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Today's sightings
During the day the following birds were noted Holden Tower Ruddy Shelduck among the Eurasian Shelduck on the estuary mud Peregrine 2 Merlin- male through mid afternoon Marsh Harrier- the adult and juvenile seen today on/off E. White-fronted Goose 4 among
Wildlife sightings for 19th October 2014
1 Bittern - main lake, west end 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Ruddy Duck - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 500 Black-headed Gull - site count 5 Snipe - marsh 2 Stonechat - marsh 1 Swallow Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Green Sandpiper
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Teal - 66 Redshank - 12 Moorhen - 3 Grey Heron - 1 Stock Dove - 1 Saline Lagoon Black-tailed Godwit - 9 Teal - 12 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Blue Tit -
Recent sightings
Still at least 4-5 Marsh Harriers hunting around the reserve, with the usual pair of Peregrine being seen, good numbers of Common Buzzard up to 10 birds, 2-3 Sparrowhawk and 2-3 Kestrel. No further sightings of the Hen Harrier sp.
Today's sightings
Reserve- Seen by work party yesterday 1 Bittern 1 Merlin 1 Short-eared owl 2 Rock Pipit The Zeiss Hide 199 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Greenshank 1 Avocet 1 Snipe 22 Redshank 96 Pintail 700 Teal 2 Grey Heron 1 Water Rail The Holden Tower 1
Wildlife sightings for 18th October 2014
2 Common Gull - main lake 300+ Black-Headed Gull - site count 6 Snipe - grazing marsh 5 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside October bird highlights: Hobby, Buzzard, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Redshank, Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail, House Marti
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 10,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 3 Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Mallard 140 Tufted Duck 49 Wigeon 24 Teal 5 Canada Geese 1 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 3 Mute Swan 2 Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 400+ Mallard 40+ Wigeo
Kilmood Art Club: 26th Annual Exhibition at Castle Espie
An exhibition by members of Kilmood Art Club will run from Saturday 18th October to Sunday 23rd November at the Castle Espie Gallery, WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre, Comber. The exhibition, which is a major club event, comprises over 70 paintings by c
Hope makes good progress!
We are very excited to bring you some news of Hope, one of our transmitter birds! Some of you may remember that Hope was caught on the Ouse Washes last winter and fitted with a light-weight satellite transmitter. We then followed her long journey back to
Todays sightings
The washes at the back of the reserve have started to take on the first flood water of the winter and are currently flooded to a shallow level. This is providing birds like wigeon, shoveler, teal, pintail and gadwall with areas to go when birds of prey
Our volunteer: Bett Leech
Meet Bett, our volunteer who has been here over 20 years. How long have you worked at Martin Mere? Just over 23 years, now. What was the first job you did? I started in the education department, and on my first day I had to type up a report, and th
Summer or Autumn?
Not only is the weather confusing the seasons but continued migration of summer visitors with some of our winter visitors mixed in has certainly got me confused! 150 House Martins and two flocks of Redwing totalling 120 were a case in point on Tuesday. A
Wildlife sightings for 17th October 2014
115 Teal - grazing marsh, wader scrape 14 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 5 Redwing - flew W 2 Ring Ouzel - near Sand Martin bank 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 2 Yellow Wagtail - over main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on charing cross hospital October bird hi
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 7,000 around the reserve. Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Mallard 170 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 25 Shoveler 2 Gadwall 1 Teal 4 Canada Geese 40 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 700+ Mallard 40+ Wigeon 400+ Shoveler 4 Lapwing 100
Harriers
Despite lots of scanning today no further sign on site of the interesting Hen Harrier from yesterday, it was probably seen this morning at Marshside, normally Harriers wander the extensive local areas, between Marshside, the Ribble and the Martin Mere are