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More Pink-feet
A lovely day on the reserve with windless conditions. Further influx of Pink-footed Geese with 5000+ coming in onto the reserve. Local birds which have been in for a while tend to move around at low altitude, whereas new birds coming in tend to come in fr
26 September 2015
Sunny Saturday sightings
The South Lake Red Knot 44 all afternoon! Black-tailed Godwit 186 Redshank 1 Lapwing 50 Teal 300 Shoveler 20 Great-crested Grebe 2 The Holden Tower Ruddy Shelduck 1 Little Stint 3 Ringed Plover 29 Golden Plover 4 Dunlin 100 Curlew 150 Shelduck 200 Barnac
26 September 2015
Wildlife sightings for 26th September 2015
1 Water Rail - main lake North shore 4 Snipe - wader scrape 1 Nuthatch - 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 8 Chiffchaff - wildside, South route 4 Siskin - flew over heading South 2 Coal Tit - entrance area 33 Swallow - flying over heading South 2 Peregrine - p
26 September 2015
Latest Sightings
The first 30 Barnacle Geese arrived yesterday. They flew over the centre calling and then landed on the eastern merse. Today we have the first Whooper Swan of the winter. A lone adult is feeding in the Flood Ground. There are also large flocks of Pink-foo
26 September 2015
Friday - late update
At least another 2,000 Pink-footed Geese arrived between 6.00 and 6.30 pm, mostly in one big group, but all (strangely) arriveing from a Southerly direction. As I'm writing this (6.30 pm) another group of at least 1,000 birds arrived from the South-east.
25 September 2015
Bird News
More Pink-footed geese arriving arriving on a daily basis at the moment - although not properly counted, estimates of over 2,000 would not be far off the mark. Also on the reserve today, 2 Marsh Harreirs and a Peregrine, along with the usual Common Buzzar
25 September 2015
Wildlife sightings for 25th September 2015
14 Wigeon -main lake, reservoir lagoon 4 Siskin - sheltered lagoon, South route 9 Chiffchaff - wildside, South route, reservoir lagoon 2 Coal Tit - entrance area 80 House Martin - main lake 3 Peregrine - on hospital, 2 adult 1 Juv 1 Hobby - hunting drag
25 September 2015
Latest Sightings
The first 30 Barnacle Geese have just arrived this morning. They flew over the centre calling and then landed on the eastern merse. Barnacle Geese: 30 High Tide 10:39 8.3m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 6 + 1 cygnet Mallard 158 Tufted Duck 7 Gadwall 3 Shovel
25 September 2015
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Rove Beetle Cr. Brian Briggs Millennium Wetlands Gadwall 59 Shoveler 47 Teal 50 Mallard 39 Tufted Duck 14 Pochard 2 Mute Swan 8 Little Grebe 4 Coot 9 Moorhen 6 Cormorant 6 Little Egret 31 Grey Heron 2 Kingfisher 2 Re
25 September 2015
Sunny Friday sightings
Grounds Siskin 100+ Chiffchaff 20 The Holden Tower Nuthatch 1 Wheatear 3 Buzzard 2 Marsh Harrier 3 Barnacle Goose 120 The Rushy Black-tailed Godwit 15 Green Sandpiper 1 Teal 250 The Tack Piece Teal 700 Common Crane 2 Martin Smith Hide Kingfisher 1 The Zei
25 September 2015
Barnacle geese cull - WWT takes action
At least a quarter of Islay's barnies are due to be shot Until recently, a long-running Local Goose Management Scheme on the Hebridean island of Islay was based largely on management payments and goose scaring, with a
24 September 2015
Latest Sighting
A sudden blast of Westerlies today making for chilly birding around the reserve. The main focus of events are the continued slow arrival of Pink-footed Geese with somewhere in the region of 1600 roosting on the reserve at present.
24 September 2015
Seasonal switchover begins with water rail heard in reedbed
Goldfinches feeding on teasel seed heads. This entry is the text from Paul Steven’s Wildlife Sightings column for Sept 24 edition of the Chichester Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and the Worthing Herald. AS THE
24 September 2015
Today's Sighting's
Wader Lake Tide/Low Time/Am Black-Tailed Godwit - 8 Redshank - 30 Black-headed Gull - 28 Snipe - 5 Teal - 5 Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Tit - 2 Pheasant - 8 Coal Tit - 2 Blue Tit - 1 Long-Tailed Tit - 7 Chaffinch - 2 Robin - 1
24 September 2015
Shingle island progress
Wader Lake's shingle island project is nearing completion The shingle island project at Wader Lake is nearing completion and our staff and volunteers have been hard at it today moving large stones into place around
24 September 2015