News
Bird Counts
An improvement on the weather from the weekend with the wind dropping. Although there has been no further sightings of the Bluethroat we shall be looking for it over the next few days. Some counts included 39 Teal, 5+ Shoveler, 7 Wigeon, 15 Tufted, 15 Gad
24 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Black-tailed godwit - 50
24 June 2013
They have hatched
Rushy: Avocet - 3 Pairs (1 with at least 1 chick) Black-tailed Godwit - 39 Redshank - 2 Green Sandpiper - 1 Shelduck - Several broods Teal - 10 (no sign of Green winged teal as yet) Holden Tower and Walkway: Little Egret - 3 Cetti's Warbler - 1 Lapwing -
24 June 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 15 + 7 chicks Lapwing - 13 Redshank - 1 Tern - 56 + 3 chicks Heron - 15 Shelduck - 6 + 35 chicks Tufted Duck - 2 Shoveler - 2 Moorhen - 6 Greylag Goose - 15 Canda Goose - 7 + 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Black Headed Gull - 3
24 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 24th June 2013
15 Teal - scrape, reservoir lagoon 10 Mute Swan + 22 cygnets 9 Common Tern + 5 chicks - main lake and resr lagoon 18 Black-headed Gull + 14 chicks - main lake and resr lagoon 4 Redshank + 4 juvs - scrape (all juvs nearly fledged) 3 Lapwing juvs - s
24 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Black-tailed godwit - 54 Yellow wagtail
23 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 23rd June 2013
17 Teal - scrape, reservoir lagoon 3 Shoveler - main lake, scrape 22 Gadwall - main lake, resr lagoon 9 Mute Swan + 24 cygnets 1 Hobby - over entrance lake and main lake 10 Common Tern + chicks - main lake and resr lagoon 17 Black-headed Gull + chicks -
23 June 2013
Have they hatched ?
Rushy Reports this morning of egg shells being carried away from one of the three Avocet nest but no sightings as yet of the young. The male American Green winged Teal was seen at the back of the lower pool with two Euro Teal. There were 32 Black tailed G
23 June 2013
Bird News
Difficult day for those coming in to see the Bluethroat with windy and occasionally squally condition out on the reserve, no shelter too! In the past few days the bird has showed best in calm and sunny weather and we would be surprised if the bird is no l
22 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 1 Green sandpiper - 1
22 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 22nd June 2013
14 Teal - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 80 Swift - mostly over reservoir lagoon 2 Blackcap - both singing wildside 2 Whitethroat - beside Sand martin bank, wader scrape/Thames path 1 Chiffchaff - singing in wildside 2 Peregrine - across the river on hos
22 June 2013
Record breakers: WWT London Wetland Centre’s First Eleven
Mute Swan with 11 cygnets - Lee Smith A pair of mute swans at WWT London Wetland Centre has broken a record by hatching 12 cygnets. In our 13 year history this is the highest number of cygnets recorded for one pair of
22 June 2013
Returning avocets set new wildlife record
A bird which made local wildlife history when it hatched chicks at WWT Washington for the very first time has broken yet another record. An avocet with two chicks (Ian Hamilton 2012) Four pairs of avocet have nested a
21 June 2013
Bluethroat still present
The Bluethroat is still present this morning, please follow on site directions. Some much better images of the bird were taken yesterday, the bird remains elusive but does sit up on the brush piles sometimes. This is the 13th county record of Bluethroat
21 June 2013
21st June 2013
The warmer weather has brought many species of insects out in abundance over the last few days and the plants are coming through and flowering in record speed. Bee, Common spotted and Marsh orchids are all being observed in good numbers. RAMSAR & SAN
21 June 2013