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Wildlife sightings for 17th February 2013
1 Bittern - grazing marsh, feeding among Purple Loosestrife on right hand side of the marsh channel 7 Mandarin - world wetlands and resevoir lagoon/wildside 92 Cormorant - main lake shingle ridge 395 Black-headed Gull - scrape and main lake 1 Great Spotte
17 February 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 100 Mute Swan 50 Wigeon 95 Tufted Duck 36 Canada Goose 20 Greylag Goose 10 Folly Pond Teal 140 Shoveler 4 Wigeon 100 Redshank 1 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Snipe 7 Corner Field Teal 30 Curlew 50 Flood Ground
17 February 2013
Sunny Sunday
The Oyster catchers are back and showing well from the sand martin hide, amongst 17 Lapwing. Good numbers of Snipe, Gadwall, Tufted duck, Pochard, Shelduck & Teal are visible from most of the hides and can be seen from the cafe windows on swan lake
17 February 2013
Avocets return
A good selection of waders today included the first returning Avocets of the year, a flock of 5 birds spent the day on the Mere along with a Dunlin, a Curlew, 6 Ringed Plover and 54 Oystercatcher. There was also the usual 70 Ruff and at least 15 Black-tai
16 February 2013
Today's sightings-Yet more Wigeons!
Hybrid drake American Wigeon X Eurasian Wigeon on the Tack Piece JSLees Amazingly we now have a new drake American Wigeon x Eurasian Wigeon hybrid to go with a female American Wigeon, 2500 Eursian Wigeon and one leucistic Eurasian Wigeon! The Holden Tow
16 February 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE Grey Heron - 28 Shelduck - 14 Lapwing - 7 Redshank - 11 Crulew - 2 Common Snipe - 2 Oystercatcher - 4 Greylag - 6 Canada Goose - 5 Black-headed Gull - 27 SALINE LAGOON/AM/MID TIDE Oystercatcher - 2 OTHER BIRDS/AM Kestr
16 February 2013
Saturday 16th February
From the hides; 35 tufted duck, 28 Pochard, 22 Teal, 6 Snipe, 19 Common Shelduck, 24 Gadwall, 13 Lapwing, 5 Cormorant, 8 Grey lag geese, 13 Canadian geese. Around the reserve; Blue tit, Great tit, Coal tit, Reed bunting, Bullfinch, Tree Creeper, Nuthatch,
16 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 16th February 2013
68 Wigeon - grazing marsh, wader scrape 113 Cormorant - main lake 44 Lapwing - main lake 5 Siskin - wildside 2 Redpoll - wildside Additional sightings from yesterday: 4 Bittern - 2 main lake, 2 grazing marsh Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrin
16 February 2013
Rare swans named in tribute to Gloucestershire’s Olympic heroes
Alex Gregory Alex the Swan ED Clancy Ed the swan Peter Reed
15 February 2013
Today's sightings-Wigeons!
Leucistic Wigeon top and American wigeon bottom JSLees The Holden Tower AMERICAN WIGEON 1 Female feeding with 300 Eurasian Wigeons including a leucistic female bird that was half white. Wigeon 300 Shelduck 80 Tundra Bean Goose 3 White-fronted Go
15 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Grey Heron - 30 Shelduck - 22 Teal - 19 Mallard - 15 Greylag - 8 Canada Goose - 6 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 2 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Treecreeper - 1
15 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 15th February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake between Dulverton and Headley hide 62 Wigeon - wader scrape 51 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 75 Cormorant - main lake 7 Redpoll - world wetlands Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Dunlin, Woodcock,
15 February 2013
More waders
At least 18 new Oystercatchers new in today bringing the total to 20 with at least 4 Ringed Plover back and a fly through Dunlin. Cormorant numbers are slowly building up with 17 birds around the Mere. A good day for raptors with a Merlin being reported a
14 February 2013
Sunshine at last!
Species seen around the reserve today include; Nuthatch, Longtailed tit, Blue tit, Coal tit, Great tit, Robin, Songthrush, Blackbird, Green finch, Reed bunting, Chaffinch, Water rail, Wood pigeon, Magpies, Jackdaws, Herring gulls, Black headed gulls, Com
14 February 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower E. White-fronted Goose 207 Tundra Bean Goose 3 (2 adults and a 1st winter) Egyptian Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 134 Wigeon 300 Oystercatcher 3 flew down channel at high tide, 2 on Knott Pool. Gadwall 4 over the estuary Tack Piece Golden Plover 120
14 February 2013