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Lots more waders
The Holden Tower Golden Plover 900 Lapwing 1300 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 500 Redshank 10 Ruff 5 Barnacle Goose 200 Peregrine 1 Chiffchaff 1 The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 17 Avocet2 Black-tailed Godwit 67 Teal 900 Pintail 85 Marsh Harrier 1 The R
7 November 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 65 Mute Swan 40 Mallard 100 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 120 Teal 10 Gadwall 6 Greylag Goose 5 Canada Goose 100 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 130 Wigeon 60 Shoveler 10 Black-tailed Godwit 30 Snipe 2 Avenue Tower Teal 1200 Wig
6 November 2014
Today's sightings
Lady Fen Bewick's swans - 5 (2 adults with 3 cygnets) Main observatory Dunlin - 18 Ruff - 3 Black-tailed godwit - 300 Pintail - 7 Gadwall - 4 Shoveler Pochard Wigeon Teal Mallard Whooper swan Lyle & Friends hides Great crested grebe - 1 Tufted duck -
6 November 2014
Latest Sightings
A chillier feel today with a few showers moving through. Five Avocet today are late migrants. It would be interesting to know where these birds have come in from? Other waders include 30+ Ruff, 800+ Lapwing 10+ Common Snipe and a probable Dunlin. Yesterd
6 November 2014
The wait is over! Latest arriving swans since 1969 touchdown for winter
Bewicks fly in Nov 2014 taken by James Lees The first family of Bewicks swans finally arrived at WWT Slimbridge this morning. The event is traditionally seen as signalling the start of winter and this year is around t
6 November 2014
Nippy November morning
Our little ringed teal are such posers and look lovely against the dappled winter sunlight. Some lovely snapshots from WWT Washington's grounds on this ni
6 November 2014
The wait is over!
Photo credit: James Lees The first four Bewick's swans flew into Slimbridge this morning,the latest arrival date since 1969! It was no coincidence that their arrival occurred alongside a drop in temperatures, crystal
6 November 2014
Wildlife sightings for 6th November 2014
1 Bittern - N shore of the main lake (looking from the Observatory) 7 Meadow Pipit - flew NW 1 Siskin - flew W 3 Skylark - flew SW 4 Redpoll - entrance lake + flew W 17 Greenfinch - flew N+NW 2 Chiffchaff - world wetlands and wildside 1 Peregrine - perche
6 November 2014
Bewick's Swans
Bewick's Swans A family of 4 Bewick's Swans arrived this morning and have been in the Rushy, South Lake, Big pen and Long ground so far! By the days end 9 had been sighted. The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 1 ( 3 on site adult female, juvenile male and juven
6 November 2014
Today's bird sightings
Grey Plover British Steel hide Great white egret, 2 grey plover, 3 spotted redshank, 2 water rail, 10 greenshank, 19 dunlin, 96 lapwing, 315 black tailed godwit, 258 knot, 341 redshank, 415 curlew, little grebe, 126 w
5 November 2014
Its beaver catch time again
Beavers were the first mammal we kept at Martin Mere and they arrived in 2007. Every year we have to catch them up to check on their health and this allows us to tell you all about their weight and habits. Over the last two nights we have started doing
5 November 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 28 Mute Swan 33 Mallard 100 Tufted Duck 45 Wigeon 116 Teal 10 Gadwall 2 Greylag Goose 5 Canada Goose 100 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 130 Wigeon 60 Shoveler 10 Black-tailed Godwit 60 Redshank 3 Avenue Tower Teal 1800
5 November 2014
Wildlife sightings for 5th November 2014
1 Pintail - male, main lake 2 Ruddy Duck - males, main lake 2 Skylark - flew NW 2 Redpoll - flew SE 3 Redwing - entrance area November bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Little Gull, Tawny Owl, Skylark, Water Pipit, Stonechat, Redwing, Redpoll. With autu
5 November 2014
Flock of Knot
The Zeiss Hide Knot 13 Black-tailed Godwit 242 Ruff 5 Redshank 8 Avocet 2 Ruff 5 The Rushy Ruddy Shelduck 1 Hybrid ruddy x cape shelduck 1 Hybrid Ferruginous Duck 1 Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 12 Golden Plover 300 Lapwing 1000 Dunlin 250 Tack Piece W
5 November 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Black-tailed Godwit - 12 Redshank - 20 Teal - 52 Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Curlew - 1 Teal - 14 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Jay - 1 Nuthatch - 1 B
5 November 2014