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Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 Tree Sparrow 1 (feeding around banking) Folly Pond Shelduck 7 Gadwall 2 Oystercatcher 2 (nesting) Teal Pond Little Grebe 2 Black-headed Gull Moorhen (on nests) Mute Swan 2 (on nest) Avenue Tower Teal 1 Lapwing 6 Redshank 2 Mu
21 May 2015
Wildlife sightings for 21st May 2015
2 Wood Sandpiper - marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh, scrape 5 Redshank - marsh, scrape 6 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Whitethroat - scrape bank May bird highlights: Bittern, Wood Sandpiper, Little Egret, Garganey, Hobby, Oys
21 May 2015
Wetland hope among awful nature report
Conservation success story - a Great Bittern at WWT Wetlands and grasslands are Europe’s most deteriorating landscapes, but there is hope that the trend can be reversed. That’s the findings of a new European Commi
20 May 2015
Temminck's Stint back again.
(Mr) Temminck's Stint is back again this afternoon out on Woodend Marsh, assuming it's not a brand new bird? It does beg the question as to where it has been hiding over the past couple of days? Temminick's Stint... it's t
20 May 2015
Todays highlights
Dunlin - 3 Ringed plover - 9 Black-tailed godwit - 14 (2nd year birds)
20 May 2015
Wednesday sightings
The Rushy Garganey 2 Avocet 22 The Holden Tower Avocet 16 Lesser Whitethroat 1 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 38 Oystercatcher 4 Common Tern 2 Common Whitethroat 1 The Tack Piece Avocet 4
20 May 2015
Wildlife sightings for 20th May 2015
2 Wood Sandpiper - marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 5 Redshank - marsh, scrape 1 Kingfisher - wildside 1 Shelduck - flew E 15 House Martin - marsh 1 Swallow - marsh 5 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon May bird highlights: Bittern,
20 May 2015
Today's Highlights
Avocet chicks- Main observatory Whitethroat Cetti's warbler Gargany Broad bodied chaser dragonfly- Main observatory Four spot chaser dragonfly
19 May 2015
Chick-fest.
The first Black-headed Gull and Shelduck chicks hatched today. In fact a number of Black-headed Gull pairs had chicks hatching. Black-headed Gull with the years first chicks These new arrivals join many Avocet chicks
19 May 2015
Royal support for drains that "work with nature"
(c) Dan Marsh / Flickr WWT’s President HRH Prince Charles has been telling BBC1 viewers about the benefits of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). SuDS include features like green roofs, ponds and soakaways that cap
19 May 2015
Today's sightings
As well as a wide range of common bird species we have noted the following highlights... Rushy Pen Avocet- 22 present at 0800. Includes a number of nesting birds and a colour ringed individual. Lapwing pair Oystercatcher pair Shoveler 1 Wigeon 1 Tack Pie
19 May 2015
Slimbridge's Debbie Pain named in top 50 Wildlife Power List
A portrait of Debbie Pain The WWT Director of Conservation at Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Debbie Pain, has been named as one of the top 50 most influential conservation heroes in the Wildlife Power List published by th
19 May 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 4 sanderling, 50+ dunlin, 15 whimbrel, 2 little egret, 4 great crested grebe, 8 cormorant, 6 tufted duck and 10 gadwall. Lagoon 218 black-tailed godwit, 2 Mediterranean gull and the first black headed gull chicks have fledged.
19 May 2015
Wildlife sightings for 19th May 2015
1 Wood Sandpiper - marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 5 Redshank - marsh 30 Swift - main lake 21 House Martin - reservoir lagoon, marsh 7 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - flew high over reserve May bird highlights: Bittern, Little Egret,
19 May 2015
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 Tree Sparrow 2 (feeding around banking) Folly Pond Shelduck 7 Gadwall 2 Oystercatcher 2 (nesting) Teal Pond Little Grebe 2 Gadwall Black-headed Gull Moorhen (on nests) Mute Swan 2 (on nest) Avenue Tower Teal 1 Lapwing 6 Redsh
19 May 2015