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Wildlife sightings for 20th August 2013
c45 Teal - scrape, main lake 2 Peregrine - perching on hospital 2 Greenshank - flew on to main lake from the west, then headed towards the scrape p.m. 6 Snipe - scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 4 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside 1 Willow Warb
20 August 2013
We're back!
Apologies, computer gremlins left us unable to update the sightings page over the past few days. I'll do an up to date report at the end of today.
20 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Lyle hide Marsh harrier - 1 female Main hide Black-tailed godwit - 48 Ruff - 2 Little ringed plover - 2 Snipe Clouded yellow butterflies Red underwing moths
20 August 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 1 female Pintail 1 Brent Goose 1 Ringed Plover 397 Dunlin 274 Sanderling 15 Turnstone 1 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 Whimbrel 1 Curlew 150 Yellow Wagtail 30 The Zeiss Hide Pintail 1 Greenshank 2 Green Sandpiper 2 Common Snipe 12 Litt
20 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Main Lake 320 mallards, 10 coots, 8 teal, 1 wigeon, 23 Tufted Ducks, 7 shelduck, 14 gadwall Saline Lagoon 2 shelduck, little egret, heron Wader Marsh 18 Graylag, greenshank, curlew Estuary 4 ringed plover, 20 curlew Fresh water lagoon 6 mute swan
19 August 2013
See our roundhouse village experience
Take a look at this video we have created for our roundhouse village experience. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mYpIDj1sl4&feature=youtu.be']
19 August 2013
Today's sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Snipe - 5 Coot - 4 Moorhen - 5 Lapwing - 140 Common tern - 8 Black-headed gull - 4 Grey heron - 7 Curlew - 2 Redshank - 4 Greylag - 2 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great tit - 3 Bullfinch - 1 Blue tit - 5 Pheasant - 5 Plus 10 g
19 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 19th August 2013
1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 2 Snipe - scrape 20 Swift - lingering on site 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew S Recent bird highlights: Little Egret, Peregrine, Red Kite, Hobby, Redshank, Greenshank, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Rin
19 August 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Ringed Plover 526 Dunlin 370 Red Knot 2 Sanderling 9 Turnstone 3 Greenshank 1 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Curlew 200 Redshank 5 Yellow-legged Gull 1 Brent Goose 1 Little Egret 9 Grey Heron 5 Yellow Wagtail 15 Wheatear 1 The South Lake Spoonbill
19 August 2013
Playing, squabbling or dancing?
The showy displays of flamingos are really easy to observe and continue to delight visitors every year at each of the four WWT centres that house these birds. Flamingos are very vocal and their strident calls carry far across each Wetland Centre. Indeed,
19 August 2013
Today's sightings
South Lake Spoonbill Green Sandpiper 2 Snipe 2 Ruff male Black-tailed Godwit 157 Redshank 54 Flocks of Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler and Tufted Duck Common Tern plus two chicks Snipe from South Lake Discovery Hide. MJMcGill Zeiss Hide Little ringed Plover 4 ju
18 August 2013
Today's Sightings
Main Observatory Yellow Wagtail - 4 Green Sandpiper - 2 Oystercatcher - 3 Black-tailed Godwit - 4
18 August 2013
Bird sightings update
A spoonbill, green sandpiper and two kingfishers have been seen in front of the Peter Scott hide.
18 August 2013
Today's sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Lapwing - 157 Redshank - 2 Teal - 10 Common tern - 10 Grey heron - 9 Black-headed gull - 46 Lesser black-backed gull - 2 Snipe - 1 Shelduck - 6 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Dunnock - 1 Robin - 1 juvenile Goldfinch - 2 Chaffinc
18 August 2013
Today's bird sightings
The lesser yellowlegs is in front of the Bristish Steel hide again today along with 6 black tailed godwit, 4 greenshank, common sandpiper and 183 redshank. A kingfisher has been in front of the Peter Scott hide on several occasions over the last few days
18 August 2013