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Today's sightings
Holden Tower Yellow Wagtail 1 Turnstone 1 adult at high tide Curlew 60 Little ringed Plover 2 juvenile Leucistic Meadow Pipit along Summer Walk (white body, wings and tail, pale brown head) Lesser Whitehroat 1 Summer Walk hedge Redstart male Summer walk f
6 July 2014
Todays sightings
The water vole on the front pool has been seen today, it's been feeding on the reeds. You can tell a water vole has been eating the reeds as there is a 45 degree cut out of it. This water vole has created a feeding platform which it sits on to eat its ree
6 July 2014
Today's Sightings
Weather: Grey, overcast. Time: AM / Tide Level: High Wader Lake Common Tern - 38 & 40 chicks Grey Heron - 18 Lapwing - 16 Redshank - 4 Oystercatcher - 2 Avocet - 4 Eurasian Teal - 10 Black-headed Gull - 20 Wader Lake Path Grey Wagtail -
6 July 2014
Wildlife sightings for 6th July 2014
3 Little Ringed Plover - pair still at nest when one adult was chased off and around the scrape by a juvenile Black-headed Gull. The other adult stepped in to nest defence duties and the gull soon lost interest. Another adult on the main lake. 2 Ruddy Duc
6 July 2014
Todays sightings
Green sandpiper x4 Black-tailed godwits x47 Little grebe Dragonfly sightings Southern hawker Emperor dragonfly Ruddy darter Scarce chaser Broad-bodied chaser Blue-tailed damselfly Red-eyed damselfly Azure damselfly Common blue damselfly Brown hawker Butte
5 July 2014
Two's company but many is also very good.
Flamingo Lagoon continues to be a delight to sit and watch. The 30 or so greater flamingo chicks that are currently prancing around, getting under the feet of long-suffering parents, are demonstrating lots of lovely natural behaviour that can transport S
5 July 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - High Avocet - 8 Oystercatcher - 6 Lapwing - 28 Common Tern - 35 + 4 chicks Grey Heron - 12 Redshank - 6 Teal - 6 Gadwall - 4 Saline Lagoon Black Headed Gull - 27 Greylag - 32 Oystercatcher - 1 Other Birds Grey Wagtail - River B
5 July 2014
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Blue-headed Wagtail 2 pair still nest building Green Sandpiper 10 Avocet 2 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 13 Black-tailed Godwit 20 Little-ringed plover 1 Redshank 18 Shoveler 1 female with 2 young Little Egret 1 The Rushy Avocet 9 Green Sandpiper 3
5 July 2014
Today's Sightings
Weather: Warm with cool breeze. Time: AM / Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Oystercatcher - 6 Lapwing - 28 Common Tern - 35 & 45 chicks Grey Heron - 12 Redshank - 6 Teal - 6 Gadwall - 4 Wader Lake Path Bullfinch - 6 Riverba
5 July 2014
Wildlife sightings for 5th July 2014
2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 3 Lapwing juvs - scrape and marsh 1 Dunlin - flew down river 9 Teal - scrape and resr lagoon 3 Shoveler - scrape 1 Peregrine - over resr lagoon a.m. 1 Whitethroat - resr lagoon (NE corner) June/July bird highlight
5 July 2014
Latest Sightings
The Teal Pond Hide is currently closed as we are replacing it with a shiny new hide over the next couple of months. Sorry for any inconvenience. Whooper Pond Mallard 71 Moorhen 2 + 4 chicks Grey Heron 1 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets House Martins Swallows Foll
5 July 2014
Recent sightings
Thursday 3rd July: July is traditionally a good time for waders on the move, and today we saw a few new birds. The Green Sandpiper was joined by a 2nd bird today and at least 1 Common Sandpiper is still present, no more news on the Wood Sandpiper but it c
4 July 2014
Todays sightings
Barn owl on the summer walk Lady Fen Sparrowhawk (male) Kestrel Marsh harrier (female) Main Observatory Greenshank x4 Green sandpiper x3 Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit x60 Avocet fledglings Lapwing fledglings Redshank fledglings Little ringed plover
4 July 2014
'Camo Duck' arrives at Martin Mere
The arrival of a giant duck is causing a lot of excitement at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire. ‘Camo Duck’ situated outside the adventure play area is the unique design of natural history presenter and writer Mike Dilger. Last month talen
4 July 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 6 Lapwing - 78 Redshank - 10 Oystercatcher - 4 Black-headed Gull - 62 Common Tern - 53 & 44 chicks Gadwall - 11 & 4 ducklings Teal - 7 Saline Lagoon Black-headed Gull - 55 Lapwing - 3 Av
4 July 2014