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Today's Sighting's
WADER LAKE / AM /LOW-MID TIDE Curlew - 10 Shoveler - 1 Shelduck - 15 Teal - 15 Herring Gull - 1 Black-Headed Gull - 10 OTHER BIRDS Curler (River Wear) - 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Spring Gill) - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD Great Spotted Woodpecker -
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Male Common Pochard flying The cold snap which engulfed the country over the last few days has led to an increase in ducks, geese and swans at WWT Martin Mere. It is often the best time of year to see large numbers of
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Red Kite 1 Hen Harrier 1 Merlin 1 Buzzard 1 Kingfisher 1 Mallard 22 Gadwall 54 Shoveler 35 Teal 34 Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 19 Coot 17 Moorhen 4 Water Rail 2 Cormorant 9 Grey Heron 2 Shelduck 3 Snipe 12 Lapwing 1 Mute Swan 6 Greylag 1 Little Grebe 3 Herring
Wildlife sightings for 22nd January 2016
4 Yellow-legged Gull (3x 1st winter, 1x 4th winter) - marsh 4 Bittern - reservoir lagoon, main lake 72 Wigeon - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 8 Fieldfare - Flew off the sheltered lagoon heading SW 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge January bird hig
Latest Sightings - 22nd January - Warm and wet again
Unfortunately we are back to warm and wet weather so the Avenues are once again flooded. Take care on the roads as well if you're visiting us today. The sun is due to make an appearance this afternoon! No sign of the Ring-necked Duck since Tuesday, it h
Today's Highlights
Dunlin Redshank Shelduck Goldeneye Tree sparrow Snipe Bewick swan
Update, Thurs 21st Jan
Bright and cold today to begin with, but forecast to warm and become wet again later. No sign yesterday of the Ring-necked Duck, nor today thus far. Many of the Tufted duck missing too, presumably as a result of the extensive ice cover. We're hoping they
Today's Sighting's
Saline Lagoon AM & Wader Lake / AM 100 % Frozen Other Birds AM Ferruginous Duck (White-head pen) - 1 Cormorant (River) - 3 HAWTHORN WOOD /AM Long-tailed Tit - 7 Bullfinch - 3 Blue Tit - 5 Chaffinch - 2 Coal Tit - 1
Wildlife sightings for 21st January 2016
1 Bittern - N shore reservoir lagoon (wildside hide) 91 Lapwing - main lake 8 Siskin - flew NW + 11 on the south route 2 Stonechat - marsh 30 Redwing - entrance area 1 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon January bird highlights: Bittern, Brent Goose, Goldeney
Make a Big Splash at the NI Puddle Jumping Championships
Children of all ages are being encouraged to get out into the fresh air and have fun jumping in puddles this February half term with WWT’s Big Splash at Castle Espie Wetland Centre, Comber from Monday 15 - Sunday 22 February. The Big Splash at Castle E
Bewick's Swan
Glorious day to take part in the classic winter birding on offer at Martin Mere with dawn to dusk sunshine and light winds. If you were counting all the birds on the reserve at the moment the total numbers would top 15000! The Mere was packed with birds s
Rescued whooper swan returned to the wild
Whooper swan YKA after being released A whooper swan found along the road to WWT Welney Wetland Centre has been successfully released back into the wild. The swan, which had no obvious injuries but would not take off
Increased reserve access
Hare by David Featherbe Water levels have dropped well enough to now re-open most of the footpaths. Wellies are needed to get to Nelson-Lyle, Lyle and Friends hides. The only hide still not accessible is our Reedb
Caerlaverock wildlife update, Wed Jan 20th
A good bright day, with little wind, but cold still at just above freezing, with a lot of the water bodies still iced over. Whooper Swan nos. are still a bit higher than of late, at around the 160 mark, though the Barnacles are more sketchy. Our dog Otter
Wildlife sightings for 20th January 2016
4 Bittern - north side reservoir lagoon and main lake 1 Jack Snipe - marsh (NE corner) 95 Lapwing - main lake 53 Siskin 2 Stonechat - reservoir lagoon 2 Brambling - flew N over south route 5 Redpoll - Explore feeders 10 Redwing - entrance area Jan