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Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary spoonbill, 11 whimbrel, 2 black tailed godwit, 33 shelduck, 14 little egret and peregrine. Lagoon 234 black tailed godwit, 220 black headed gull, 3 lapwing, 16 greylag goose, 11 gadwall, 14 mallard and 11 tufted duck. &nb
18 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Friends Hide Spoonbill - 2 Ruff - 1 Avocet - 10
18 May 2013
Endangered ‘Ratty’ comes out to play
Safe haven by Kevin Wooby The cold, wet start to the summer has not affected the spirits of one wetland mammal as water voles are showing off in front of visitors to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Welney. The un
17 May 2013
Today's Sightings
Please Note: Black-Caps, Sedge warblers and Reed warblers can be seen and heard all over the site at the moment. Rushy Pen Avocet Black Tailed Godwit (2) Knott Hide Cetti's Warbler Shelduck (25) Holden Tower Oystercatcher (2) Shoveler (2) Shelduck (60)
17 May 2013
Today's Sightings
Date: 17.05.13 Tide: High WADER LAKE Avocet - 11 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Common Tern - 32 Shelduck - 36 Oystercatcher - 2 Tufted Duck - 6 Shoveler - 1 SALINE LAGOON Tufted Duck - 16 Shelduck - 4 HAWTHORN WOOD Bullfinch - 3 Great
17 May 2013
Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2013
2 Oystercatcher - main lake p.m. 9+ Lapwing chicks - wader scrape, grazing marsh 3 Redshank - wader scrape 5 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon, main lake 40+ Swift - over site 4 Swallow - reservoir lagoon 1 Garden Warbler - singing near Sand Martin bank To a
17 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Barn owl by Leigh Marshall Nelson-Lyle hide Spoonbill - 1 Friends hideRuff in summer plumage - 1 Greenshank - 2 Curlew - 2 Barn owl - 1 DON'T FORGET - we're open late tonight for the Evening safari event. Join us 6-
17 May 2013
May Madness at Castle Espie - Be a Research Ranger for a day, Catch a Puppet Show or meet our Fluffy Ducklings!..
Spring is a time for New Life at our wetland reserve as goslings and ducklings hatch all around us and are regularly seen pattering and paddling after their parents. Dragonflies, insects and butterflies also emerge, along with toads, newts and frogspawn.
17 May 2013
Calves born at WWT Martin Mere despite heavy rain
Four Long-horn calves have been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, helping the Centre to traditionally manage the reserve. The calves can be viewed from the community reedbed walk and they were born last weekend despite the heavy rain and wind. Marti
16 May 2013
Fish for lunch
For most of the morning our female osprey was sitting on the nest. She started calling to her mate just after 1pm then he came in at 1.20pm with a fish for her which she duly flew off with to scoff. He then took over on the nest till she returned. There i
16 May 2013
A Nightjar!
Nightjar 15/05/13 by David Barrett We saw this lovely bird yesterday, just on the entrance to the Reed bed, below our owl box. This bird was probably out at this time of the day due to exhaustion. From mid March to m
16 May 2013
Swallows & martins moving through the reserve
HUNDREDS of swallows, house martins and sand martins have been moving through the reserve in the past week, heading for their UK nesting sites. These three types of hirundine flock together during their migration from Africa but there seems to be less
16 May 2013
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Great views again this morning of the young male Goshawk, very close to the tower. Little Grebe 2 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 12 Zeiss Hide Avocet 1 Black Tailed Godwit 48 Teal 10 Kingfisher Hide Little Grebe 2 Kingfisher 1 (10.00) South Lake Hid
16 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Red kite - 1 Cuckoo - 1 Friends hide Ruff Lyle hide Spoonbill - 1 Main observatory Hobby - 2 Buzzard - 2 Marsh harrier - 2 Little ringed plover
16 May 2013
Wildlife sightings for 16th May 2013
4 Little Grebe chicks - middle reedbed channel, still sitting close to parents on nest 2 new Lapwing chicks - on main lake island closest to Peacock Tower - plenty of cover here for them to hide from predators. There are now at least 10 chicks on the rese
16 May 2013