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Sightings and Photo competition!
Above image was sent in by WWT volunteer Graham Maples. Here the Bittern has just yet another Vole, this bird seems to be catching at least 4-5 voles per day currently! Send us your photograp [...]
12 December 2011
Out on the reserve today
At yesterday's 3.30pm feed there were a couple fo barn owls hunting along hundred foot bank, one of which even swooped in front of the main observatory. [...]
11 December 2011
Todays sightings
Wader Lake AM Mid Tide Wigeon 2 Shelduck 2 Mallard 10 Teal 28 Lapwing 36 Shoveler 1 Moorhen 14 Coot 1 Curlew 2 [...]
11 December 2011
Best Day of the Week
Some early rain passed through leaving us with excellent windless birding condition for the rest of the day. A raptor fest with seven species recorded; Hen Harrier (ring-tail), 4+ Marsh Harrier, M [...]
11 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Robin along the Avenue, M.Youdale © Copyright WWT 2011 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 70 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 50 Campbell Hide Eurasian White-fronted Goose 4 Barnacle Goose 800 [...]
11 December 2011
Starling roost rise
The starlings roosting in the reedbed have now swollen to around two thousand birds. They can be seen very well from the reedbed boardwalk and the reedswamp exhibit, usually around 3.30pm. [...]
11 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 11th December 2011
170 1718818911718187178796793780870171717177117171717117171700171717171 170 Teal – marsh 2 Pintail – marsh 76 Wigeon – marsh 2 Bittern - main lake 14 [...]
11 December 2011
Today's sightings
One of the Bitterns from the Zeiss Hide copyright JSLees WWT Send us your photographs If you have any good photographs of our wildlife, we would love to publish them here. send them to james.l [...]
11 December 2011
Redshank returns!
Our visiting redshank is back on the stream outside of the visitor centre. Great views from Waterside Cafe. Elsewhere on site, tits and finches continue to flock to the feeders in abundance. [...]
10 December 2011
A cracking day!
A fine selection of species recorded on site today, the highlights being a Great White Egret which was seen by several observers and photographed from the Kingfisher hide before it flew past the Mere [...]
10 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 10th December 2011
1 Bittern - main lake southside 110+ Teal - wader scrape, main lake, reservoir lagoon 51 Wigeon - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Pintail - main lake 1 Shelduck - grazing marsh 16 Sn [...]
10 December 2011
Bittern in the sun.
A beutifull sunny morning but a hard frost has frozen a lot of the water areas. Rushy Bewicks 101 (about 10 new arrivals last night in the still conditions) Pochard 200 Ruddy Shelduc [...]
10 December 2011
Arrival of the Royal Couple!
Strong south-westerly winds did not deter our Royal couple, William and Katherine, from pushing on to Slimbridge this week. The pair, named earlier in the year in honour of the Royal marriage, arrived back for their seventh winter together. They are now j
9 December 2011
Bewick's Swan
Another quality day out birding on the reserve. If you are sensibly wrapped up you should be able to tot up over 50 species in a full day at the moment. A single Beweick's Swan was seen from t [...]
9 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 9th December 2011
2 Pintail - grazing marsh, main lake 54 Wigeon - grazing marsh 2 Redwing - entrance lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 15 Lesser Redpoll - entrance lake, waterlife, sheltered lagoon [...]
9 December 2011