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Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide / estuary 19 eider, 4 dark bellied brent goose, 14 sandwich tern, 3 greenshank, 214 black tailed godwit, 95 redshank, 56 knot, dunlin, 145 curlew, 26 lapwing, 152 wigeon, 27 teal, 4 pintail, 8 shoveler, 7 tufted duck and 2 peregrine. La
9 October 2014
Todays sightings
A great day to see whooper swans as they are flocking to WWT Welney. The best place to see them is Friends hide we have had 50 fly in so far. Also on the reserve: Pintail Gadwall Marsh harrier Black - tailed godwit Ruff Snipe Little grebe Dunlin Golde
9 October 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 9870 around the reserve Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Mallard 30+ Wigeon 20+ Tufted Duck 10+ Folly Pond Teal 500+ Mallard 40+ Wigeon 100+ Black-tailed Godwit 30+ Avenue Tower Teal 800+ Wigeon 50+ Lapwing 200+ Barnacle Geese Pink-f
9 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 9th October 2014
2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 15 House Martin - pushed down onto the reservoir lagoon by heavy rain 40 Goldfinch - around explore feeders 1 Kestrel - entrance area Late September bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper
9 October 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower BRENT GOOSE 2 Barnacle Goose 197 Avocet 2 Little Stint 5 Dunlin 50 Ringed Plover 15 Golden Plover 2 Ruff 8 Lapwing 400 Curlew 100 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 2 Linnet 40 Swallow 5
9 October 2014
Incredible Journeys? Barnies and Whoopers make theirs, as does a rarity...
It's that time again, as thousands of wildfowl make their incredible journeys from the Arctic to the UK. The first Barnacle Geese arrived back from Svalbard on the 23rd September with a flock of 85 dropping in. Since then numbers have shot up and we curre
8 October 2014
The Bewick's are coming!
News from Russia - the Bewick’s swans are on their way! The first swans were seen leaving their summer arctic breeding grounds on 25 September (Andrey Stepanovich & Yulia Leonova). Thousands more have since followed, embarking on an incredible and c
8 October 2014
33,000 Pink-footed Geese
Pink-footed Geese have dropped back a little from last weeks record numbers, although at 33,000 it is still one of the largest counts recorded on the reserve. ~ 116 Pink-footed Geese... More Whooper Swans arriving with 45 seen today. Other wildfowl count
8 October 2014
Todays sightings
2 cranes - Friends hide 2 Jack snipe - Main obs Snipe Lapwing Ruff Grey plover Goosander Pintail Gadwall Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Wigeon Teal Whooper swans Mute swans
8 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Gadwall - 12 Teal - 84 Shoveler - 4 Mallard - 26 Common Snipe - 2 Coot - 4 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Wigeon (on meadow) - 7 Curlew - 1 Black-headed Gull - 15 Hawthorn Wood Bull
8 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 8th October 2014
2 Pintail - pair, reservoir lagoon 59 Wigeon - main lake 4 Snipe - main lake 3 Stonechat - 2f 1m, showing well on the fox fence close to the Peacock Tower Also several migrant Blackbirds on the south route Additional sighting from yesterday:
8 October 2014
British wetlands invaded by dangerous mussel
Britain’s wetlands have been invaded by a mussel that in the US is threatening to bring the Hoover dam to a standstill and cut off water to Las Vegas. It was recently identified by UK scientists as the number one most dangerous alien species.
8 October 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 10,000+ around the reserve Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Mallard 30+ Peregrine 1 over at 9am Folly Pond Teal 749 Mallard 77 Wigeon 226 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 2 Lapwing 10 Snipe 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Redshank 1 Back Pond Kingfisher 1
8 October 2014
Today's sightings
The South Lake Pink-footed Goose 1 Juvenile Greylag Goose 250 Shoveler 80 Black-tailed Godwit 75 The Holden Tower Marsh Harrier 1 Juvenile Peregrine 1 Buzzard 1 Little Stint 3 Ringed Plover 18 Dunlin 50 Curlew 30 Barnacle Goose 200
8 October 2014
Recent Sightings - 7th October
The following sightings were reported by Kerry Mackie, WWT Castle Espie Reserve Manager 70 Turnstone 500 Knot 140 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 Spoonbill roosting on the black rock at highwater 100 widgeon Up to 10 Little Egrets on the estuary with 17 Egrets on the
8 October 2014