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Collared Dove!
Overcast and slightly on the chilly side of things which is typical for early spring. Although classic early migrants like Little Ringed Plover, Sand Martin and Wheatear are starting to appear locally it's unpredictable as to whether they will make an app
The LEGO® brick animal trail comes to the North East
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) giant LEGO brick animal trail, the only one of its kind in the UK, is launching at WWT Washington Wetland Centre this Easter and is anticipated to be a massive hit. This is the first time these amazing characters
Today's sightings- First Little-ringed Plover of the year
Pied Avocet at Slimbridge by James Lees (Archive Picture) Holden Tower Up to 88 Golden Plover and the wintering Grey Plover roosting on the Dumbles. Dunlin had dropped to 21 but the first Little-ringed Plover of the y
Sightings Monday 21st March
Water levels are now dropping all hides are open except for Reedbed and Allport. Sightings for today are: Chiffchaff (heard in carpark) Treesparrow Reedbunting Greenfinch Goldfinch Skylark Avocet Golden plover Lapwing Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Red
Outdoor activities shine this Easter, whatever the weather
GIANT ducklings are hiding in daffodils Easter may be a bit chilly this year, beginning only a week after the start of Spring. Easter has been in the month of March only five times in the last 20 years. The last time
Sighting's 20.03.2016
Wader Lake Tide/Low Time/Am Stoke Dove : 2 Greylag Geese : 40 Canada Geese : 30 Avocet : 15 Shoveler : 3 Shelduck : 28 Oystercatcher : 2 Grey Heron : 30 Eurasian Teal : 10 Lapwing : 30 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher : 2 Shelduck : 2 Haw
Wildlife sightings for 21st March 2016
1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Pintail - main lake 5 Redshank - marsh and scrape 8 Snipe - marsh Also, the Peregrines nesting on Charing Cross Hospital (public site) have laid a second egg. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/FaBPeregrines March b
Officially Spring
Bucking the forecast, today was mostly sunny and rather pleasant in the sun for the first day of spring. Would have been nice to have seen the first Sand Martin today but fine weather isn't the best for turning up these birds early on. A pair of adult bre
Sunday 20th March 2016
Hello! Today's sightings are as follows; RAMSAR & SAND MARTIN HIDES; Black headed/ Common & Herring gulls, Lapwing, Oyster catchers, Shelduck, Gadwall, Cormorant, Grey heron, Greylag & Canada geese. SCRAPE HIDE; Mute swans, Black headed gulls,
Sundays sightings
Peregrine Falcon at Slimbridge taken by remote camera trap (Archive Picture) The Rushy Greater Scaup 2 females Pochard 30 Pintail 75 The South Lake Avocet 19 Oystercatcher 4 Black-tailed Godwit 70 The Holden Tower Mer
Wildlife sightings for 20th March 2016
1 Shelduck - scrape 1 Dunlin - scrape 7 Redshank - marsh, scrape 6 Snipe - marsh 1 Brambling - female, Explore feeders Additional sighting from yesterday: 2 Sand Martin - our firsts of the year, headed N p.m. March bird highlights: Brent Goo
GIANT Emily is an early arrival
Monica meets Emily, a 12x life-sized Emperor dragonfly made of LEGO® Bricks. On Saturday we had a GIANT early arrival at Arundel Wetland Centre. Monica Grilli from our Learning team was on hand to meet Emily the Empe
Latest Sighting
Overcast and cool today with great visibility. Not a huge number of reports today although like most months it should be possible to see over 60 species of wild bird in a day on the reserve. Around 300 Whooper Swan on the Mere late afternoon, and a count
What's wild today?
Kingfisher at the Scrape hide by Paul Stevens Lapwing Hide: Lapwing, gadwall, greylag geese, moorhens & mallards, little grebe Ramsar/Sandmartin hides: Common, Black-headed and herring gulls. Shelducks, Lapwing, coot, Canada Geese Scrape hide: Teal,
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Mid Avocet - 13 Lapwing - 14 Oystercatcher - 4 Mute Swan - 2 Shoveler - 2 Grey Heron - 32 Tufted Duck - 14 Teal - 6 Canada Goose - 31 Greylag Goose - 10 Lapwing - 16 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher - 2 Gadwall - 2 Teal - 3 Other Bi