News
North East expert's international mission to save rare birds
Please click the links below to read local press about WWT's mission to save the spoon-billed sandpiper from extinction, a mission which involved Boldon-born Nigel Jarrett; a former WWT Washington volunteer and now WWT's head of conservation breeding... h
23 December 2011
A strange winter so far....
What an interesting swan season so far! Although the first Bewick’s flew into Northwest Europe ‘on time’, the mass migration of most of the population has stopped and started and stopped again, with periods of cold coinciding with the arrival of man
23 December 2011
Starling spectacle back at WWT Arundel
After an absence of two years, a large group of starlings have been arriving at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre to roost overnight in the reed beds. The huge flock of starlings has been enthralling afternoon visitors to the nature reserve. The birds arrive at
23 December 2011
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake A.M. Low Tide Curlew 14 Lapwing 12 Teal 94 Mallard 101 Shelduck 6 Wigeon 3 Kingfisher (yesterday PM Gully) Haw [...]
23 December 2011
Today's sightings
At least 100,000 starlings are continuing to roost in the bittern reedbed nightly. The female goosander is still present in front of the Peter Scott hide. Other highlights include 355 lapwing, 6 black [...]
23 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 23rd December 2011
2 Pintail - wader scrape 2 Mandarin - main lake 12 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 3 Stonechat - grazing marsh 5 Siskin - waterlife 1 Peregrine - on hospital accross river &nb [...]
23 December 2011
Todays sightings
Rushy Leser Scaup 1 ad female. Bewick swan 138 overnight. Pintail 80 Robbie Garnett Hide Bewick Swan 40 White-fronted Goose 161 Egyptian Goose 1 Wigeon 900 Teal 620 Pochard 100 [...]
23 December 2011
State of Birds in Wales 2011
The State of Birds in Wales report published yesterday charts the fortunes of Welsh birdlife, and the successes of, and challenges for, conservation action. The curlew has seen a 49% decline since 1994 For more than a
22 December 2011
Record number of White-fronts.
Another good day weather-wise, with all the birds present yesterday again in evidence around the reserve, and in similar numbers. A couple of extra counts were received on top of those from yesterday, [...]
22 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Bewick's Swan Yesterday we had a small family of Bewick's Swans drop in for about 20 minutes. The group consisted of two adults and two juveniles. Usually here at Caerlaverock we only tend [...]
22 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 22nd December 2011
1 Jack Snipe - main lake infront of Dulverton hide 15 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 49 Lapwing - main lake, sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 3 Siskin - entrance lake [...]
22 December 2011
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 2 They were seen fighting in the morning, and one showed execptionally well in the afternoon. ROE DEER 2 (very rare here) Teal 800 Pintail 40 Water Rail [...]
22 December 2011
Rare bird rescue hits new milestone
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation breeding programme is a collaboration between WWT, Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo and the RSPB working with colleagues from the BTO, BirdLife International, ArcCona and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force. Efforts to sa
21 December 2011
Todays sightings
Wader Lake - Tide: Mid /Time: AM Starting to melt. Teal - 23 Shelduck - 7 Black-headed gull - 36 Lesser black backed gull - 1 Yesterday PM Curlew - evening roost - 600 [...]
21 December 2011
Some Counts
Much milder today and another excellent selection of birds. Some wildfowl and wader counts produced; 1340 Whooper Swan, 5200 Pink-footed Geese (mostly roosting), 680 Greylag, 4 Mute Swan, 40 Barnacle [...]
21 December 2011