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2 pairs of adult Mediterranean Gulls, along with a single second summer bird were on the Mere all day. Whoopers Swan numbers down to 9 by the end of the day. Most of the 80 or so birds which were here yesterday seem to have left overnight, with 21 still p
Todays Sightings
A beautiful day on the reserve the first few swallows are hunting over the ponds, chiffchaffs are singing in the bushes and avocets are mating infront of the main observatory. Also a moorhen has chosen to next on the pond between the car park and the v
Rare nene gosling
Wardens at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre are celebrating an Easter present after one rare Nene gosling recently hatched in mid-March. Only about 1,000 Nenes – pronounced ‘nay-nay’ after their call – survive in the wild in their native Hawaii. Th
Volunteers chosen for unique wildlife expedition
Three volunteers have been chosen to join a unique wildlife expedition after being put through their paces at Kate Humble’s Wye Valley Farm. Twelve hopefuls attended the selection weekend for a place in the ground crew for Flight of the Swans – a pa
Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide
Black Tailed Godwit 211 Redshank 320 Spotted Redshank 1 Greenshank 4 Dunlin 6 Lapwing 1 Snipe 1 Canada Goose 3 Greylag Goose 23 Teal 6 Gadwall 8 Pintail 2 Pochard 2 Wigeon 5 Tufted Duck 6 Shelduck 59 Moorhen 2 Mediterranean Gull 2 Black-Headed Gull 190 L
Wildlife sightings for 1st April 2016
3 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 6 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Water Rail - main lake beside WWF hide 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Wate
Friday's bird news
Greater Crested Grebe taken by James Lees (Archive Picture) The Holden Tower Avocet 8 Lapwing 10 Grey Plover 1 Golden Plover 8 Skylark 10 Wheatear 2 yesterday Holden Walkway Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 2 The Rushy Avo
Recent sightings - 1st April
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard 20, Tufted duck 20, Black-headed gull 80, Pintail 1, Shelduck 3. Wadermarsh - visible from B
Latest Sightings - 1st April
The drake Ring-necked Duck is on the Whooper Pond again this morning, in amongst the Tufted Ducks. The Flood Ground is the place to be today, with good numbers of wildfowl and waders feeding, Lapwing and Curlew displaying, and Black-headed Gulls squabbl
Bird News
A very quick round up of todays sightings - 5 hirundines (probably Sand Martins) over the reserve this morning. The single Bewick's Swan remained on the Mere all day with 80 Whoopers. 5 Mediterranean Gulls, a Marsh Harrier, several Buzzards, and a Tawny
Great Crested Grebe 31/03/2016
Great Crested Grebe at Arundel by Alec Pelling Hello! The Great crested grebe did re-appear yesterday afternoon and some lovely photos were taken from the RAMSAR hide, where it continues to fish today. A small group o
Sightings Thursday 31st March
Black-tailed godwit (4 x limosa, 100 x islandica) Avocet (30)Curlew Littled ringed plover (4) Redshank Oystercatcher Lapwing Golden plover (Lady fen) Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Wigeon Pintail Shelduck Shoveler Teal Mallard Tufted duck Gadwall Crow Roo
Wildlife sightings for 31st March 2016
1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Woodcock - sheltered lagoon then flew N 3 Little Egret - marsh 7 Redshank - scrape, main lake, marsh 4 Buzzard - flew N,NE 1 Wheatear - entrance bank 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 6 Sand Martin - scrape and flying N 3 Wil
Latest Sightings - 31st March - Ring-necked Duck returns
A drake Ring-necked Duck has appeared on the reserve with the Tufted Ducks again. We had one here earlier in the winter before it disappeared. This could be the same individual, based on behaviour, but it's difficult to say for sure. The bird looks diff
Otterly adorable update
The latest image of one of the quadruplets taken at 27 days old. We've been keeping a close eye on our otter cubs here at WWT Washington Wetland Centre since they were born at the beginning of the month, and we're ple