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Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide (falling tide) Ruff, spotted redshank, snipe, 6 greenshank, 27 black tailed godwit, 10 redshank, 7 curlew, 15 lapwing, 12 little egret, 64 wigeon, 63 teal, 2 pintail, 4 tufted duck, 23 gadwall and peregrine. Lagoon 9 pintail, 101 teal,
Wildlife sightings for 7th October 2014
59 Wigeon - main lake, sheltered lagoon 55 Shoveler - main lake, sheltered lagoon 3 Stonechat - wader scrape 3 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh Late September bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Oys
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Swallow 20 Peregrine 1 female Dunlin 70 along shore Little Stint 2 with Dunlin Sanderling 2 Knot 1 along shore Redshank 1 along shore Ruff 12 on the floods Lapwing 90 Ringed Plover 16 Golden Plover 35 Barnacle Goose 120+ Wigeon 400 on the est
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 7000+ around the reserve Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 1 adult - orange ring ZKN - flew north at 9.30am Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Mallard 139 Tufted Duck 31 Wigeon 32 Teal 7 Greylag Goose 20 Canada Goose 2 Pink-footed Goose 1 Folly Pond (Whoope
Barn Owl and other birds
A wet start to the day probably resulted in a Barn Owl being out later than usual viewed from the Harrier Hide. No shortage of birds of prey with 10+ Common Buzzard, 4+ Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk and Peregrine. Two Raven present yesterday. Th
Todays sightings
Kingfisher - lady fen Marsh harrier Kestrel Peregrine
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mallard 100 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Tufted Duck 35 Wigeon 30 Teal 10 Pintail 1 Cormorant Gadwall 3 Folly Pond Teal 230 Wigeon 150 Grey Heron 1 Shoveler 10 Gadwall 2 Avenue Tower Teal 1000 Wigeon 150 Lapwing 300 Golden Plover 60 Heron 5 Aven
Kingfisher showoff delights Sunday visitors
Paul Steven’s weekly diary runs as the Wildlife Sightings column in the weekly Observer series of newspapers. There was frost on the boardwalk when I arrived at Arundel Wetland Centre on Sunday morning. The cold overnight wasn’t enough to kill off the
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Teal - 20 Gadwall - 4 Shoveler - 6 Mallard - 12 Redshank - 6 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Snipe - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Chaffinch - 1 Blue Tit - 4 Great Tit - 2 P
How it all began
WWT Martin Mere opened its doors to members in late 1974 and opened to general public on 1 March 1975. Over the last 40 years, we have welcomed over 5.5m visitors as well as over 300,000 school educational visits, but how did the journey of Martin Mere be
Wildlife sightings for 6th October 2014
14 Greenshank - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 2 Pintail - scrape 40 Shoveler - site count 30 Teal - site count 52 Wigeon - site count 123 Gadwall, including a pair mating - site count Additional sightings from yesterday: 5 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Jack
Today's sightings
European White-fronted Goose arrival! Two present on the Dumbles/Top New Piece/South Lake and even the Big Pen. The are very mobile and along with a juvenile Pink-footed Goose have hooked up with Greylag Geese. E. White-fronted Geese with a Greylag Goose
Wildlife sightings for 5th October 2014
5 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 7 Meadow Pipit - dropping in 2 Swallow - flew SW 2 Stonechat 1 Blackcap - entrance area 45 Goldfinch - entrance area 8 Linnet - flew SW Late September bird highlights: Hobb
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Very low Teal - 60 Gadwall - 40 Mallard - 15 Black Headed Gull - 25 Shoveler - 5 Wigeon - 1 Black Tailed Godwit - 4 Redshank - 1 Snipe - 4 Kingfisher - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Jay - Spring Gill Wood - 1 Goldf
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mallard 100 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Tufted Duck 20 Wigeon 30 Teal 10 Pintail 1 Folly Pond Teal 30 Wigeon 50 Grey Heron 1 Avenue Tower Teal 1700 Wigeon 500 Mixed Gull flock 700 Lapwing 500 Golden Plover 20 Heron 5 Avenues & Feeders Chiff