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48 Teal – scrape and main lake 16 Shoveler – scrape and main lake 1 Peregrine – perched on hospital 114 Black-headed Gull – main lake 2 Common Tern – main [...]

Latest sightings
1 Peregrine – on hospital 1 Greenshank – wader scrape 1 Snipe – wader scrape 4 Swallow – flying SW 4 Chiffchaff – site count 5 Blackcap – site count 2 Garden Warbler – wildside 3 Coal Tit – site count And some additional sightings f

Latest sightings
1 Peregrine – on hospital 1 Greenshank – wader scrape 1 Snipe – wader scrape 4 Swallow – flying SW 4 Chiffchaff – site count 5 Blackcap – site c [...]

Latest sightings
Great start to the day with an influx of waders. Three Greenshank and a Spotted Redshank joined 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Ruff, 2 Curlew and 200+ Lapwing all from the Ron Barker Hide. Three Green Sandpiper mostly from the Hale Hide. A female Mandarin fl

Latest sightings
Great start to the day with an influx of waders. Three Greenshank and a Spotted Redshank joined 50+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Ruff, 2 Curlew and 200+ Lapwing all from the Ron Barker Hide. Three Green Sa [...]

Sightings from today
35 Shoveler – main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 35 Teal – main lake, wader scrape 2 Common Snipe – grazing marsh 3 Willow Warbler – south route, wilds [...]

London duck shows support for Team GB
Jessica the gold duckling with her mum and siblings The gold rush by Team GB is being supported by this mallard which has given birth to a golden duckling at WWT London Wetland Centre. There is a single gold duckling

Latest sightings
Wader Lake (AM, high tide) Lapwing - 78 Black-headed gull - 28 Redshank - 27 Grey heron - 5 Tufted duck - 1 and 4 young Mallard - 14 Curlew - 1 Pied wagtail - 3 Saline lagoon (AM, high tide) Black-headed gull - 68 Oystercatcher - 5 Hawthorn

Latest sightings
More glorious summer weather and plenty of action around the reserve. The butterfly bed by the Ron Barker Hide has had the first Small Copper(s) of the year as well as Gatekeeper, Common Blue, Brimstone, Comma, Small Tortiseshell, Peacock, and Green-veine

Latest sightings
British Steel hide spoonbill 304 black tailed godwit 190 curlew 29 greenshank 67 redshank whimbrel 24 lapwing 30 little egret 9 great crested grebe sedge warbler Cetti’s warbler kingfisher

Latest sightings
Wader Lake (AM, high tide) Lapwing - 78 Black-headed gull - 28 Redshank - 27 Grey heron - 5 Tufted duck - 1 and 4 young Mallard - 14 Curlew - 1 Pied wagtail - 3 &nb [...]

Latest sightings
More glorious summer weather and plenty of action around the reserve. The butterfly bed by the Ron Barker Hide has had the first Small Copper(s) of the year as well as Gatekeeper, Common Blue, Brimsto [...]

Latest sightings
British Steel hide spoonbill 304 black tailed godwit 190 curlew 29 greenshank 67 redshank whimbrel 24 lapwing 30 little egret 9 great crested grebe sedge warble [...]

Wildlife sightings for 9th August
1 Common Sandpiper (river ) 20 Teal 16 Shoveler 4 Snipe (marsh) 5 Willow Warbler 4 Chiffchaff 1 Peregrine [...]

Latest sightings
5.08.12 – Green sandpiper – 1 at Lyle hide 6.08.12 – Water vole – 2 and sedge warblers in the front pond and a large flock of house martins around the visitor centre.