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Wildlife sightings for 22nd April 2016
2 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 10 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh (close to the cattle) 2 Whinchat - grazing marsh 2 Garden Warbler - wildside 4 Reed Warbler - 3 Sedge Warbler - 2
22 April 2016
Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide and Observatory
Yellow Wagtail 2 Wheatear 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Bar-Tailed Godwit 6 Common Sandpiper 1 Black-Tailed Godwit 460 Knot 8 Redshank 18 Snipe 1 Dunlin 55 Lapwing 2 Curlew 5 Greenshank 2 Mediterranean Gull 6 Black-Headed Gull 377 Lesser Black-Backed Gull 22 H
22 April 2016
Cheer on your duck!
On your marks, get set, go…………. WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is making a splash this bank holiday weekend with the third annual plastic duck race on Monday 2 May at 3pm. All April, children have been coming in their droves to paint a plastic duc
22 April 2016
Water experts urge Lords to fight for flood resilient homes in affordable houses debate
Why not divert your rain to a water feature, rather than into already overloaded drains? Leading civil engineers, environmental scientists, water experts, water companies and architects have appealed to the Lords to e
22 April 2016
Bird News
Another great day's birding, and with great weather to match !! Around the Reedbed Walk a Lesser Whitethroat was today's star bird, although several Reed and Sedge Warblers are singing fairly continuously, along with Common Whitethroats. On the Mere, 2 Li
21 April 2016
Sightings Thursday 21 April
Bar-tailed godwit Bar-tailed godwit - 1 (Lady Fen right in front of the visitor centre) Jack snipe - 1 (North of Friends hide) Greenshank Avocet Black-tailed godwit Little ringed plover Ringed plover Oystercatcher Red
21 April 2016
Todays sightings
Black-tailed Godwit reflected in calm water by Ray Cottrell (Archive Picture) The Zeiss Hide LITTLE GULL 1 2nd summer Bar-tailed Godwit 2 Black-tailed Godwit 110 Wigeon 2 Little Egret 1 The Rushy Avocet 20 Common Sand
21 April 2016
Secretive baby hare caught on camera
The fruits of all that boxing over the winter are staring to appear at WWT Welney Wetland Centre, with a chance sighting of a baby hare this week. A routine check of the wetland area known as Lady Fen, led to an encounter with one of the cutest and most
21 April 2016
Wildlife sightings for 21st April 2016
2 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Swift - over the main lake 20 House Martin - reservoir lagoon, wildside 10 Swallow - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - Q.E.W Additional sightings from yesterday: 7 Green Sandpiper
21 April 2016
Latest Sightings - 21st April - Common Crane & Avocets
It's all go in the sunshine now, with the rare sight of a Common Crane in the Flood Ground at 6pm last night. Sadly it was disturbed and flew high in a westerly direction... This morning there is a pair of Avocet on the Folly Pond, best viewed from the Fa
21 April 2016
Whitethroat and Reed Warbler
Another fine day! No complaints about the visibility honestly.. Two new warbler species for the year with the arrival of Whitethroat and Reed Warbler both along the Reed Bed Walk. Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap all present and singing along the hedg
20 April 2016
Mid week bird news
Spotted redshank at Slimbridge taken by James Lees (Archive Picture) The Rushy *SPOTTED REDSHANK 1 adult in full breeding plumage Common Sandpiper 2 Green Sandpiper 1 Avocet 22 Mediterranean Gull 2 Red Kite 1 over at
20 April 2016
Breeding bird surveys begin
Over the next three months the reserve team will be busy recording and monitoring all the breeding bird activity on our wetlands. This morning saw the start of the first breeding bird survey (BBS), and what a wonderful start to the season. Not a breath
20 April 2016
Tuesday update, April 20th
Pretty much as yesterday on the reserve, with the addition of a Common Sandpiper on the Whooper Pond and a Sedge Warbler singing mightily at the start of Saltcot Loaning Today's high tide is at 12:23 8.7m Around the reserve today: Barnacle Geese: C30
20 April 2016
Wildlife sightings for 20th April 2016
1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 6 Redshank - grazing marsh 1 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Kestrel - sheltered lagoon April bird highlights: Shelduck, Littl
20 April 2016