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Wildlife sightings for 2nd February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake South shore 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 77 Gadwall - grazing marsh, sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - sat on main lake island Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Ruff, Woodcock, Waxwing, Skylark, Bear
2 February 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE 3 (2 adults and 1 First winter) White-fronted Goose 186 Egyptian Goose 1 Barnacle goose 140 Teal 560 Pintail 270 Wigeon 900 Ruff 7 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 50 Lapwing 1400 Dunlin 200 Snipe 3 Common crane 4 (GCP) feeding
2 February 2013
Black-tailed Godwit
Great to see a sizable flock of Black-tailed Godwit coming in from the coast. Around 90 birds spent sometime flying in formation over the Mere before coming into land. Peak numbers here can hit 300+ and the majority, if not all are icelandic birds. Other
1 February 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 2 (3) White-fronted Goose 202 Pintail 279 Teal 600 Wigeon 900 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 45 Dunlin 500 Curlew 10 The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 (GCP) Tundra Bean Goose 1 (3) White-fronted Goose 1 Golden Plover 120 Lapwin
1 February 2013
Otter-feeding, flamingo-cuddling and cake-eating with Mike Dilger!
Mike Dilger has visited WWT Washington on the seventh leg of his Big 9 Challenge - and what a visit it was! Mike feeds Musa Marketing manager Leanne McCormella said: “We had a fantastic day with Mike, who proved a n
1 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Grey Heron - 19 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 52 Redshank - 47 Jay - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Moorhen - 2 Mallard - 14 Teal - 26 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted woodpecker - 1 Spar
1 February 2013
Fircrest & bittern delight Mike
Simon Wotton watches Mike Dilger take the boat for a spin around Wetlands Discovery. TV Nature presenter Mike Dilger visited WWT Arundel last Friday. The TV nature presenter's day at WWT Arundel was the first
1 February 2013
Todays morning sightings
LAPWING HIDE; 11 Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 9 Mute swans. RAMSAR & SANDMARTIN HIDES; 1 Grey heron, 11 Greylag geese, 3 Cormorants, 24 Canadian geese, 18 Gadwall, 37 Tufted duck, 12 Pochard, 14 Common Shelduck, 9 Lapwing, 16 Teal, 43 Snipe, Black head
1 February 2013
Wildlife wonders on World Wetlands Day, 2 February
TV wildlife presenter Mike Dilger is urging everyone to head down to their nearest wetland centre on this year’s World Wetland Day, Saturday 2 February, to find out just how amazing these habitats are. While wetlands might sound a bit muddy and soggy, t
1 February 2013
Today's sightings and conditions
Water levels have increased since Monday but there is still a good variety of birds to be seen from the main hide and at swan feed times. Today we have TV Wildlife Presenter, Mike Dilger, taking on the task of feeding the birds at the 3.30pm swan feed.
1 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 1st February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake between Dulverton and WWF hides 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 162 Fieldfare - flew over W, SW @ 8.15am 30+ Siskin - wildside Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern,
1 February 2013
Bittern...... again!
The kingfishers are particuarly busy at the moment, wizzing around the world wetlands enclosure, by the long path and from the sand martin hide. As water levels continue to rise around the reserve, good numbers of tufted duck, pochard, common shelduck, co
31 January 2013
TV presenter Mike Dilger feeds the 500!
(Edited from the Big 9 Challenge blog written by Mark Simpson) On Sunday 27 January, TV presenter Mike Dilger visited WWT Llanelli! The sun was shining and centre manager Nigel Williams took Mike on a quick tour of the centre, picking up gadwall, pochar
31 January 2013
99 Species to the end of January
Great start to 2013 with 99 species of wild bird so far recorded. It's only one off of the record 100 species seen in January 2012. Species number 99 was Corn Bunting seen today but also apparently on the overflow Car Park on Monday. The area around Marti
31 January 2013
100 letters announced to follow in the footsteps of Captain Scott
The 100 letters that will be making the journey to Antarctica have been announced as part of a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust competition to inspire future generations to get close to nature and protect our environment. The competition celebrates the cente
31 January 2013