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Wildlife sightings for 21st December 2012
4 Pintail - wader scrape 200+ Teal - site count 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 7 Redpoll - world wetlands 1 Peregrine - on hospital across river Recent bird highlights: Goosander, Bittern, Little Egret, Peregrine, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Yellow-legged
21 December 2012
Wild otters caught on camera for very first time
Wild otters living on the River Wear have been captured on camera by WWT Washington Wetland Centre for the very first time. Filmed using a motion sensor camera on loan from Durham Wildlife Trust, the night-time footage shows an inquisitive otter exploring
20 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th December 2012
1 Bittern - main lake 165+ Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh 3 Pintail - wader scrape 4 Redpoll - south route 1 Peregrine - over reserve Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Waxwing - flew over courtyard towards main lake Recent bird highlights: Goosan
20 December 2012
Today's sightings
Tack Piece Lapwing 1200 Golden Plover 12 Ruff 15 Dunlin 1300 Redshank 31 Wigeon 900 Teal 240 Gadwall 4 Pintail 12 Black-tailed Godwit 63 Zeiss Hide Teal 722 Wigeon 70 Road field E White-fronted Goose 45 Greylag 90 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 64 Teal 12
20 December 2012
Thank you to Saturn Communications
We would like to thank Simon Boynton from Saturn Communications Groups Ltd for donating a Samsung 40" LCD TV that we have put in our foyer showing live footage from the reserve. Saturn Communications are based in Wigan: www.saturnvisual.com. Simon is pict
19 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 19th December 2012
1 Bittern - resr lagoon W end a.m. 1 Rock Pipit - scrape (island towards the NE corner) - came off the river a.m. 7 Redpoll - south route, with Goldfinches and Chaffinches 13 Siskin - a few in south route, the rest flew NW 14 Redwing - flew SW Rec
19 December 2012
Snipe bonanza!
Incredible numbers of Snipe with between 70-80 visible most days, mainly from the Scrape and Sand Martin hides. True numbers we can only guess at, but in recent times this is an all time high. Kingfishers are still continuing to delight visitors, again th
19 December 2012
Today's sightings
Marsh harrier Sightings from Lady Fen and Bank Farm, all viewed from the Wigeon cafe in the visitor centre Marsh harrier - 1 female, hunting Buzzard - 1, hunting Curlew - 20 Egyptian goose - 2
19 December 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 120 Mute Swan 60 Wigeon 110 Tufted Duck 46 Canada Goose 50 Greylga Goose 2 Avenue’s Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Tree Sparrow Fieldfare Song Thrush Treecreeper Coal Tit Folly Pond Teal 200 Shoveler 4 Wigeon 30 Saltmarsh Hen Harrie
19 December 2012
Nature through a London lens: prize-winning photographs capture the wonder of wetlands
Left-right: Ramshorn snail – John Doherty, Soldier beetle – Oscar Dewhurst, Sunset over a frozen lake – David Hardman These prize-winning photographs taken at WWT London Wetland Centre capture the beautiful wildlife of one of nature’s most vulnera
19 December 2012
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Ruff 15 Redshank 49 Dunlin 1300 Curlew 2 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Lapwing 1200 Wigeon 800 Teal 300 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 200 The Willow Hide Chiffchaff 1 Bullfinch 2
19 December 2012
Family of Eight Swans-a-swimming at Slimbridge!
Family of 8 Bewick's Swans fly to Slimbridge The largest Bewick’s swan family ever recorded at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire has arrived raising hopes amongst conservationists that this year has be
18 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 18th December 2012
8 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 2 Water Rail - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - over main lake Recent bird highlights: Goosander, Bittern, Little Egret, Peregrine, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, Skylark, Bearded
18 December 2012
Bewick's Swan again
A brief update for another pleasant winters day. A single Bewick's Swan was present early afternoon on the Mere. Woodcock showed well this morning from the Janet Kear Hide, with at least 2 Brambling present there. Few reports otherwise which included Pere
18 December 2012
Biggest Slimbridge family on record!
Everton (left), Rovers (right) and their big brood (J S Lees) The largest Bewick’s swan family ever recorded at Slimbridge has flown in! We thought we were seeing double when Slimbridge regular Everton brought his n
18 December 2012