News
9th of October Sightings
Weather: Cool and still with clear blue skies. Wader Lake Am - Tide Level: High Common Snipe - 7 Redshank - 52 Lapwing - 60 Black-Headed Gull - 125 Teal - 59 Wigeon - 1 Shoveler - 2 Grey Heron - 5 Kestrel - 1 (In the Heron hedge) Wader Lake Pat
Wildlife sightings for 7th October 2012
2 Pintail - scrape 26 Wigeon - scrape, main lake, reservoir lagoon 22 Redwing - flew W at 8:15 a.m. 10 Cetti's Warbler - site count 5 Meadow Pipit - flew over marsh Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Marsh Harrier - 1 adult male flew S at 14:15
Pink-feet building in number
Great today for anyone wanting good views of Pink-footed Geese. At least 10,000 birds in the locality and a few thousand on the Mere til mid morning. Eight Dunlin dropped in briefly at Woodend Marsh. Kingfisher on the Canoe Safari. A first winter Med Gull
Wildlife sightings for 6th October 2012
2 Pintail - wader scrape 16 Wigeon - site count 4 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 7 Meadow Pipit - flew SW 9 Alba Wagtail - flew W 47 House Martin - flew S, SW 21 Swallow - flew S, SW 1 Hen Harri
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/High Tide Redshank - 62 Lapwing - 84 Common Snipe - 4 Wigeon - 1 Teal - 45 Black Headed Gull - 92 Grey Heron - 2 Mallard - 27 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 4 Cormorant - 1 Other Birds Robin - Amphibian Ponds - 1 Longtailed Tit - Amphibian P
Bird News
Around 8,500 Pink-footed Geese roosting on the reserve this morning. Thousands of Teal scattered around the reserve slowly emerging from eclipsed plumage. Video below of Pink's from the other day. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jFRlZpvjr4&am
See the spooky side of Slimbridge at half term and Halloween
Crane Brain, Freaky Flamingo and Otterly Horrible are just a few of the creepy wetland characters who will be haunting WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre later this month. From half term to Halloween ( October 20th to 31st) children are being challenged to t
Photography competition summer heat winners
The fourth and final heat of WWT Martin Mere’s photography competition has just finished. The photography competition has been ongoing for a year. The summer heat was the final stage of the competition. The competition has five winners from the end of e
Wildlife sightings for 5th October 2012
2 Pintail - wader scrape 94 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 14 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape 3 Snipe - grazing marsh 21 House Martin - feeding over main lake 2 Siskin - wildside Recent bird highlights: Peregrine, Buzzard, Hobby, Red Kite, C
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower PECTORAL SANDPIPER 1 First winter Dunlin 70 Ringed Plover 2 Greenshank 1 Grey Plover 40 Golden Plover 14 Curlew 80 Egyptian Goose 1 Peregrine 1 Kestrel 2 Buzzard 2 Merlin 1 The South Lake Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 50 Black-tailed Godwit
Catch the Rainforest Bug at WWT London Wetland Centre
Jungle Nymph - Jonathan Cleverly Meet exotic rainforest minibeasts such as giant millipedes, phasmids and whip spiders up close at WWT London Wetland Centre. On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 October the Centre’s Rainfor
Three is the magic number for birthday boys Rod and Musa!
It was party time at WWT Washington Wetland Centre as Asian short-clawed otters Rod and Musa celebrated their third birthday. Fishy treats for the birthday boys The cheeky pair marked their special day by devouring h
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Mid-Low Tide Black Headed Gull - 110 Coot - 1 Moorhen - 2 Heron - 2 Lapwing - 56 Shoveler - 4 Mallard - 5 Teal - 58 Curlew - 1 Redshank - 35 Common Snipe - 4 Other Birds Pink Footed Goose - Flew over site - 80 Kestrel - Wader Lake - 1 Wigeon
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 30th September have included: The Brent are starting to disperse with 23,000 on the Lough. Outside the Brent Hide – 22 Great Crested Grebes, 11 Eiders and Wigeon, amongst the thousands of Brent waiting to feed. Insects – Tortoisesh
Skylarks
Big movement of passerines this morning. Difficult to assess numbers passing south but a conservative estimate of 500+ Skylark is probably understated. Other species were involved including Meadow Pipits, Wagtails, Jays and at least one Great Spotted Wood