News
Hardheads in the Duckery.
A little insight into the Australian white-eye or Hardhead today. Possibly one of the most overlooked species at WWT due to its residency within the Australian exhibit which must surely contain some of the weirdest and wackiest of all the wildfowl... It d
24 October 2015
Green-winged Teal Returns!
A Green-winged Teal has returned to Caerlaverock for the third winter in a row. We believe this to be the same bird as the past 2 years because it has very similar behaviour. It seems to have joined the Eurasian Teal population which migrate to Fennoscand
24 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Wigeon & Teal - 1500 viewed from the summer walk Pochard - 4 Black-tailed godwit - 67 Golden plover - 19 Snipe - 9 Curlew - 4 Water rail heard on the reserve Fieldfare flying over Peregrine - 1 Marsh harrier
24 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Wigeon & teal - 1500 viewed from summer walk Pochard - 4 Blacn-tailed godwit - 67 Golden plover - 19 Snipe - 9 Curlew - 4 Water rail heard on reserve Fieldfare flying over Peregrine - 1 Marsh harrier
24 October 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Low Curlew - 1 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 3 Redshank - 16 Lapwing - 22 Grey Heron - 2 Black Headed Gull - 10 Teal - 19 Common Snipe - 12 Teal - 40 Other Birds Little Egret - Lagoon/River - 1 Kingfisher - Lagoon/Rive
24 October 2015
24/10/15- Saturday's Sightings
Flock of mixed plovers flying at Slimbridge taken by James Lees Zeiss Hide Golden plover 300 Wigeon 400 Pintail 7 Shoveler 14 Redshank 16 Greenshank 1 Snipe 6 Black tailed godwit 142 Water rail 1 Lapwing 70 Teal 1000
24 October 2015
Wildlife sightings for 24th October 2015
61 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing marsh 8 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Stonechat - wader scrape 2 Redpoll - South Route 5 Siskin - South route 2 Peregrine - eating prey while Perched on hospital ledge October bird highlights: Bittern, Little Egr
24 October 2015
Bird News
A Merlin was reported from the Ron Barker hide, also at least 1 juvenile Marsh Harrier, several Common Buzzard and Kestrel. Thousands of Pink-footed Geese using the reserve on and off throughout the day including a leucistic bird. No reports of any rarer
23 October 2015
Sightings for Friday 23rd October
Black-tailed Godwit reflected in calm water by Ray Cottrell The Zeiss Hide 800 Teal 236 Wigeon 18 Shoveler 13 Common Snipe 2 Water Rail 56 Black-tailed Godwit 16 Redshank 3 Ruff 135 Golden Plover - flew over W The Rus
23 October 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing - 40 Redshank - 21 Curlew - 3 Common Snipe - 2 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Grey Heron - 3 Teal - 32 Pied Wagtail - 2 Black-headed Gull - 34 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM
23 October 2015
Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide
Black-Tailed Godwit 413 Knot 181 Redshank 3 Greenshank 14 Lapwing 18 Spotted Redshank 2 Snipe 2 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 2 Wigeon 200 Shelduck 4 Great Crested Grebe 8 Shoveler 8 Tufted Duck 16 Teal 47 Pochard 4 Pintail 11 Mallard 37 Greylag Goose 17 Coot 3
23 October 2015
Wildlife sightings for 23rd October 2015
1 Kingfisher - main lake South shore 2 Water Rail - calling from the reedbed 5 Mandarin - wildside 137 Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh 9 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 3 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge October bird high
23 October 2015
Recent sightings - 23rd October
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello, warden. Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +200, Black-headed gull 19. Wadermarsh - visible from Brent Hide Little egret 4. Freshwater lagoon – visible from Br
23 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 23rd October
Great news as early estimates from the coordinated Barnacle Goose census on the Solway put numbers over 41,000 for the first time ever for this population! This is an increase of around 3,000 on last years count and a massive achievement from just the 3
23 October 2015
Mega-hide built at WWT Martin Mere
Visitors to WWT Martin Mere will get even closer to its famous spectacle of thousands of geese and swans after a brand new mega-hide was completed this week. It has been made possible thanks to donations from WWT members, Lancashire Environmental Fund, Ca
22 October 2015