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TODAYS SIGHTING
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 11 Redshank - 6 Lapwing - 6 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 9 Grey Heron - 26 Reed Warbler - 1 Shelduck - 25 Shoveler - 2 Gadwall - 6 Hawthorn Wood Reed Bunting - 1 Lesse
4 May 2013
Early Bird Walk
A 5.30am start till the big breakfast at 9am. Thankfully no rain and the sun peaked out briefly. We recorded 50 species of bird including singing Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Reed and Sedge Warbler with the star bird being a reeling
4 May 2013
World’s rarest duck’s best friend: a pair of socks!
A critically endangered duck is being rescued from extinction by British and Malagasy conservationists with the help of a pair of socks. Madagascar pochard duckling and sock friend (c) Roland Digby The Madagascar poch
3 May 2013
TODAY'S SIGHTING'S
DATE: 03.05.13 TIME: AM TIDE LEVEL: HIGH WADER LAKE Avocet - 11 Oystercatcher - 2 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Redshank - 6 Lapwing - 7 Common Tern - 3 Gadwall - 4 Teal - 8 Shelduck - 22 Mallard - 15 SALINE LAGOON Tufetd Duck - 10 Sheldu
3 May 2013
Todays sightings
RAMSAR & SANDMARTIN HIDE: 2 Oyster catchers, Grey lag and Canada geese and goslings, 5 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 5 Lapwing & chicks, 7 Gadwall, 1 Egyptian goose. LAPWING HIDE: 1 Grey heron, 15 Greylag geese, 6 Lapwing and chicks, Mallard & ducklin
3 May 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2013
1 Shelduck - main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, main lake 5 Redshank - wader scrape 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 3 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 1 Rook - flew Over NW 15 Swift - over wader scrape 12 House Martin - ov
3 May 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Little Ringed Plover 1 Peregrine 1 Wigeon 4 Shoveler 5 Lesser Whitethroat 1 South Lake Arctic Tern 1 Black-tailed Godwit 21 Oystercatcher 2 Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 11 Redshank 1 Plus at least 14 Cranes from the Great Crane Project on site t
3 May 2013
Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Tours
Nene and gosling by Kathleen Misajon May beckons and with warmer weather just around the corner, WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre outside Comber has a few unusual events planned for the first May bank holiday weekend.
2 May 2013
Today's Highlights
The arrival of 30 more cows on the reserve has been good news for Yellow Wagtails - 20+ spotted this afternoon on Bank Farm and visible from the visitor centre. A Marsh Harrier was spotted cruising over the reserve (upsetting some of our nesting Lapwi
2 May 2013
Today's wildlife sightings
Bird sightings grasshopper warbler, 2 lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, 6 reed warbler, 8 chiffchaff, 3 willow warbler, 6 blackcap, cetti’s warbler, 215 black tailed godwit, common sandpiper, 104 shelduck, 36 gadwall, 45 tufted duck, 4 little grebe, 9 li
2 May 2013
Update and lack of updates!
Just popped in for a quick look around the hide and was asked several times why our sightings page had not been updated. For those of you not on Twitter (@slimbridge_wild) can’t be many of you left now with 4,064 people following us for the very latest
2 May 2013
WWT Martin Mere pays tribute to late Pat Wisniewski
WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has paid tribute to the late Centre Manager, Pat Wisniewski by officially naming the 183 acre reedbed that he created the ‘Pat Wisniewski Reedbed’ The launch of the Pat Wisniewski Reedbed happened on Wednesday (1 May) wh
2 May 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Wigeon 6 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Peregrine 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Willow Hide Reed Warbler 3 Blackcap 2 Sedge Warbler 1 Reed Bunting 2 South Lake Arctic Tern 3 Black-tailed Godwit 22 Great Crested Grebe 2 Oystercatcher 6 Zeiss Hide Teal 47 Avocet
2 May 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Tide/High Time/AM Avocet - 11 Redshank - 4 Oystercatcher - 2 Lapwing - 6 Common Tern - 5 Shoveler - 2 Gadwall - 4 Teal - 7 Tufted Duck - 10 Black-headed Gull - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 10 Chaffinch - 7 Blackcap - 2 Spa
2 May 2013
Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2013
PEACOCK TOWER CLOSED TODAY DUE TO HIGH NE WINDS (LOOSE ROOF TILES). WWT ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE TO YOUR VISIT. 1 Blue-headed Wagtail - marsh a.m. then flew towards main lake 4 Common Tern - main lake 9 Swift - over main lake 14 Ho
2 May 2013