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Help: have you seen this duck?
A group of GIANT ducks will be landing at WWT Slimbridge this Easter, and we need your children to help us find them all! The GIANT rubber duck hunt will take place at Slimbridge from this Saturday to Sunday April 12 promising lots of family fun for the
24 March 2015
Great White Egret
Great white egret showing really well at WWT Welney today. The yellow on the bill has now started to turn black/green. The great white egret is showing from Reedbed hide next to little egrets and grey herons Other highlights Greenshank Green sandpiper A
24 March 2015
Have you seen this naughty duck!?
A gang of GIANT ducks will be landing at WWT Washington Wetland Centre this Easter – and we need your children’s help to find them all! The GIANT rubber duck hunt takes place during Easter weekend (Fri 3-Mon 6 April) and is just one of the many fu
24 March 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 3 spotted redshank, 18 greenshank, 285 redshank, 315 black tailed godwit, 100+ curlew, 31 teal, 38 wigeon, 4 tufted duck, 2 pochard, 8 great crested grebe, 8 little egret and peregrine.
24 March 2015
Wheatear
An early morning walk around the boundary of the reserve was productive particularly when you stumble across a fine male Wheatear. Corn Bunting are singing
24 March 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 8,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 50 High Tide 15:00 9.6m Whooper Pond Tawny Owl 1 in the box left of Peter Scott Obs Whooper Swan 50 Mute Swan 22 Mallard 60 Tufted Duck 31 Greater Scaup 1♀ Aythya hybrid 1 ♂ Wigeon 43 Oyst
24 March 2015
Wildlife sightings for 24th March 2015
1 Black-tailed Godwit - grazing marsh 4 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh R.H.S 3 Redshank - grazing marsh, main lake 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 11 Chiffchaff - site count 1 Red Kite - flew over site March bird highlights: Shelduck, Garganey, Bittern, Peregrine,
24 March 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Lapwing are very active today, c30 males displaying over the Dumbles, Top and Bottom New Piece. Ruff 10 Avocet 14 Redshank 2 Peregrine 1 Wigeon 90 Dunlin 11 Chiffchaff 1 Long Ground Pool Little Grebe 1 Tack Piece Crane 4 (GCP) Wigeon 100 Zeis
24 March 2015
PICS: Tundra bean goose (site first)
This fantastic tundra bean goose has been visible on Wader Lake since mid-March and is a site first for WWT Washington. Our only previous (possible) sighting was in 1985, when a flock of nine ‘bean gee
23 March 2015
Todays sightings
RESERVE; Buzzard, Red Kite, Blackbird, Robin, Collared dove, Pheasant, Wood pigeon, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Reed bunting, Nut hatch, Bullfinch, Blue/ Great & Long tailed tit, Wren, Cetti's warbler, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Mute swans. WETLANDS DISCOVERY; K
23 March 2015
Latest Sightings
Chiffchaff in song in the blossom covered trees next to the in focus shop this morning. Always a pleasure hearing one of the first sounds of spring. Plenty of insects to keep it happy too. Whooper Swan count on the Mere this morning produced 155 birds. A
23 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Bean Goose (Tundra) on Wader Lake 22/3/15 - last recorded on site in 1985 Wader lake Time/Am Tide/Low Avocet - 11 Lapwing - 23 (8 On Territories) Oystercatcher - 4 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 20 Teal - 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Grey
23 March 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 5,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 28 High Tide 14:17 10.0m Whooper Pond Tawny Owl 1 in the box left of Peter Scott Obs Whooper Swan 28 Mute Swan 20 Mallard 50 Tufted Duck 25 Greater Scaup 1♀ Aythya hybrid 1 ♂ Wigeon 61 Oys
23 March 2015
Wildlife sightings for 23rd March 2015
1 Jack Snipe - marsh field to the right of the main channel 1 Red Kite 1 Pintail - female, main lake 30 Wigeon - reservoir lagoon 3 Redshank - flew from scrape to reservoir lagoon 6 Snipe - marsh, scrape 130 Cormorant - main lake Also: Pair of Gadw
23 March 2015
Todays Highlights
A beautiful day on the reserve and some cracking birds Highlights include Bittern - Friends Hide Little owl - Nelson Lyle hide - First seen on the reserve since 2007! (not including ones seen by the road) Short eared Owl - Main observatory - Delph bank Av
23 March 2015