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4th April Reserve sightings
RESERVE; Pheasant, Wood pigeon, Coot & chicks, Moorhen & chicks, Great/ Blue/ Long tailed tits, Goldfinch, Nuthatch, Dunnock, Chiff chaff, Reed bunting, Wren, Cetti's warbler, Jackdaw, Rook, Water voles, Herring gulls, Robin, Blackbird, Mute swans
4 April 2014
Today's sightings- Migration
The Holden Tower TAIGA BEAN GOOSE 2 Brent Goose 33 Kittiwake 138 Sat on river then flew north Goosander 1 female Little Gull 1 Little Stint 1 Sanderling 1 Dunlin 5 Ringed Plover 9 Curlew 2 The South Lake SPOONBILL 1 Avocet 4 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Little G
4 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 4th April 2014
2 Oystercatcher - main lake 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 7 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 10 Sand Martin - wader scrape, grazing marsh, 2 flew NW 1 Linnet - flew over N 9 Cetti's Warbler - site count 6 Blackcap - site count 1 Per
4 April 2014
Migration news!
This winter, a team of dedicated WWT staff and volunteers spent many hours sitting in soggy, cold fields on the Ouse Washes in Norfolk, waiting to catch some Bewick’s swans under a cannon-fired net. Releasing birds
3 April 2014
Egg-citing Easter at Martin Mere
Experience a duck-themed Easter holiday (from Saturday 5th to Monday 21st April) and an exciting Easter Sunday duck race at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Every day during the holidays between 1pm and 4pm there will be duck themed family crafts: paint a
3 April 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 14 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Lapwing - 18 Oystercatcher - 6 Shelduck - 26 Gadwall - 2 Shoveler - 6 Grey Heron - 26 Saline Lagoon Avocet - 1 Oystercatcher - 2 Gadwall - 2 Teal - 16 Hawthorn
3 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 3rd April 2014
2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake islands nearest to WWF and Peacock tower hides 7 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 6 Sand Martin - wader scrape 1 Willow Warbler - singing by Peacock tower channel 1 Blackcap - singing from west bank Additional sigh
3 April 2014
Today's sightings
The Rushy Avocet 12 The Holden Tower TAIGA BEAN GOOSE 2 The South Finger HOODED CROW 1 Kingfisher 2 Water Rail 2 Siskin 1 Redpoll 1 Cetti's Warbler 3 Migrants Sedge Warbler 2 Willow Warbler 5 Chiffchaff 20 Blackcap 12
3 April 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 3 Mute Swan 26 Tufted Duck 54 Wigeon 22 Gadwall 1♂ Mallard 11 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 100 Wigeon 80 Shoveler 34 Shelduck 11 Oystercatcher 2 Corner Field Teal 70 Mute Swan 2 Wigeon 5 Shelduck 10
3 April 2014
Swallow and Sedge Warbler
Two new summering species arrived today with 10 Swallow seen and a singing Sedge Warbler on Woodend Marsh. Twenty four Sand Martin logged today. The Sedge Warbler maybe Lancashire's first this year. Again a broad selection of species to be found around th
2 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Peregrine - 1 Stoat - 1 on Lady Fen and near the visitor centre
2 April 2014
Today's sightings
The South Lake LITTLE GULL 1 adult showed well all day hawking over main lake Avocet 7 Green Sandpiper 1 The Kingfisher Hide HOODED CROW 1 Kingfisher 2 The Holden Tower No sign of the bean geese Sanderling 6 Ringed Plover 9 Grey Plover 2 Dunlin 30 Avocet
2 April 2014
Wildlife sightings for 2nd April 2014
7 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake 5 Sand Martin - 2 Red Poll - flew out of South route 3 Blackcap - wildside, sheltered lagoon, reservoir lagoon 6 Chiffchaff - wildside, south route, sheltered lagoon March bird highlights: Buzzard, Jack
2 April 2014
Success for Hawaiian geese in the wild
WWT is celebrating a success in the wild for one of the rarest species at its Wetland Centres, the Hawaiian goose, known as a nene (pronounced nay-nay). It was driven to near extinction in the early 1950s when only 30 individuals were left in the world, a
1 April 2014
Yellowhammer
New addition to the year list with singing Yellowhammer along the edge of the reserve on the recently purchased (last year) land by the railway line. Another was also singing just off the reserve near the derelict farm opposite the entrance. Corn Bunting
1 April 2014