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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
Recent Sightings - 19th September
Main Lake 15 Gadwall 17 Pintail 350 Mallard 1 Kingfisher 83 Greyleg 1 Cormorant 1 Little Grebe Wader Marsh 4 Little Egret 1 Curlew 1 Greenshank 1 Heron Estuary 2,500 Brent Geese 95 Curlew 450 Oystercatcher 15 Greyplover (three still in summer plumage) Fr
Without Measure -A promenade dance performance
Without Measure an exciting new contemporary dance premieres at the end of October. Choreographed by Alex Howard, at its heart are the parallels between wildfowl migration and the movement of people. Six dancers have been developing their awareness of the
Wildlife sightings for 19th September 2014
1 Pintail - main lake 6 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Wheatear - grazing marsh 4 Meadow Pipit - dropped onto grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - reedbed middle channel 2 Hobby - hunting over grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - over World wetlands Late August/Septe
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mallard 221 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Tufted Duck 7 Wigeon 18 Teal 30 Little Grebe 1 Moorhen 7 House Martins Swallows Folly Pond Teal 72 Mallard 4 Grey Heron 1 Avenue Tower Peregrine 1 on merse Oystercatcher 3000+ distant on mud Shelduck 1000+
Today's sightings
View our latest Wildlife Weekly video This week's episode 39 features more waders and another side of our work. The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 1 adult Redshank 48 Greenshank 2 Black-tailed Godwit 27 Ruff 7 Teal 900 Wigeon 550 Pintail 8 Kingfisher 1 Com
Todays sightings
10 Ruff Lapwing Ringed plover Common sandpiper Shoveler Teal wigeon Shelduck Mallard Marsh harrier 3 Kestrel 2 Hobby 3 Sparrow hawk 2 Whooper swan (resident) Mute swan Heron Little egret
Wildlife highlights
Wader Lake AM mid-tide Black-headed gull 30 Gadwall 29 Lapwing 6 Teal 30 Redshank 5 Snipe 3 Black-tailed godwit 1 Wigeon 1 Saline lagoon Black-tailed godwit 5 Snipe 3 Teal 6 Jay at the river viewpoint 1 Blackbird on Wader Lake footpath 1 Gre
Keep a log of the brown stuff, says WWT!
There could be more pollution and waterborne disease in England’s rivers – and more cost to the taxpayer - because a Government cost-cutting exercise could backfire, says the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. The Government is proposing to ditch many req
Wildlife sightings for 18th September 2014
2 Yellow Wagtail - flew over the marsh S + W (one landing for some time in the middle) 1 Kingfisher - reedbed 20 Meadow Pipit - 8 landed to feed on the marsh, the other birds flew W+SW 22 Chiffchaff 3 Willow Warbler 1 Whitethroat - main lake W shore 8 Hou
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mallard 249 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Canada Geese 200+ Greylag Geese 1 Tufted Duck 6 Wigeon 6 Teal 18 Little Grebe 1 Moorhen 7 House Martins Swallows Folly Pond Teal 70 Grey Wagtail 1 at 8:30am Avenues & Feeders Chiffchaffs - at least 6 b
Today's sightings
The South Lake Spotted Redshank 1 Juvenile Redshank 48 Black-tailed Godwit 27 Ruff 9 Teal 200 The Zeiss Hide Pintail 15 Wigeon 500 Teal 900 Spotted Redshank 1 adult Redshank 2 Lapwing 200 The Rushy Ruff 1 Green Sandpiper 3
Yellowhammers and Stoat
Even though Yellowhammers are present in the local area they are rarely seen on the reserve, so 3 birds in the Windmill field seen from Ron Barker Hide were very noteworthy. Grey Wagtails can be seen and heard most days on the reserve at the moment along
Today's sightings
British Steel hide Little stint, 8 curlew sandpiper, 3 ruff, 66 greenshank, 3 spotted redshank, 208 redshank, 807 black tailed godwit, 133 knot, 21 lapwing, 36 dunlin, 7 little egret, 80 wigeon, sparrowhawk and kingfisher. Lagoon 47 p
UPDATE: five fluffy flamingo chicks
The first of the five chicks (look carefully under the wing of the adult on the nest!). They are getting bigger and stronger by the day Our Chilean flamingos have now successfully hatched five fluffy chicks, following