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Today's bird sightings
Ruff Lagoon 360 black tailed godwit, 4 teal, 4 tufted duck and 4 Mediterranean gull. British Steel hide 2 ruff, 80 dunlin, 20+ whimbrel, 4 greenshank, 20 redshank, 30 black tailed godwit and 4 great crested gre
23 April 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 6,000 around the reserve today, best viewed from the Farmhouse Tower/Saltcot Obs Whooper Pond Mallard 8 Tufted Duck 2 Gadwall 2 Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 1 Teal 10 Wigeon 2 Shelduck 2 Lapwing 2 Black-headed Gu
23 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 12 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 1 Lapwing (on territories) - 20+ Shelduck - 25+ Gadwall - 3 Shoveler - 5 Grey Heron - 20 & 10+ chicks Wren - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 4 Chaffinch - 5
23 April 2015
Wildlife sightings for 23rd April 2015
4 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, marsh, scrape 7 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew W over the marsh. May have landed far corner 25 Swallow - feeding over resr lagoon a.m. 12 House Martin - feeding over resr lagoon a.m. &nbs
23 April 2015
First Swift
Millennium Wetlands The first swift of the year flew over the Western Scrapes mid morning. Other birds included 2 lesser whitethroat, 10 pochard, common sandpiper, green woodpecker, 2 sparrowhawk and buzzard. British Steel hide 2 male ruff were on the NRA
22 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Mute Swan - 5 Avocet - 15 Lapwing - 20 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Snipe - 1 Grey Heron - 21 + 18 chicks Shoveler - 6 Shelduck - 21 Teal - 5 Gadwall - 6 Saline Lagoon Time/AM
22 April 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 6,000 around the reserve today, best viewed from the Farmhouse Tower/Saltcot Obs Whooper Pond Mute Swan 1 Mallard 10 Tufted Duck 5 Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 1 Teal 10 Wigeon 2 Shelduck 2 Lapwing 2 Black-headed
22 April 2015
Wildlife sightings for 22nd April 2015
1 Sandwich Tern - main lake shingle island, c. 11:15 a.m. 1 Green Sandpiper - marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 7 Redshank - scrape, marsh, main lake 3 Snipe - marsh 8 Shelduck - main lake 2 Buzzard 1 Yellow Wagtai
22 April 2015
Sunny Sandpipers
The South Lake Green Sandpiper 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Black-tailed Godwit 79 Oystercatcher 4 Avocet 10 Great-crested Grebe 2 Med Gull 2 The Holden Tower Avocet 13 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 4 The Rushy Avocet 2 The Tack Piece Pink-footed Goose 1
22 April 2015
WWT helps farmers to stop losing nutrients
You can see how a treatment wetlands turns liquid waste into lovely wildlife habitat at Slimbridge Wetland Centre Farmers and farm advisors in England can benefit from a new guide to help them use constructed wetland
22 April 2015
Todays Sightings
Great day, highlights are: Jack snipe Wheatear Whimbrel - Lady Fen Hobby Great white egret - 2 Avocet Barn owl Bewick’s swan Black-headed gull Black-tailed godwit Blackbird Blackcap Blue tit Buzzard Crow Cetti’s warbler Chaffinch Chi
21 April 2015
Frogs - Mating
These pairs of frogs have congregated in the sunshine to mate and produce frogspawn. Keep an eye out across the Ouse Wetlands for frogspawn as they start to develop into tadpoles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXgYXmag1go Footage by Susie Haynes
21 April 2015
Water Vole - Taking a Swim
Water Voles have suffered dramatic decline in the last hundred years, partly due to the introduction of American Mink. However this little Water Vole is doing very well and can be seen swimming to collect food from the other side of the pond. https://www.
21 April 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 8,000 around the reserve today, best viewed from the Farmhouse Tower/Saltcot Obs Whooper Pond Mute Swan 1 Mallard 20 Tufted Duck 10 Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 1 Teal 10 Wigeon 4 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 2 Lapwing 2
21 April 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide 21 whimbrel, wheatear, 1 spotted redshank (summer plumaged), 460 black tailed godwit, common sandpiper, 5 greenshank, 57 redshank, 42 curlew, 12 dunlin, 10 tufted duck, 2 pochard, 2 shoveler, 16 teal, 15 gadwall, 7 wigeon, 118 shelduck,
21 April 2015