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Cold and sunny birding
South Lake Female Ferruginous Duck 1 Pochard 150 Tufted Duck 350 Shoveler 40 Gadwall 15 Teal 200 Black-Tailed Godwit 40 Great-Crested Grebe 1 South Finger Water Rail 1 Tack Piece Little Stint 3 Dunlin 250 Lapwing 400 Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Buzzard 2
6 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing - 100 Grey Heron - 19 Canada Goose - 14 Shelduck - 6 Mallard - 50 Black-headed Gull - 60 Black-backed Gull - 10 Moorhen - 2 Snipe - 2 Greylag - 1 Teal - 2 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 10 Mallard - 6 &
6 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 6th February 2015
2 Bittern - main lake 2 Pintail - marsh 15 Mandarin - collection and wildside 2 Water Rail - wildside 62 Lapwing - main lake 5 Redwing - flew W January bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander, Peregrine, Pheasant, Woodcock, Re
6 February 2015
daily sightings
15 goldeneye - 7 male 8 female, whole reserve 19 ruff - Friends hide 16 curlew - Lyle/Reedbed hides 66+ dunlin - whole reserve 35 black-tailed godwit chiffchaff - main observatory
5 February 2015
Two seasons in one day!
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.wwt.org.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WWT-Washington-Wader-Lake-lapwing-and-grey-herons-Feb-2015.mp4"][/video] Lapwing preen on the icy lake as grey herons jostle for
5 February 2015
Thursdays sighting's
South Lake Female Ferruginous Duck 1 Pochard 90 Tufted Duck 350 Black-Tailed Godwit 30 Great-Crested Grebe 1 South Finger Tree creeper 2 Greater Spotted Woodpecker 1 Goldcrest 1 Water rail 1 Tack Piece Little Stint 3 Godwit 80 Dunlin 400 Lapwing 400 Holde
5 February 2015
Merlin
Grounds A merlin was seen chasing a snipe over the grounds this morning. British Steel hide 3 spotted redshank, 5 greenshank, 10 redshank, 195 lapwing, 6 dunlin, 3 black-tailed godwit, 5 little egret, grey heron, kingfisher and 180 wigeon.
5 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 5th February 2015
1 Bittern- main lake N shore 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Grey Wagtail - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Redwing - flew west 3 Pintail - marsh 3 Snipe - marsh January bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander, Peregrine,
5 February 2015
The persistence of the Hawaiian goose.
And so much like every January since what feels like the beginning of time (or at least my 9 years of involvement!) the Nene or Hawaiian geese are preparing to breed once more. As with every Nene pair (and in some ways every monogomous couple on the
4 February 2015
The princesses and the frogs! Hop along to our indoor play opening party and meet the Frozen princesses
To celebrate the Toad Hall Play Area opening this half term the Frozen princesses are throwing a party. At the opening on Saturday February 14, youngsters can meet Elsa and Anna at WWT Slimbridge before taking a tumble in the new indoor tactile soft play
4 February 2015
Steamy cranes show spring is in the air!
Despite wintery conditions in Gloucestershire a pair of mating cranes has shown that spring in on the way, well in their eyes anyway! Bart and Ruby, who were released as chicks in Somerset as part of the Great Crane Project, spent last summer at WWT Slimb
4 February 2015
daily sightings
7 curlew on ice at Main Obs this morning 60 dunlin - Lady Fen and Main Observatory 10 goldeneye - 4 male 6 female chiffchaff outside Main Observatory
4 February 2015
Recent Sightings 4th February
The following sightings were recorded by Pete Matchett, Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard 342 Cormorant 6 Tufty 45 Scaup 1 Gadwall 47 Little Egret 7 Grey Heron 1 Black Headed Gull 60 Black Tailed Godwit 2
4 February 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese 500 on the reserve from Farmhouse Tower, most have moved off to different feeding areas after the weather in last week and have yet to return in any great number. Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 110 Mute Swan 60 Mallard 350 Tufted Duck 10 Wigeon
4 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing - 30 Black-headed Gull - 150 Grey Heron - 10 Canada Goose - 11 Greylag Goose - 1 Herring Gull - 7 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Saline Lagoon Teal - 22 Hawthorn Wood Goldcrest - 1 Nuthatch -
4 February 2015