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Todays Sightings
A great day out on the reserve, the sun is shining and there are lost of birds to be seen. Great White egret at Friends hide All of the hides are open but the water levels are coming up. The 3:30pm feed was fantastic lots of whooper swans flew in just bef
5 January 2016
Wildlife sightings for 5th January 2016
1 Bittern - flew from the resr lagoon to the reedbed 1105hrs 135 Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh 66 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing marsh 68 Lapwing - main lake 7 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake 4 Redwing - flew over heading SW 1 Chiffchaff - singing in
5 January 2016
Soggy Caerlaverock, Tuesday 5th Jan
Currently raining, forecast to dry up a bit... All usual roads to here passable with no problems. Avenues remain quite wet but are easily walked in decent waterproof footwear, wellingtons ideally. Lots of water lying in the fields, so a good broadcast of
5 January 2016
Todays Sightings
Great white egret showing well today from Lyle hide. The 3:30pm feed was great today the water levels have come up slightly so the swans are feeding out of the wheelbarrow! All of the hides are still open but there is a puddle in the path on the way to Re
4 January 2016
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Lapwing 9 Snipe 8 Teal 28 Mallard 39 Shoveler 11 Tufted Duck 38 Gadwall 17 Pochard 6 Moorhen 2 Coot 9 Cormorant 13 Grey Heron 3 Herring Gull 17 Black-Headed Gull 1 Mute Swan 6 Cetti's Warbler 1 Siskin 29 Nuthatch 1 Barn Owl 1 Tawny Owl 1 Brambling 1
4 January 2016
Today's sightings- high Teal count and phalarope still here...
Male Eurasian Teal with reflection at Slimbridge by James Lees Eurasian Teal 3295! were counted from the hides this morning with 2314 present on the Tack Piece alone. The shallow flooding here is ideal for this speci
4 January 2016
Belated Green-winged Teal and Harriers
Starting off with the drake Green-winged Teal which we gleaned from the internet was present on the 2nd Jan. As usual the bird was seen from the Ron Barker Hide. Do bear in mind that the 3000+ Teal end up being regularly flushed by the 4 Marsh Harrier and
4 January 2016
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Gadwall (pair) - 2 Shoveler - 2 Mallard - 65 Eurasian Teal - 76 Mute Swan (pair?) - 2 Tufted Duck - 16 Canada Goose - 1 Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Mid Grey Heron - 1 C
4 January 2016
Wildlife sightings for 4th January 2016
8 Mandarin - world wetlands 1 Pintail - male, marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 61 Lapwing - main lake 2 Stonechat - reservoir lagoon December bird highlights: Bittern, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Stonechat, Brambling, Water Pipi
4 January 2016
A plan for nature and for you
"More protection for dinosaurs please!" Whatever matters to you, let us know. It’s a new year, new beginnings and time to maybe think about improving your well-being and the world around you. That could include thi
4 January 2016
Today's sightings-the Tack Piece is fantastic!
Northern Pintail at Slimbridge by James Lees Tack Piece (Viewed from Holden Tower, Stephen Kirk/Robbie Garnett and Martin Smith hides) Black-tailed Godwit 250+ with a single Bar-tailed Godwit, 2000 Curlew, 40 Redshank
3 January 2016
The New Year
A belated happy new year to you all. Longing for a nice crisp winters day when all that is on offer at the moment is more rain. Lucky we have plenty of hides to dodge the showers! At the start of any new year many birders restart a new 'year list' which g
3 January 2016
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Black-headed Gull - 6 Herring Gull - 1 Shoveler - 4 Tufted Duck - 13 Shelduck - 21 Gadwall (pair) - 2 Teal (Eurasian) - 60 Mute Swan - 1 Grey Heron - 4 Redshank - 58 Saline Lag
3 January 2016
Todays Sightings
A beautiful morning on the reserve. The water has come up slightly so the dragonfly ponds are now closed but all the hides are open. There were still 70 Bewick's swans at Friends hide this morning at 10am. We now have 9000 swans roosting on the reserve t
3 January 2016
Latest Sightings - 3rd January - Jumpy Tufties
A dry and bright morning again, but rain is forecast again for this afternoon. The Tufted Ducks are very jumpy on the Whooper Pond which can be a sign that there is something in the water, such as an Otter. Keep your eyes peeled if visiting today as our
3 January 2016