visitor centre), being mobbed by lapwing. [...]
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM/Low Tide Avocet 6 Black Tailed Godwit 2 Redshank 8 Teal 18 Black Headed Gull 25 Lapwing 31 Shelduck 5 Grey Heron [...]
Wildlife sightings for 21st March 2012
1 Red Kite - flew S along western perimeter, then off SW towards Mortlake 1330hrs 1 Buzzard - flew high over main lake 2 Shelduck - marsh 1 Pintail - main lake 2 Redshank - marsh 8 [...]
Today's sightings
Cackling Canada Goose and Greater Canada Goose on the Rushy (showing the size) JSLeesWWT The Rushy CACKLING CANADA GOOSE 1 ( canadensis minima ) LESSER SCAUP 1 The Zeiss Hide Bl [...]
Get more out of your garden with WWT London Wetland Centre
Marsh Marigolds - Ross Paxton WWT London Wetland Centre’s Garden weekend, part of the WWT Festival of Gardening for Wildlife, offers both budding and keen gardeners the chance to find out how to make the most of the
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet 8 Black Headed Gull 56 Lesser Black Backed Gull 4 Common Gull 2 Teal 30 Wigeon 8 Heron 39 Lapwing&nb [...]
Whooper Count
Keeping with yesterday's winter theme, a roost count of 940 Whooper Swan was larger than expected. A Tundra Bean Goose was seen again late yesterday on Top Mere feeding on waste potatoes with ~ 70 [...]
Wildlife sightings for 20th March 2012
2 Shelduck - wader scrape 3 Redshank - main lake, grazing marsh 11 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 7 Chiffchaff - wildside, waterlife, sheltered lagoon 1 Buzzard - circling over site [...]