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Wildlife sightings for 5th October 2014
5 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 7 Meadow Pipit - dropping in 2 Swallow - flew SW 2 Stonechat 1 Blackcap - entrance area 45 Goldfinch - entrance area 8 Linnet - flew SW Late September bird highlights: Hobb
5 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Very low Teal - 60 Gadwall - 40 Mallard - 15 Black Headed Gull - 25 Shoveler - 5 Wigeon - 1 Black Tailed Godwit - 4 Redshank - 1 Snipe - 4 Kingfisher - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Jay - Spring Gill Wood - 1 Goldf
5 October 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mallard 100 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Tufted Duck 20 Wigeon 30 Teal 10 Pintail 1 Folly Pond Teal 30 Wigeon 50 Grey Heron 1 Avenue Tower Teal 1700 Wigeon 500 Mixed Gull flock 700 Lapwing 500 Golden Plover 20 Heron 5 Avenues & Feeders Chiff
4 October 2014
Todays Sightings
Zeiss Hide Teal 570 Wigeon 15 Pintail 3 Ruff 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Redshank 24 Black Tailed Godwit 48 Curlew 1 Cetti's warbler 1 South Lake Pink footed goose 1 juv Greylag goose 190 Cormorant 3 Shoveler 30 Teal 60 Cetti's warbler 1 Holden Tower Teal 10 B
4 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 4th October 2014
112 Gadwall - site count 68 Shoveler - site count 4 Mandarin - main lake 2 Pintail - wader scrape 4 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew S 16 Alba Wagtail - flew S,SW 7 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside Late September bird highlights
4 October 2014
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide 2 little stint, 48 greenshank, 4 spotted redshank, 420 black tailed godwit, 198 redshank, 19 dunlin and 96 knot.
3 October 2014
Bird News
Still jam packed with Pink-footed Geese although no counts. No additional Whooper Swans currently just 4 on the reserve, two new arrivals from yesterday and the two that over summered. Raptor reports included 3 Marsh Harrier, 15 Common Buzzards (from yest
3 October 2014
Todays sightings
6 cranes showing well from Friends hide First 6 Whooper swans flew in today from Iceland and had a big drink in the lagoon infront of the main observatory and joined our resident Whooper swans
3 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Dunlin - 1 Black-tailed Godwit - 10 Redshank - 73 Lapwing - 14 Snipe - 8 Wigeon - 10 Gadwall - 38 Shoveler - 9 Teal - 114 Saline Lagoon Kestrel - 1 Grey Heron - 2 Teal - 17 Hawthorn Wood Great Spot
3 October 2014
Record geese numbers at WWT Martin Mere
A record 45,800 Pink-footed geese have arrived at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre making this one of the best wildlife spectacles in the North West over the next few weeks. But how do they get here? Many of us will see and hear the familiar sound at this t
3 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 3rd October 2014
70 Wigeon - main lake 1 Pintail - main lake 14 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape, main lake 6 Stonechat - grazing marsh 9 Swallow - flew over heading South 1 Peregrine - over river Late September bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Spotted Redshank, D
3 October 2014
First Whoopers
First frost and the first confirmed Whooper Swans (a pair) of the autumn join the tens of thousands of Pink-footed Geese currently on the reserve. Pretty sure new geese were arriving this afternoon although some geese will be moving on to North Norfolk.
2 October 2014
Record breaking 45,800 pink-footed geese arrive at Lancashire reserve
A record number of 45,800 migratory pink-footed geese has arrived at Lancashire’s WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre according to counts earlier today. This beats the previous record number of 36,000 in 2010. Over the next couple of weeks, numbers will st
2 October 2014
Migration season at Wader Lake
I have just been watching the wonderful array of wading and wildfowl birds down at Wader Lake. During the migration season it’s a constant changing picture, with different birds coming and going as they refuel for their incredible journeys. Look care
2 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Lapwing - 12 Dunlin - 1 Green Sandpiper - 1 Redshank - 107 Greenshank - 2 Black-tailed Godwit - 12 Curlew - 3 Common Snipe - 8 Ruff - 1 Gadwall - 46 Wigeon - 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 2 Redshank - 9 Grey
2 October 2014