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Latest Sightings
High Tide 15:09 8.9m Whooper Pond Swallow 5 House Martin 4 - nest building on the Peter Scott Obs Mallard 13 Oystercatcher 2 - on eggs Folly Pond Wigeon 2 Shelduck 2 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 3 Black-tailed Godwit 3 House Martin 6 - collecting mud for n
7 May 2015
Todays Highlights
20 Swifts Cuckoo - Reedbed hide
6 May 2015
Windy Wednesday
The Tack Piece Garganey 1 male The South Lake Little Gull 1 Med Gull 1 Avocet 4 Oystercatcher 2 The Rushy Little Gull 1 ( 2 on site) Little-ringed Plover 1 Sand Martin 50 Swift 20 Grey Wagtail 2 The Holden Tower POMARINE SKUA 2 past heading up river at 13
6 May 2015
Little Gull
Wet and wild condition today. A immature Little Gull was present on the Mere early on. A Yellow Wagtail flew south over the Mere mid morning. Eleven Whimbrel from the Ron Barker Hide late afternoon. Just up the road towards Burscough a pair of Grey Partri
6 May 2015
Today's bird sightings
Lagoon The adult summer little gull was sat on the water all day and best viewed from the Observatory or Boardwalk hide. British Steel hide 73 whimbrel, grey plover, 2 wigeon and 2 shoveler.
6 May 2015
Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2015
70+ Swift - site count 5 House Martin - reservoir lagoon 6 Swallow - reservoir lagoon 1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 5 Redshank - marsh, main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Common Tern - main lake 33 Stock Dove - site
6 May 2015
More flamingo watchers for 2015
I am joined this spring and summer by two new MSc Animal Behaviour students from the University of Exeter who are investigating the Caribbean, Chilean and greater flamingo flocks for their research projects, and thus contributing to the data collection fo
5 May 2015
Todays highlights
Great white egret - Lyle hide
5 May 2015
Robin chicks snuggle up in a shed
A group of robin chicks have made a cosy home for themselves within a net at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre. When student Laurie Allnatt entered a storage shed on site, he found the surprise nest of chicks snuggling up together at the bottom of the
5 May 2015
Garganey
As we go into May there is a real sense of excitement as migration is in full flow. Today looked interesting with fronts moving through and occasional rain showers. While cloud cover was present the visibility was some of the best we've had on the reserve
5 May 2015
Today' sightings-strong gales
Holden Tower Little Tern 1 downriver at high tide. 1st of 2015 Grey Plover 1 breeding plumaged bird downriver at high tide Bar-tailed Godwit 2 on Dumbles Dunlin 240 Dumbles foreshore Ringed Plover 60 Dumbles foreshore Sanderling 7 Dumbles foreshore White
5 May 2015
New wetland gets thumbs up from people and wildlife
Visitors enjoying the view from the veranda by Adam Finch Wildlife enthusiasts and families visiting the East of England this winter took advantage of the new wetlands created at WWT Welney Wetland Centre. Over 550 pe
5 May 2015
Little Gull
British Steel hide/estuary An adult little gull was on the NRA scrapes from mid morning, best viewed from the British Steel hide. Other birds included; sandwich tern, 8 turnstone, 20 ringed plover, 100+ dunlin, 2 bar tailed godwit, 320 black tailed godwi
5 May 2015
Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2015
1 Bittern - flew across main lake, landing on north side late morning 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Redshank - grazing marsh 12 Swift - site count 18 House Martin - site count 4 Swallow - reservoir lagoon Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Bitt
5 May 2015
Shop stocktake
The gift shop will close at 2pm today, Tues 5 May for stock take & will reopen again no later than Thurs 7 May 2015. Admissions to the centre and reserve are not affected by this. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
5 May 2015