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Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 35 Mute Swan 13 Mallard 2100 Tufted Duck 37 Wigeon 40 Teal 10 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 200 Wigeon 150 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 5 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Avenue Tower Teal 600 Wigeon 250 Lapwing 30 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Sn
26 October 2014
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 7 little egret, water rail, kingfisher, 5 greenshank, black tailed godwit, 5 lapwing, 35 greylag goose, 65 wigeon, 104 gadwall, 63 pintail, 37 shoveler, 2 grey wagtail, 4 goldcrest and sparrowhawk.
26 October 2014
Todays sightings
Little grebe - 2 Pintail - lyle hide Bearded tit - 6
26 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Teal - 60 Black-headed Gull - 50 Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Moorhen - 4 Herring Gull - 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Saline Lagoon Teal - 10 Moorhen - 4 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 4 Gree
26 October 2014
Today's sightings
Lady fen Lapwing Golden plover Little egret Main observatory Whooper swan - 50 Little grebe - 2 Wigeon Teal Shoveler Pochard - 50 Tufted duck - 5 Lapwing Golden plover Marsh harrier - 1 Kestrel - 2 At the morning feed today we had yellow leg ringed whoope
26 October 2014
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide 1 Juv Marsh Harrier 3 Spotted Redshank 1 Greenshank 39 Redshank 8 Avocet 15 Dunlin 80 Shoveler 800 Teal The Holden Tower 6 Brent Geese 3 Little Stints 2 Grey Plover 109 Dunlin 35 Curlew 40 Golden Plover 200 Barnacle Geese 4 White-fronted Ge
26 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 26th October 2014
1 Bittern - W end of main lake. 3 Stonechat - 2f, 1m, grazing marsh 2 Mandarin - world wetlands Please note that as British Summer Time has ended, the Summer Route is now closed and the Centre will close at 5:00 p.m. October bird high
26 October 2014
The Beast!
Another good day on site with lots of Pink-Footed Geese and c350 Whooper Swan in the area, lots of Wigeon, Teal and Pintail. The Water Rail has been showing on and off from Ron Barker again along with 2 Kingfishers. Still at least 4 Marsh Harriers seen to
25 October 2014
Todays sightings
Whopper swan - 800 Barn Owl Marsh harrier - 2 females Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Ruff Curlew Dunlin Pochard - 50 Tufted duck 5 Crane - Friends hide Cetti's warbler - 3 Lyle hide
25 October 2014
Swan numbers building
Whooper swan numbers are building on the Ouse Washes with over 800 swans this morning counted at our Swan's awake event. These events are a fantastic chance to see the reserve in the early morning as the swans are waking up on the washes, the next dates
25 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 25th October 2014
3 Little Egret - wader scrape 2 Pintail - main lake 3 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 1 Coal Tit - Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh October bird highlights: Hobby, Buzzard, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Redshank, Du
25 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Rushy Pochard 9 Pintail 32 Shelduck hybrid 1 (Closely resembles a Ruddy but a little too dark). Holden Tower (approaching high tide) White-fronted Goose 4 Barnacle Goose 140 Greylag 180 Pintail 39 (Long Ground pool) Wigeon 40 Teal 70 Golden Plover 550 Lap
25 October 2014
Todays sightings
U5D with mate and 3 cygnets Great white egret - 1 on Lady Fen The reserve is looking fantastic today. We had a brilliant sunrise over the Fens for our Swan's awake event this morning. Over 800 whooper swans took t
25 October 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 7,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 49 around the reserve. Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 49 Mute Swan 12 + 8 cygnets Mallard 250 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 60 Shoveler 9 Gadwall 3♂ Teal 5 Canada Geese 80 Folly Pond Mute Swan 2 Gre
25 October 2014
Whooper swans return to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre for a winter spectacle
The first 400 Whooper swans have made the 500 mile migration from Iceland to spend the winter at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Numbers of Whooper Swans are expected to increase up to 2,000 over the coming months as the swans migrate from Iceland to thei
24 October 2014