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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Black-tailed Godwit - 8 Common Snipe - 7 Lapwing - 13 Teal - 4 Gadwall - 4 Grey Heron - 4 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 2 Lapwing - 1 Other Birds Goldfinch - Wader Lake Path - 12 Blackbird - Wader Lake Path - 1 Jay - Wader Lake P
22 August 2014
Wildlife sightings for 22nd August 2014
1 Spotted Flycatcher - sheltered lagoon p.m. 2 Yellow Wagtail - flew S 28 Whimbrel - flew high SW at 1250hrs 2 Buzzard - flew NW a.m. 1 Red Kite - flew NW at 1215hrs 4 Sparrowhawk 4 Swift 90 House Martin 11 Sand Martin 44 Shoveler - main lake 1 Garganey
22 August 2014
Todays sightings
A great day out on the reserve with 8 hobby hawking for invertebrates taking advantage of the plentiful supply of dragonflies on the washes. Other highlights include: 3 Marsh harriers 2 Buzzard 2 Greenshank 5 Ruff 6 Snipe 46 Teal 1 Common Sandpiper
21 August 2014
Spotted Redshank
A proper autumn feel today as the air mass is coming from the North but blowing a brisk westerly. A classic date for a good wader or two with a Wilson's Phalarope turning up today in 2009. Nothing quite as rare but a Spotted Redshank which flew onto Vinso
21 August 2014
Todays Sightings
Main observatoryCommon sandpiper Teal 46 Redshank 2 House martin Pied wagtail Swallow Ruff 4 Greenshank 2 Buzzard 2 Hobby 8 Marsh harrier 3 Snipe 6 Nelson lyle hide Ruff 1 Snipe 2
21 August 2014
Kids go free at WWT Martin Mere
From Tuesday 26 August to Friday 5 September, excluding weekend, two kids go free to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre before 11am with a paying adult. To bring kids in for free, simply cut out an advert you will see in your local paper or visit www.wwt.org.
21 August 2014
Fluffies!
It occurred to me the other day whilst worming some fluffy goslings, that there is a rather serious lack of the 'cute and fluffy' in my blogs of late... As a remedy, I hope that you enjoy the list of fluffy-bottomed beauties below; a few highlights of m
21 August 2014
Latest Sightings
The Teal Pond Hide update - The roof is now on and windows cut! We are in the process of treating the wood and will then start on the entrance ramp and screens. It will be open soon, thank you for your patience. Whooper Pond Mallard 88 Teal 4 Cormorant 1
21 August 2014
Wildlife sightings for 21st August 2014
1 Garganey - main lake 45 Teal - scrape, main lake 1 Buzzard - flew NW 1 Cetti's Warbler brood - wildside hide 1 Whinchat - marsh 2 Wheatear - marsh 9 Chiffchaff 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew SE 20 Swift August bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Garganey, Gr
21 August 2014
Today's highlights
654 black tailed godwit, 28 greenshank, 2 ruff, 8 knot, common sandpiper, 31 redshank, 5 little egret and kingfisher.
20 August 2014
Yellow Wagtails !
Some excellent birding on site at the moment, yesterday Tuesday 19th we had a possible record count of Yellow Wagtails, certainly a record in the last 10 years or so? At least 18 Yellow Wagtails were counted and all seemed to be juvenile birds, in recent
20 August 2014
Wildlife sightings for 20th August 2014
4 Yellow Wagtail - flew over S+SW during the morning 1 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Whinchat 2 Whitethroat 19 Chiffchaff 2 Willow Warbler 13 Blackcap 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 25 Swift August bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Garganey, Green San
20 August 2014
Today's sightings
Afternoon Safari Black Hawk and 9 Red Arrows South! Water Shrew 2 Kestrel 3 Buzzard 2 Black-tailed Godwit 20 Curlew 50 Common Crane 5 The Zeiss Hide Knot 1 juvenile Snipe 10 Ruff 6 Lapwing 180 Avocet 2 Gadwall 80 Teal 200 The South Lake Ruff 4 Snipe 6 Red
20 August 2014
Bio-Blitz surveys find canary moth and clouded yellows.
This is Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column written August 18, appearing in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. A Bio-Blitz is an intense period of bi
19 August 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid-High Redshank - 12 Black-headed Gull - 18 Snipe - 2 Grey Heron - 4 Teal - 1 Gadwall - 3 Mallard - 25 Swallow - 2 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 12 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch - 16 Bullfinch - 6 Greenfinch -
19 August 2014