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Today's bird sightings
Redshank, Spotted Redshank and Greenshank British Steel hide 12 greenshank, 22 black tailed godwit, 17 redshank, 4 dunlin, 19 little egret, 14 cormorant, little grebe, 6 tufted duck, buzzard and peregrine. Lagoon Spot
Todays sightings
Lady Fen Ruff - 4 Snipe - 6 Redshank - 1 Lapwing - 120+ Little egret - 6 Teal Wigeon Mallard Pintail - 1 Brown hare - 1 Main observatory Whooper swans (resident & migratory) Mute Swan Mallard Teal Wigeon Shoveler Pintail - 1 Gadwall - 3 Shelduck - 1 R
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 7,000 around the reserve. Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Mallard 181 Tufted Duck 53 Wigeon 25 Shoveler 3 Gadwall 1 Teal 4 Canada Geese 40 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Mute Swan 6 Teal 700+ Mallard 40+ Wigeon 400+ Shoveler 4
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 1 Greenshank 1 Redshank 16 Ruff 2 Black-tailed Godwit 156 Snipe 7 Avocet 1 Teal 700 Pintail 160 The South Lake Pink-footed Goose 1 Juv Greylag Goose 200 Kingfisher 1 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Buzzard 2 Wigeon 100 Barnacl
New report reveals scale of declines of UK migratory birds wintering in Africa
The migration of millions of birds across the face of the planet is one of nature’s greatest annual events. Every spring some species move north, while every autumn those same species move south, very often linking continents. Although these migration p
Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2014
24 Snipe - marsh and scrape 3 Skylark - flew S 8 Meadow Pipit - marsh + 2 flew SW 22 Redwing - flew S/SW/W 2 Stonechat - marsh 13 Chiffchaff - world wetlands, south route, sheltered lagoon, wildside 5 House Martin 1 Swallow October bird highlights:
A first for Lancashire?
Another excellent day with attention being grabbed by a fem/imm Hen Harrier that was seen by a few people and was photographed, the photo's look very promising for the North American race often known as Northern Harrier which is sometimes regarded as a fu
Today's highlights
British Steel hide/estuary Great white egret, 7 little egret, 2 water rail, 5 spotted redshank, 36 greenshank, 655 black tailed godwit, 3 redshank, 106 knot, 13 lapwing, 21 greylag goose, 64 wigeon, 3 peregrine, sparrowhawk, buzzard, 3 great crested grebe
Wildlife sightings for 15th October 2014
12 Brent Geese - flew S down river at 7:40 a.m. 32 Greylag Geese - main lake and marsh 2 Pintail - marsh 1 Ruddy Duck - main lake 1 Redshank - main lake 1 Dunlin - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail 3 Skylark - flew S 1 Water Pipit - reported by the Headley hide
Gloucestershire schools offered help to take learning outside the classroom
Enjoying time in nature is a new experience for many pupils Pupils in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire could get to spend more time learning outside in nature thanks to a new initiative from WWT Slimbridge We
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Redshank - 45 Black Headed gull - 30 Black Tailed Godwit - 10 Lapwing - 8 Mallard - 15 Shoveler - 4 Grey Heron - 3 Teal - 20 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 20 Teal - 15 Heron - 2 Other Birds Kingfisher - Gully - 1 Swallow - Over s
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Merlin 1 male Buzzard 2 Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 5 Brent Goose 4 Barnacle Goose 200 Dunlin 15 Golden Plover 200 Lapwing 100 The Zeiss Hide Marsh Harrier 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Greenshank 1 Avocet 1 The South Lake Pink-footed Goose 1
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 7,000 around the reserve. Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Mallard 181 Tufted Duck 53 Wigeon 25 Shoveler 3 Pintail 1 Teal 4 Canada Geese 6 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Mute Swan 6 Teal 1000+ Mallard 40+ Wigeon 500+ Shoveler 4
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide A great white egret was on the Lagoon from the Observatory hide briefly early morning before relocating to the pools in front of the British Steel hide where it stayed for the rest of the day. Other counts include; 5 spotted redshank,
Latest Sightings
Another packed Pink-foot day with 15-20000 on the reserve early afternoon. Recent counts included 150 Whooper Swan, 1070 Teal, 880 Mallard, 350 Wigeon, 96 Pintail, 15 Gadwall, 10 Tufted and 10 Pochard. More raptors with 5 Marsh Harrier including two tagge