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Busy Top and Bottom New Piece
Oystercatcher and Lapwing on the Big Pen lawn The Bewick's Swan 'Indri' still resides on the Big pen pond, we don't always report as it's virtually guaranteed to be present. The waders are appreciative of the mild, wet conditions as it's easier to loca
Bittern on main lake
1 Bittern - main lake South East corner 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 11 Fieldfare - flew over heading North 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Shelduck,
Today's Highlights
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag geese Canada Geese Shelduck Shoveler Teal Ringed teal Wigeon Pintail Pochard Mallard Little egret Great egret Grey heron Moorhen Coot Redshank Lapwing Golden plover Black-tailed godwit Tree sparrow Reed bunting Starling Shor
Recent Sightings €- 3rd December 2018
Count taken at high tide. With Winter closing in, we've been topping up our bird feeders in and around the centre, with all sorts of garden birds visiting them. The real highlight is our family of Bullfinches. Big pink breast, thick beak for crushing seed
Welsh and English protection for declining geese
WWT welcomes decisions this week by the UK and Welsh governments to end the hunting of Greenland white-fronted geese. Annual counts show the population of Greenland white-fronted geese wintering in Britain and Ireland dropped by a third in the last dec
Reservoir lagoon busy with feeding Coot, Gadwall and Goldeneye
1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 97 Gadwall - site count 4 Snipe - marsh 22 Redwing - sheltered lagoon(14), flying over W(8) 1 Water Pipit - marsh 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Shelduck, Goldeneye, B
Return of Oystercatcher and Dunlin in breeding plumage
Bewick's Swans and Tack Piece water levels The 11 that had built up over recent weeks at Blagdon and Chew Valley Lakes (South of Bristol) arrived here today, this includes the two cygnets, we now have families of 1, 2 and 3 present. The total number of s
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Black swan Greylag Canada goose Barnacle goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard (60+) Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret Curlew Black-tailed godwit (x2000) Ruff Redshank (x15)
Good for Raptors
A change in weather bring noticeably milder conditions in between some misty rain. The past few days has seen plenty of raptor action with Merlin, 4+ Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 3+ Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk and 2 Kestrel. Barn Owl occasionally showing in the m
Redwings moving through South West
1 Bittern - main lake (N shore) 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 4 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 12 Redwing - flew over heading SW 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, Shel
Wildlife sightings - 2/12/2018
Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Snipe 14 Water rail (Diageo Hide) 1 Redshank 51 Teal 66 Shelduck 12 Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Jack snipe (flew towards golf course) 1 Grey heron 1 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Willow tit 1 Great tit 6 Chaff
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Black swan Greylag Canada goose Barnacle goose Egyptian goose (x2) Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret Little egret Curlew Black-tailed go
Excellent Crane watching
Holden Tower Crane 16 on the Dumbles including all 3 juveniles and the 2 un-ringed birds. Peregrine 2 adults on the cross fence. Teal 70 in the Holden Scrape which is beginning to hold some water. Willow Hide Water Rail 3 showing very well at feeders. Tac
Siskins up high on the Alder trees
2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Goldeneye - 3 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 8 Mandarin - wildside 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 4 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 3 Coal Tit - South route feeders & entrance feeders November bird highlights: Short-eared Owl, She
Today's sightings
Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Barnacle goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Pochard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret Curlew (x2) Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Dunlin (x14) Lapwing Golden