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Todays Sightings
Numbers of winter migrants dropping rapidly just now. Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 219 Bean Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 126 Brent Goose 1 Dunlin 40 Little Stint 2 Lapwing 30 Peregrine 1 08.30 Merlin 1 female 12.30 Tack Piece Bewicks Swan 9 Wigeon 400 Shove
27 February 2014
Out on the reserve today
Icelandic black-tailed godwits are now passing through the reserve on their way up to their breeding grounds. As they come into their brick-orange plumage ready for the breeding season it is quite a sight to see them all grouped tightly on the spits of
27 February 2014
Wildlife sightings for 27th February 2014
2 Pintail - main lake 1 Redshank - scrape 5 Snipe - scrape February bird highlights: Bittern, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Little Gull, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Bearded Tit, Brambling, Mealy Redpoll. 3 Bitterns ha
27 February 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 4 Shelduck - 14 Mute Swan - 2 Lapwing - 6 Redshank - 4 Teal - 4 Gadwall - 2 Shoveler - 2 Heron - 18 Oystercatcher - 2 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 4 Mallard - 8 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 5 mal
27 February 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 180 Tufted Duck 40 Wigeon 100 Gadwall 1 ♂ Shoveler 2 Mallard 46 Mute Swan 35 Canada Goose 40 Greylag Goose 1 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 1 Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 300 Wigeon 450 Shoveler 32 Shelduck 4 Lapwing
27 February 2014
Bird News
Siberian Chiffchaff still present along the hedgerow parallel to the sewage works at the end of the Reedbed Walk. Also at at least one Common Chiffchaff present and Goldcrest. Male Hen Harrier again this morning from the Ron Barker Hide. At least 6 Common
26 February 2014
Wildlife sightings for 26th February 2014
1 Shelduck - male, main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 6 Mandarin - world wetlands 1 Red Kite - flew S at 12:15 p.m. 1 Kestrel - over sheltered lagoon 1 Redshank - scrape 10 Snipe - marsh, scrape 1 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull - main lake 1 Stonechat - femal
26 February 2014
And then there were four!
A further three avocets arrived at Wader Lake overnight on Monday 24 February, bringing the season's total so far to four. All eyes on are now on the skies to see how many more will return! The photo we posted of the first lone bird also made it ont
26 February 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 4 Moorhen - 6 Mallard - 14 Teal - 1 Shelduck - 22 Lapwing - 23 Grey Heron - 20 Greylag - 7 Redshank - 30 Oystercatcher - 2 Mute Swan - 2 Canada Goose - 8 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck
26 February 2014
Available to all: WWT’s entire history of scientific publishing
Anyone interested in conservation now has free access to the entire catalogue of papers published by WWT in its scientific journal, Wildfowl. The new online resource is the culmination of months of work by volunteers to digitise printed copies of Wildfowl
26 February 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Bewick's Swan 7 ( The only ones left now) Golden Plover 70 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Dunlin 600 Redshank 30 Wigeon 400 Common Crane 1 The Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 Brent Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 193 Common Crane 2 Little Stint 2 The
26 February 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 180 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 130 Shoveler 2 Mute Swan 30 Canada Goose 40 Greylag Goose 1 Oystercatcher 2 Gadwall 1 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 200 Wigeon 250 Shoveler 25 Shelduck 8 Pintail 1 Lapwing 100 Redshank 20 Cu
26 February 2014
Breeding :)
There are springtime vibes in the air at WWT Slimbridge Wetlands centre this February, as some very dedicated females begin their breeding seasons... An intrepid female southern pochard on her nest in mid-January!
25 February 2014
Siberian Chiffchaff still present
Siberian Chiffchaff again showing reasonably well throughout the day and occasionally singing along the hedgerow opposite the sewage works, accessed from the Reedbed Walk. Also 2 Common Chiffchaff present also in song. Easily picked out if the bird is sin
25 February 2014
Teachers go wild for free at WWT Slimbridge
Children enjoying pond dipping on a school trip at WWT Slimbridge Teachers are being invited to go wild after school on a taster session at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. The wildlife attraction has organised two earl
25 February 2014