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Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide + Bittern
22/01/2016 Bittern 1 - Viewed briefly from the Heron's Wing hide 25/01/2016 Great White Egret 1 Redshank 5 Curlew 37 Black-Tailed Godwit 7 Lapwing 145 Dunlin 3 Mallard 45 Tufted Duck 13 Shelduck 140 Pintail 1 Wigeon 28 Little Egret 3 Herring Gull 1 Great
Reserve Update Monday Jan 25th
Dry today so far but heavy rain forecast for today and especially tomorrow. Both avenues are passable but wellies are recommended. The Ring-necked Duck is still absent, along with a large proportion of the Tufteds, though a male Greater Scaup has taken up
Wildlife sightings for 25th January 2016
1 Woodcock - flew from cover by the Sand Martin Bank and headed towards the scrape 2 Bittern - resr lagoon 9 Snipe - marsh 42 Redwing - flew SW 1 Bullfinch - flew NW 16 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 6 Meadow Pipit - flew W 2 Reed Bunting - flew W 4 Fieldfare
Todays sightings
Water levels have dropped well enough to now re-open all of the footpaths. Wellies are needed to get to Lyle and Friends hides. Reedbed hide is closed. There is mud on the footpath to Nelson-lyle hide so stout boots would be recommended The Welney W
Bittern and Whooper Swans
Lapwing at Slimbridge taken by James Lees Canoe Trail A Bittern flew from the north end of the canoe trail near the Decoy towards the Zeiss Hide at 10.30. Rushy Bewicks Swan 123 overnight Scaup 2 first winter females
Early spring?
After last weeks cold snap, this morning felt very mild. The temperature and singing Song thrush, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Blackbird and drumming Great spotted woodpecker fooled me into thinking it was April not January! Teal were displaying well from the Sc
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Mid/Low Grey Heron - 10 Shoveler - 2 Great Black Backed Gull - 2 Eurasian Teal - 24 Mallard - 2 Lapwing - 8 Redshank - 1 Saline Lagoon Redwing - 9 River Wear Goldeneye - 2 Goosander - 1 Cormorant - 1 Other Birds Grey Heron - Or
Wildlife sightings for 24th January 2016
3 Bittern - 2 N shore reservoir lagoon, 1 main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 52 Wigeon - marsh 2 Stonechat - marsh January bird highlights: Bittern, Brent Goose, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Marsh Tit, Brambling, Siskin, Re
Latest Sightings
Good numbers of people being entertained by huge numbers of birds on a pleasant day which started sunny and ended with rain just after sunset. Whooper Swans and Pink-footed Geese in good numbers, the later certainly on the increase. Locally a few European
Increased reserve access
Water levels have dropped well enough to now re-open all of the footpaths. Wellies are needed to get to Reedbed, Lyle and Friends hides. There is mud on the footpath to Nelson-lyle hide so stout boots would be recommended The Welney Wash Road sectio
Saturdays bird news
White-fronted Geese by James Lees Whooper Swan 2 Bewick's Swan 137 Mute Swan 124 Greenland White-fronted Goose 5 European White-fronted Goose 123 Greylag Goose 460 Canada Goose 580 Barnacle Goose 200 Greater Scaup 1 T
Latest Sightings - 23rd January
A bright start to the day, but the Avenues are still very wet so wellies are still recommended to access the whole site. Still no sign of the drake Ring-necked Duck today. The Flood Ground is good today, with most of the Teal and Wigeon using the pools. T
Wildlife sightings for 23rd January 2016
2 Bittern - reservoir lagoon 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 3 Snipe - wader scrape 24 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 6 Siskin - South route January bird highlights: Bittern, Brent Goose, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Stonechat, Chiffchaff,
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrow Pintail Bewick swan Dunlin Snipe Redshank Golden plover
Bird News
A lovely day after the cloud cleared and lots of birds. The mild weather encouraging waders back inland, a few Oystercatcher have been around of late and 3 were present today, also 453 Black-tailed Godwit was a noticeable increase on recent counts, and th