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New American waders?
Holden Tower A Pectoral Sandpiper flew in high from the NE (Tack Piece) and dissapeared on the saltmarsh. About ten minutes later two waders flew to one of the pools on the Dumbles and joined the Lapwing. It turned out to be the Pectoral and a Buff-breast
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Coot - 1 Moorhen - 2 Redshank - 48 Teal - 30 Mallard - 10 Lapwing - 20 to 30 Widgeon - 1 Common Snipe - 2 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch - 1 Coal Tit - 1 Great Tit - 10 Blue Tit - 4 Bullfinch - 1 Robin - 1
Wildlife sightings for 4th October 2012
96 Shoveler - site count 2 Pintail - scrape 3 Snipe - flew into marsh from SW 1 Redpoll - SW 5 Siskin - W/NW + wildside 16 Chiffchaff - wildside mainly + sheltered lagoon, south route 1 Willow Warbler - wildside Recent bird highlights: Peregrine, B
Study finds that spent lead gunshot continues to harm and kill British birds despite restrictions
Poisoning affected one-third of waterbirds sampled and killed one in ten of those found dead X-ray of a gizzard containing lead shot. Post-mortem results of thousands of UK waterbirds reveal that poisoning from spent
Getting the wind up
Windy today, a bit too windy really, making observations difficult and keeping many of the birds well tucked in. One Lapwing that should have kept it's head down was caught by a Peregrine (ad+ juv today again) over the Mere mid afternoon. Star bird of the
Fungal Foray - Part Two
Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock Pleated Inkcap at WWT London Wetland Centre - Richard Bullock So what of the fungi to be found at the London Wetland Centre? September and Octobe
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 1 Juvenile Little-ringed Plover 1 Ruff 2 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 22 Snipe 8 Teal 1800 The South Lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 296 Ruff 2 Redshank 20 Greenshank 1 Lapwing 200 Teal 250 Shoveler 50 G
3rd of October Sightings
Weather: Grey cloud with light drizzle Wader Lake Am - Tide Level: Mid to Low Teal - 32 Mallard - 20 Moorhen - 2 Coot - 7 Grey Heron - 1 Black-Headed Gull - 120 Hawthorn Hide Great Tit - 12 Coal Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 10 Nuthatch - 1 Bullfinch - 8
WWT photo competition judging begins!
[imagebrowser id=1] WWT Photography Competition 2011/2012 closes to entries and national judging begins WWT's photography competition for 2011/12 has closed to entries after the fourth and final seasonal heat ended on 31 August.
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Teal 650 Shoveler 27 Wigeon 160 Black-headed Gulls 84 Common gull 1 Whooper Pond Wigeon 22 Tufted Duck 35 Mallard 102 Morhen 7 Canada Goose 7 Shoveler 5 Corner Field Barnacle Geese 500+ Prince Philip Barnacle Geese 300+ Farmhouse Tower Banrnac
Wildlife sightings for 3rd October 2012
2 Pintail - males in eclipse - scrape 20 Wigeon - main lake and sheltered lagoon 70 Shoveler - main lake, scrape 77 Teal - main lake, scrape 29 Pochard - main lake 60+ House Martin - over main lake 1 Swallow - main lake Recent bird highlights: Gann
Bittern again
Looks like there is a Bittern hanging around on the reserve at the moment. The bird was first seen, assuming it's the same one, on the 20th Sept and again today feeding in a ditch between Woodend Marsh and Long Meadow. The first family party of Whooper Sw
Flooding at WWT Martin mere
Last week wasnt such a good week for us here at WWT Martin mere we experienced a lot of flooding due to the heavy rain fall. We were flooded from Tuesday carrying on untill Saturday. It was the worse flood I have seen in 40 years. The local farmers said
Out on the reserve today
Crane (up to eight birds in recent days) Wheatear (2) Gannet (a juvenile bird flew along the washes yesterday) Jay (8 birds in one flock) Peregrine (1)
Wild bird sightings Monday 1 October
748 black tailed godwits 5 bar 270 redshank 107 knot c300 curlew 6 snipe Peregrine Sparrowhawk Buzzard Jay 2 kingfisher 2 black cap