News
green-winged teal on the folly pond this morning
The male green-winged teal is showing well on the folly pond this morning. Over 700 teal on the pond with lots of groups of males displaying. Good visibility this morning with 5,580 barnacle geese counted from the tower, flocks of geese all over the wet
26 December 2012
Happy Christmas
I would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas. I hoped that you enjoyed the day yesterday. I spent it with all my fmaily and friends which was a very large gathering but I had a lovely time. It is back to business as usual today though as we are
26 December 2012
Today's sightings
The Dumbles and Tack Piece are in full (rain) flood. The birding here today was excellent again with thousands of birds present. During the day the Rushy and South Lake were emptied of dabbling duck, the evenings see the diving duck heading out to the flo
24 December 2012
Green-winged teal showing well again today on the Folly Pond
The North American green-winged teal is showing well again today on the Folly Pond. Over 900 teal are displaying in the rain, a magical sight and sound. Hen harrier and merlin are two of the other highlights today
24 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 24th December 2012
1 Shelduck - main lake 62 Shoveler - marsh, scrape 27 Wigeon - marsh, scrape, sheltered lagoon 5 Siskin - collection Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 Bittern - seen from wildside hide A very merry Christmas to all our visitors &n
24 December 2012
Threatened swans boosted by bumper breeding season
Threatened Bewick’s swans are returning from their Russian breeding grounds with the most young that ornithologists have seen in more than a decade. Surveys of the swans’ UK wintering sites, such as the Ouse Washes and WWT Slimbridge on the Severn Est
24 December 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Greylag Goose 2 (rooting for saltmarsh plants, probably winter migrants from another country?) Peregrine 1 Bewick's Swan 30 Red-legged Partridge 1 Plus thousands of waders moving between Dumbles and Tack Piece Tack Piece From above hide, Step
23 December 2012
North American green-winged teal back on the Folly Pond at WWT Caerlaverock today.
A wet and windy night saw over 900 teal taking refuge on the Folly Pond this morning. As the wind dropped and the weather cleared, there was the male North-American green-winged teal on the pond. We haven't see him since the cold snap a fortnight ago.
23 December 2012
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 84 curlew, 125 black tailed godwit, 25 snipe, 245 lapwing, 6 little egret, sparrowhawk, 20 brent goose, 41 greylag goose, 112 shelduck, 120 wigeon, 47 shoveler, 110 pintail, 3 little grebe and raven Millennium wetlands Bi
23 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 23rd December 2012
140 Teal - marsh, sheltered lagoon, main lake, scrape 49 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, marsh 1 Kestrel - hunting over south route 12 Siskin - south route Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Kingfisher - car park stream ditch Recent bird high
23 December 2012
Swan totals
The total amount of swans on the Ouse washes are as follows: Bewick's swan - 1140 Whooper swan - 5086
22 December 2012
Wildfowl & wader spectacle
Lady Fen and Bank farm are currently holding thousands of lapwing, golden plover and wigeon. So even though it's raining the birds here don't mind the weather. There are also over 200 pochard in front of the main hide as well as teal mixed in with th
22 December 2012
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Showing exceptionally well this morning feeding in the open for long periods and very close to the hide. Water Rail 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Teal 600 The Tack Piece Ruff 15 Redshank 50 Dunlin 700 Lapwing 1800 Black-tailed Godwit 37 C
22 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 22nd December 2012
4 Pintail - wader scrape, grazing marsh 73 Gadwall - site count 3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 3 Water Rail - main lake, grazing marsh Recent bird highlights: Goosander, Bittern, Little Egret, Peregrine, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock
22 December 2012
Join in the Christmas holiday fun
Our Christmas holiday activities start tomorrow for two weeks. There are swan feeds, swan talks, otter talks, family crafts and you can take part in out wetland winter olympics by exploring challenges in the grounds. We are open everyday except Christmas
21 December 2012