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Eric! Developments...
Just in time for Christmas, my wonderful little charges were introduced by Sparky and Claire one rainy thursday into the Lesser house for the very first time. After an intensive 3 month rearing period, the point had come almost overnight, that they need
4 January 2012
Major work begins on new saline lagoon
Work is now underway to transform this area into a new saline lagoon The excavation of WWT Washington’s new saline lagoon has begun! Designed to improve the biodiversity of the area currently known as Sandpiper Pond
4 January 2012
TV star to reveal favourite wildlife hotspots
Conservationist Mark Carwardine will reveal his favourite places in the world to see wildlife during an evening talk at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre next month. Mark Carwardine, wildlife photographer, writer and presen
4 January 2012
Dawn Swan Count
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4 January 2012
A Wild One
Another wild one weather wise today, thankfully the forecast for the next few days is looking much more sensible with dropping winds and no rain showers closer to the weekend. No seabirds reported tod [...]
4 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 4th January 2012
4 Pintail - 3 male and 1 female, marsh channel 45 Wigeon - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - over marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 187 Black-headed Gull - main lake 4 Common Gull - mai [...]
4 January 2012
Awesome birding
Two Eastern type Greylag Geese with the White-fronted Geese and normal Greylag in the forground on the Tack Piece JSLees WWT The Tack Piece Eastern Greylag Goose 2 (arrived overnight with some [...]
4 January 2012
Starling update - 1st January
As we enter the New Year the huge numbers of starlings which have been visiting the centre each evening for their nightly roost continue to put on some very spectacular displays. Numbers are still estimated to be around the 100,000 mark. The birds’ beha
3 January 2012
Updates to sightings page
I wanted to let you kow that you can now report your sightings at Martin Mere by visiting http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/martin-mere/latest-sightings/ and logging public sightings, including an image if you want to. You can also use Twitter by starting
3 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Mid Tide Widgeon 15 Shelduck 11 Teal 59 Mallard 86 Black-Headed Gull 72 Grey Heron 4 Lapwing 23 Redshank 14 River Cormorant 4 Curle [...]
3 January 2012
Hen Harrier
A very stormy day resulting in most birds trying to find shelter from the very strong winds, the sight of Raven, Marsh Harrier and Buzzard all sat on the ground next to Greylag Geese trying to get out [...]
3 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 3rd January 2012
1 Bittern - southside of main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 5 Lesser Redpoll - world wetlands 3 Siskin - sheltered lagoon Recent bird highlights: Bittern, Peregrine, Jack [...]
3 January 2012
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake AM High Tide Wigeon 19 Mallard 79 Shelduck 7 Teal 76 Black Headed Gull 43 Herring Gull 4 Greylag 2 Lapwing 11 [...]
2 January 2012
White-fronted Geese
A record count of 46 European White-fronted Goose was the highlight of the day, the birds spent most of the day around the Mere showing well alongside Pink footed and Greylag Geese. The ringtail Hen H [...]
2 January 2012
Last Few Days
New Years Bird Race The New Year Bird Race was great fun, sadly not many people took. During the day I personally managed 62 species, but sadly was beaten on the day by a total of 65 species by WW [...]
2 January 2012