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Recent sightings - 3rd July
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello, Senior Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Tufted duck 8 (+ 4 ducklings), Greylag 7 (+ 5 goslings), Coot 4. Freshwater lagoon – visible from Brent Hide a
3 July 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 13:59 9.2m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets Mallard 50 - moulting into eclipse plumage Folly Pond Greenshank 1 Mallard 12 Gadwall 2 Teal 5 Lapwing 50 Black-headed Gull 25 including 4 juveniles Oystercatcher 2 Moorhen 2 - with 2 chicks
3 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 3rd July 2015
11 Shoveler - wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 7 Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh 6 Tufted Duck broods - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 80 Swift - over reserve June bird highlights: Garganey, Little Egret, Hobby, Red Kite, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Curlew
3 July 2015
The sun is back
The Reserve GREAT WHITE EGRET 1 juvenile Little Egret 10 The Zeiss Hide Greenshank 1 Redshank 35 Black-tailed Godwit 45 Avocet 50 Garganey 1 drake Teal 30 Heron 1 The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 21 Crane 2 The Knott Pool Green Sandpiper 2 Little Egret 4 Th
3 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Quail Green sandpiper Ruff Wood sandpiper Peregrine
3 July 2015
Chicks on Wader Lake
Wader Lake is home to an abundance of chicks at the moment - see them before they all fledge! [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx-sHa6eLzU&feature=youtu.be[/embed]
2 July 2015
Calling all nature explorers!
Be a Nature Explorer this summer Calling all nature explorers – your passport is issued, your expedition is set, your summer adventure is waiting at WWT Washington Wetland Centre! Splash, hunt and dip your way throu
2 July 2015
More Ruff
Six male Ruff showing various degrees of breeding plumage from the Ron Barker hide today, including one particularly bright orangey-red bird. A group of at least 5 Common Terns flew over the Mere, where elsewhere on the reserve Great Crested Grebe, Avocet
2 July 2015
Soil sandcastles help Chilean flamingos breed at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
Chilean flamingos at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre are getting some unusual help to encourage them to breed during this hot weather – soil sandcastles! Martin Mere’s fickle flock of 60 Chilean flamingos have only bred twice in the last 10 years. Staf
2 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 2nd July 2015
1 Skylark - marsh 1 Redshank - marsh 7 Teal - marsh, scrape 10 Shoveler - marsh, scrape, main lake 50 Swift - over site Gadwall broods of 7, 7, 5 and 1 Tufted broods of 9, 6, 3 and 1 Mallard brood of 7 Pochard brood of 1 June bird highligh
2 July 2015
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Am / Tide Medium Lapwing - 9 Oystercatcher - 1 Avocet - 13 + 6 chicks Black-Headed Gull - 10 Tufted Duck - 2 + 7 Chicks Shelduck - 1 + 10 Chicks Teal - 1 Common Tern - 57 + 1 Chick Grey Heron - 5 + 3 Juveniles Lesser-Black Ba
2 July 2015
Egret influx
A total of at least 4 birds present today is the largest influx of Great White Egrets ever seen here. Rushy Shelduck 4 broods 35+ young Common Crane 2 Common Tern 2 (incubating) Avocet 7 adults and broods of 3,1,1 Green Sandpiper 6 Heron 1 Robbie Garn
2 July 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 13:15 9.0m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets Mallard 50 - moulting into eclipse plumage Folly Pond Common Sandpiper 1 Mallard 12 Gadwall 2 Teal 5 Lapwing 50 Black-headed Gull 25 including 4 juveniles Oystercatcher 2 Moorhen 2 - with 2
2 July 2015
Today's highlights
Ruff Main observatory Whooper swan pair and cygnet Green sandpiper - 3 Wood sandpiper - 1 Ruff - 5 in breeding plumage Quail singing at 1pm Common tern - 1 Corn bunting singing Reed bunting calling Redshank Avocet Lap
2 July 2015
Little Ringed Plover
British Steel hide A little ringed plover was on the NRA scrapes today.
1 July 2015