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Tundra Bean Goose
Another excellent autumn day with light winds and mostly sunny all day. The large numbers of Pink-footed Geese dominate the proceeding with 20,000+ birds in the area. Sharp eyed observers picked out a Tundra Bean Goose in among the Pink-foot flock and a B
8 October 2015
MEGA...Little Crake!
Today's Little Crake by Paul Taylor LITTLE CRAKE Gloucestershire third ever LITTLE CRAKE has been found this morning. It showed very well near the Martin Smith bridge before moving to the Rushy. It then continued to show well from the Rushy till early af
8 October 2015
Geese arrive back!
Over 30,000 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 time
8 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Whooper swans Whooper swan - 8 flying Marsh harrier - 3 Common sandpiper - 1 (Nelson-Lyle hide) Snipe Curlew Lapwing Wigeon Teal Gadwall Shoveler The footpaths are pinging with dragonflies today, lots of darters sunni
8 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Whooper swan - 8 flying Marsh harrier - 3 Common sandpiper - 1 (Nelson-Lyle hide) Snipe Curlew Lapwing Wigeon Teal Gadwall Shoveler The footpaths are pinging with dragonflies, darters are sitting on the paths and any sunny pieces of wood whilst hawkers ar
8 October 2015
The whooper swans are back!
Four whooper swans arrived overnight and settled in on the Whooper Pond. Whooper swans we have had dropping in over the last few nights have just been passing through and not staying long, so these appear to be the first of our overwintering birds. Mixed
8 October 2015
Wildlife sightings for 8th October 2015
1 Firecrest - sheltered lagoon near Explore playground woodland 4 Goldcrest - sheltered lagoon 1 Rock Pipit - grazing marsh 40 Meadow Pipit - mostly flying South with some on the marsh 2 Stonechat - marsh 12 Redpoll - flew W + 2 in wildside 8 Swallow -
8 October 2015
New Whoopers
A small influx of Whooper Swan this morning with 11 birds flying onto the Mere. The first two adult Common Shelduck for a few months flew in late afternoon. The Shelduck numbers can peak at over 1000. The Pink-footed Goose count was ~ 30000 in the morning
7 October 2015
Unashamedly passionate about wildlife
In November, BBC's Autumnwatch will be showcasing the wonders of the migration at our very own WWT Caerlaverock in Scotland. In this special guest blog, presenter Chris Packham gets you in the mood for Autumnwatch and speaks out about being ‘unashamedly
7 October 2015
Latest sightings
Around the reserve... Barnacle Geese: 5000 Whooper Swans: 1 High Tide 08:56 7.4m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 14 Mallard 196 Tufted Duck 25 Gadwall 1 ♂ Wigeon 3 Teal 5 Little Grebe 2 juvs Folly Pond Teal 650 Wigeon 550 Pintail 40 Mallard 20 Shoveler 4 Sni
7 October 2015
Arundel sightings
Duck numbers have taken a sharp rise the last few days with nearly 30 Shoveler, 50 Teal, 100 Gadwall, 30 Tufted duck and the usual Mallard. Snipe are becoming a more regular site from most of the hides and Water rail are squealing in most of the suitable
7 October 2015
Wildlife sightings for 7th October 2015
2 Rock Pipit - marsh (close to the Peacock Tower) p.m. 63 Wigeon - site count 1 Pintail - main lake 1 Kingfisher - main lake a.m. 3 Redpoll - entrance lake p.m. 5 Chiffchaff - wildside p.m. 13 Siskin September bird highlights: Bittern, Little Egre
7 October 2015
Today's sightings
Male Eurasian Teal with reflection at Slimbridge taken by James Lees The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 20 Barnacle Goose 160 Meadow Pipit 120+ The Zeiss Hide Dunlin 61 Teal 600 Martin Smith/Robbie Garne
7 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Main lagoon Lapwing Teal Wigeon Shoveler
7 October 2015
Fashion a Finial? What's that?
Its the finial countdown ... ! There are still spaces in our Make a Straw Finial workshop on Sat. 17 Oct. What is a finial? Its the bird or animal made from straw traditionally attached to the top of thatched buildings. Join community artist Anna Twinam-C
6 October 2015