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Dawn swan count
WWT Welney Bewick's swans - 1687 Whooper swan - 1807
12 February 2013
WeBS count
Great crested grebe - 4 Egyptian goose - 2 Shelduck - 8 Wigeon - 6035 Mallard 682 Tufted duck - 653 Pochard - 627 Teal - 273 Pintail - 58 Shoveler - 9 Gadwall - 4 Lapwing - 35 Dunlin - 3 Redshank - 1 Snipe - 1 Barn owl - 2 Marsh harrier - 1 Buzzard - 1
11 February 2013
Families find Aliens & Invaders this Feb half-term
Families will find nature’s Aliens and Invaders during February half term at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. Discover some of the alien wildlife that has made its home in the UK and learn about the invading plants in our habitats. Follow the hands-on Disc
11 February 2013
WWT staff save black-necked swans eggs in wild winter weather
Lara & Arnie on their nest in the snow Arnie and Lara, the black-necked swan pair at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, produced 6 eggs during the weeks of snow, rain and ice at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre in January.
11 February 2013
National Nest Box week starts on Feb 14
Female reed bunting on bramble Walk on Feb 4 2013 The air has a spring-like quality today and carries the songs of blue tits and chaffinches as I walk towards the Woodland Loop this morning. I hear the repeating no
11 February 2013
Today's sightings
WeBS count The monthly count revealed 11,300 wetland birds present. Including 2460 Lapwing (see below) Image-MJMcGill Holden Tower 0900 ish. Immature (appears to be a juvenile/1st winter) Glaucous Gull- flew in from south and landed with Great-blacked Gu
11 February 2013
Conservation update: Red-breasted geese
The wild goose chase is over! The WWT team in Bulgaria has caught 93 Red-breasted and 28 White-fronted Geese! We have fitted 11 tags to Red-breasts to follow their movements. We have also x-rayed 20 birds to assess the level of illegal hun...ting of this
11 February 2013
Today's sightings
British Steel hide: 3 black tailed godwit, 50 lapwing, 100 wigeon, 4 snipe, peregrine, buzzard, sparrowhawk and water rail. Estuary: 6 grey plover, 56 curlew, 11 brent goose, 167 shelduck, 22 shoveler, 80 pintail and 20 redshank. Millennium
11 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 11th February 2013
2 Bittern - main lake N shore, resr lagoon N shore 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 5 Snipe - marsh, resr lagoon 61 Cormorant - main lake (a.m. count) 32 Fieldfare - sheltered lagoon (a.m.) 8 Meadow Pipit - marsh 14 Siskin - sheltered lagoon Recent b
11 February 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Shelduck - 16 Grey Heron - 13 Greylag - 1 Mallard - 12 Canada Goose - 11 Curlew - 1 SALINE LAGOON/AM/LOW TIDE Shelduck - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Bullfinch - 12 Blue Tit - 4 Coal Tit - 1 Pheasant - 3 Chaffinch - 2
11 February 2013
Weekend sightings
As water levels drecrease there is a greater variety of birds on the reserve. Main observaotry to Friends hide is accessible and the Welney causeway on the A1101 is now open and flood free. Lady Fen Complex - next to the visitor centre Barn owl - 2 Sheldu
11 February 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower White-fronted Geese 21 (the main flock, c200 appear to have been in a remote field to NE, another party fed in the 50 Acre to the N and had a single Tundra Bean Goose among them) Tundra Bean Goose a single adult fed in the pools with 50 Bewi
10 February 2013
Barn Owls
Another good day for Barn Owl watchers with birds showing til 10:30 and from 2pm onwards. The Ron Barker Hide is probably the best spot but birds are also seen from the Harrier Hide, Reed Bed Walk and more distantly from the United Utilities Hide. A Merli
10 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 10th February 2013
2 Bittern - marsh and sheltered lagoon 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon, then flew to marsh 1 Pintail - marsh 59 Wigeon - grazing on Thames bank 7 Mandarin - collection 81 Teal - site count 105 Cormorant - shingle bank on main lake 1 Peregrine - over main lake,
10 February 2013
Snipe and Bittern
Yesterday reports of the Bittern from the scrape hide and the reedbed hide, confirming he is still around and doing a great job at keeping hidden for most of the time! Good numbers of Snipe this morning with 34 from the Sand Martin Hide and 28 from the sc
10 February 2013