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Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Please note that an excavator will be hedge cutting/ island constructing/ditch de-silting here possibly this afternoon for a couple of days. Crane 3 (early am) Dunlin 60 Redshank 43 Spotted Redshank 2 Ruff 6 Little Stint 1 Curlew
Pink-foot Influx
A couple of days ago we pondered the possibility that the weather patterns over Iceland might encourage some Pink-footed Goose migration, well it did! An early morning count produced c700 birds but by midday over 5000 had arrived with the majority coming
Get Outdoors Weekend Sightings
As part of the Great Outdoors Weekend Beginners Birdwatch sessions led by Dot Blakely we can report the following sightings: Viewed from the Brent Hide: 1200 Brent Geese 12 Shelduck Small scattering of Oystercatchers and Curlew between Limekiln an
Latest Sightings
Today a flock of 85 Barnacle Geese arrived and spent most of the morning asleep in the back of the Folly Pond. We tend to say a flock of 100 or more birds constitutes their arrival date, so hopefully tomorrow we should get the extra 15 birds which we need
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Lapwing - 38 Teal - 20 Gadwall - 7 Black Tailed Godwit - 5 Dunlin - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 8 Teal - 5 Other Birds Treecreeper - Carpark - 2 Black Headed Gull - River Wear - 20 Lesser Black Backed Gull - Ri
Wildlife sightings for 21st September 2014
2 Pintail - main lake and scrape 28 Wigeon - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 5 Snipe - main lake and scrape 8 House Martin - feeding around Peacock Tower Late August/September bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Buzzard, Garganey, Spot
More to pick than blackberries
Great weather this year means green spaces hold a bumper crop for foragers The wet winter, sunny spring and mild summer have combined to bring a bumper crop of wild food to the countryside this year. During the ‘Foraging & Fire-lighting’ workshop
Little Stints
A couple of new Little Stint in this morning on Sunley's Marsh viewed from the Ron Barker Hide. Around 600 Pink-footed Geese by late afternoon, perhaps flushed from the Ribble Estuary by the Air Show. Four Marsh Harrier including at least one wing-tagged
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time- AM/Tide - Low Black Tailed Godwit - 8 Common Snipe - 10 Redshank - 13 Lapwing - 27 Black Headed Gull - 30 Teal - 19 Gadwall - 6 Wigeon - 5 Saline Lagoon Black Tailed Godwit - 3 Common Snipe - 4 Curlew - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Other Birds Jay -
Great white egret
Great and little egret Great white egret on Lady Fen; easily seen from cafe with a few little egrets for comparison! Great and little egret
Todays sightings
Goldfinches on bird feeders Bird feeders We have put up some new bird feeders next to the visitor centre, these are viewable from the pond room, wigeon cafe and cafe veranda this morning we have had 5 goldfinches feed
Wildlife sightings for 20th September 2014
31 Wigeon - main lake, wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 8 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Kingfisher - wildside, wader scrape 1 Willow Warbler - wildside 5 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon, wildside 11 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, South route, wildside 1
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Spotted Redshank 1 juvenile Green Sandpiper 2 Ruff 1 The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 1 adult Redshank 40 Black-tailed Godwit 28 Greenshank 2 Wigeon 450 Teal 600 The South Lake Common Crane 3 Redshank 18 Pintail 10 Teal 200 The Rushy Green S
Latest Sightings
A misty start, calm with light variable winds and some high cloud cover later in the day. There appears to have been a reduction in waders present on site with no reports of any Curlew Sandpiper or Little Stint today, although Little Stint was present yes
Join the Gosling gang at WWT Martin Mere
Every Thursday during term time, toddlers can join WWT Martin Mere’s Gosling Gang. Thursday is Toddler Thursdays at WWT Martin Mere, and every week, toddlers will be able to take part in story time at 10.30am and 1.30pm, get a free bag of bird seed on a