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Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Dunlin 115- plenty of juveniles among the breeding plumaged adults Common Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Avocet 8 Redshank 16 Lapwing Black-tailed Godwit 11 Ruff adult female (Reeve) and an adult male Crane 6 GCP birds flew low ove
30 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 30th July 2015
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Snipe - marsh 7 Common Tern - main lake, scrape 1 Willow Warbler - south route 3 Chiffchaff - south route, wildside 30 House Martin - main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon July bird highlights: Little Egret,
30 July 2015
Flamingo feeding habits
I thought I would write a diary post moving away from breeding for a change and instead talk about a flamingo's behavioural ecology. Behavioural ecology is our understanding of why animals are evolved to do specific things, and how the specific things tha
29 July 2015
Wildlife sightings in the Millenium Wetlands this week
Southern Hawker by Nia Howells White Hairstreak Butterfly by Wayne Lensman Also European Eel dropped by a Grey Heron, safely returned to the water.
29 July 2015
Llanelli welcomes new flamingo chicks
The first flamingo chicks have hatched at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre! Eight fluffy Caribbean chicks are now residents of our Centre here in Penclacwydd, with more due to hatch soon. Some of the younger chicks are currently cuddled up to their pa
29 July 2015
Visitors explore new wildlife film room
Family on green screen by Adam Finch During the summer holidays the wildlife film room will be available on Wednesdays and weekends, between 1-4pm. A new installation at WWT Welney Wetland Centre will allow visitors t
29 July 2015
Nest checks at Slimbridge.
In the last few months I have been over-seeing the breeding efforts of some beautiful wildfowl species. Working with birds is definitely a privilege, and I thought that I might share with you some of the thoughts and processes behind it here in my blog. A
29 July 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Avocet - 8 Curlew - 2 Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 21 Black Headed Gull - 43 Grey Heron - 10 Common Tern - 9 (All young have fledged) Oystercatcher - 3 Saline Lagoon Black Headed Gull - 62 Shelduck - 4 Juvenile Lapwing - 16 Oys
29 July 2015
Great views of Garganey
Holden Tower Hobby - on the ground Common Crane 4 - in Spartina Grass South Lake Discovery Hide Common Tern 1 - on one of the man-made rafts Black Tailed Godwit 151 - nice flock in summer plumage Redshank 53 Ruff 1 Dunlin 1 in breeding plumage Pied Wagt
29 July 2015
Recent sightings - 29th July
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello and Pete Matchett, Reserve Wardens Wadermarsh - visible from Brent Hide Little egret 1. Estuary – visible from Brent hide and Limekiln observatory Common seal: 10, Curlew 10, Oystercatcher 150, Gre
29 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 29th July 2015
7 Teal - main lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 2 Chiffchaff - south route, wildside 40 House Martin - main lake Additional sighting from yesterday: 2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gull July bird highlights: Little Egret, Garganey, Hobby, Kestrel, Gre
29 July 2015
Surprising first data for rare British duck
The first British common scoter ever to be caught and tagged in this country Britain’s most threatened breeding duck has been tracked here for the first time to find out where it goes in winter – and the answer tu
28 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Green sandpiper-5 Wood sandpiper-1 Common sandpiper-1 Ruff Redshank-5 Marsh harrier Little egret
28 July 2015
Today's sightings
South Lake 3 juvenile Avocet, 123 Black-tailed Godwit, 53 Redshank, 70 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher and 3 Ruff on the wader scrape. Both Little and Great Crested Grebes among the duck/Coot flocks. Common Tern on the rafts and 2 Crane also present. Zeiss Hide
28 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 28th July 2015
2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gull 3 Common Tern adult + 2 immature and 2 large chicks - main lake 1 Snipe - grazing marsh 25 Teal - main lake, grazing marsh 50 House Martin - mostly over reservoir lagoon 80 Swift - over reserve July bird highlights: Little E
28 July 2015