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Wildlife sightings for 6th November 2018
2 Bittern - main lake 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 7 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Water Rail - reedbed 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 5 Siskin - flew over heading South East 1 Skylark - flew over heading West October/early November bird highlights: Short-e
Scaup
A juv Scaup was a new bird on the Mere, hanging around with the Tufted and Pochard. No sign of the Goldeneye today. Juvenile Scaup on the Mere (Tony Disley)
Today's Highlights
Mute swans Whooper swans Greylag geese Canada geese Shoveler Mallard Pochard Teal Wigeon Pintail Bittern at Friends hide Great egret from Main obs Water rail below café window Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Coot Moorhen Grey heron Curlew from Main Obs Dunli
Recent Sightings €- 29th October 2018
The following count was taken from the reserve and estuary at high tide today. Strangford Lough is such a remarkable place. The winter bird numbers just keeping increasing; huge flocks of Wigeon now visible everyday and large numbers of Greenshank are bei
Reserve Sightings- 5th November 2018 - Pochard!
A mild an sunny day on site, with many duck species such as Teal and Wigeon in high numbers. On the folly pond a Pochard has been spotted snoozing and clearly having a lazy morning (nice for some!!!). A Pintail has also been spotted on the Folly Pond this
'Message in a bottle' bird found by friend over 3000 miles away
A spoon-billed sandpiper reared by a WWT conservationist in Russia was sighted by a friend in China just weeks later. The young bird was identified in Jiangsu over 3000 miles from the Russian east coast where it was raised by aviculturalist Jodie Clement
Wildlife sightings for 5th November 2018
1 Bittern - main lake 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Skylark - flew over heading W 10 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Grey Wagtail - main lake October/early November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl,
Today's sightings 05/11/18
a.m. low tide Wader Lake kestrel female Shelduck Snipe 6 Teal 16 Redwing 11 Saline lagoon Teal 5 Redshank 2 Shelduck Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 2 Willow tit Blue tit 4 Great tit 5 Coal tit 3 Other birds Hen harrier - river reedbed Buzzard - North Wood Jay - G
Goshawk and Bittern
Holden Tower/Dumbles A male Peregrine was actively hunting the area this morning, female Marsh Harrier seen late morning and a female Merlin at Middle Point early afternoon. At least 14 E White-fronted Geese fed among Greylag Geese, the Barnacle Goose flo
Today's Highlights
Whooper swans Mute swans Greylag geese Canada geese Barnacle geese x 2 Egyptian goose Little grebe Shoveler Wigeon Teal Pochard Mallard Gadwall Pintail Moorhen Coot Cormorant Lapwing Bittern at Main Obs Great egret at Lyle hide Golden plover Black-taile
Latest Sightings
A wildfowl packed Mere as usual with big numbers of Teal, Mallard, Wigeon and Shelduck. Smaller numbers of Shoveler, Pintail, Pochard (34), Tufted Duck, Gadwall (10) and a single female Goldeneye. Whooper Swan numbers continue to increase. Smaller number
Wildlife sightings for 4th November 2018
1 Marsh Harrier - flew into reed cover on the main lake N shore/end of reedbed area (0820hrs) 1 Goldeneye (female) - reservoir lagoon 115 Wigeon - marsh , scrape 140 Teal - marsh, scrape 2 Bittern - main lake 1 Little Egret - marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh
Today's sightings 04/11/18
a.m. low tide Wader Lake Water rail Teal 53 Snipe 5 Shelduck Saline Lagoon Grey heron Redshank 2 Curlew Hawthorn Wood Brambling (male - winter migrant) Chaffinch 6 Nuthatch Willow tit Greenfinch 2 Bullfinch 5 Great spotted woodpecker Coal tit 3 Wren Great
Saturday's sightings
Don't forget to find all our latest sightings on Twitter, and you don't need an account yourself. Find us here. Bewick's Swan Indri still on Big Pen outside Visitor Centre Holden Tower - 26 White-fronted Geese on Dumbles, also 224 Barnacle Geese and 131
Sightings for Saturday 3rd November
Dry and milder day today here at Welney Wetland centre, all hides remain open as is the Summer walk Sightings so far today: Mute swan Whooper swan Barnacle goose Canada goose Greylag goose Gadwall Mallard Pochard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Little grebe Coot Moo