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Wildlife sightings for 12th May 2012
2 Shelduck - wader scrape 226 Herring Gull - site count 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Ringed Plover - circled main lake @ 9.20am 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Cuckoo - [...]
Todays Sightinng
A successful dawn chorus on a glorious morning. all the regulars featured highlights were a lot of Blackcaps, Cettis, Reed and Sedge Warblers and a brief burst fr [...]
See Slimbridge in a whole new light
Waders flying across the Sunset by James Lees Visitors will have the chance to see a wildlife attraction in a whole new light when it opens its doors on selected summer evenings. Slimbridge Wetland Centre is ha
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 9 + 9 chicks Redshank - 2 Lapwing - 10 Oystercatcher - 4 Curlew- 1 Common Tern - 23 Gery Heron - 71 Swallow - 44 Sand Martin - 8 House Marti [...]
Wildlife sightings for 11th May 2012
2 Shelduck - main lake 2 Dunlin - scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 4+ Redshank - main lake, marsh, scrape 15 Common Tern - main lake 30+ Sand Martin Recent bir [...]
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Dunlin 70 Sanderling 11 Ringed Plover 9 Lapwing 8 Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 2 Peregrine 1 Bullfinch 2 Mid Point Little Egret 3 Grey Heron 2 Robbie Garnett Hid [...]
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 9 Chicks Redshank - 2 Lapwing - 7 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Tern - 15 Gery Heron - 62 Swallow - 44 House Martin - 7 Sand Martin - 2 Gadwa [...]
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 8th May, due to an extremely high Spring tide a record number of oystercatchers (770) were sighted on the reserve. On the 5th May a male garganey was spotted on the main lake along [...]
Wildlife Sightings Column May 1 2012
Wildlife Sightings column from walk on May 1 2012 by Paul Stevens Appeared in Lifestyle section of the Chichester Observer newspaper, Thursday 10 May. Water Vole population has wintered well [...]
Wildlife sightings for 10th May 2012
1 Iceland Gull - main lake (WWF hide) with large flock of Herring Gull 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape (nesting) 5+ Lapwing broods - marsh, scrape, main lake 7 Redshank 8 Common T [...]
Swift rescue
Swift - Mike Caiden Our reserve warden Mike helped rescue a struggling swift which had somehow managed to crash-land. Swifts have evolved for an aerial life and only ever touch down when they're nesting, so this bird,
WWT London Wetland Centre shortlisted for Countryfile’s ‘Britain’s Favourite Nature Reserve’ Award
WWT London Wetland Centre aerial view - Berkeley Homes London wildlife reserve WWT London Wetland Centre has been nominated for the ‘Britain’s Favourite Nature Reserve’ category in the prestigious Countryfile Aw
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet 8 + 9 chicks Oystercatcher 4 Shoveler 3 Teal 4 Heron 43 Tufted Duck 26 Common Tern 18 Coot 2 Mo [...]
Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2012
1 Cuckoo - reported by a visitor calling on Barnes Common (east side), 9:20 a.m. 1 small Heron species flew high W over entrance lake 1410hrs (not an Egret species) 1 Shelduck - landed on main [...]
Today's sightings-3 Garganey
100 Acre Garganey 2 Cuckoo 1 Wheatear 7 Swift 100 Zeiss Hide Garganey 1 Teal 6 Avocet 1 Little Egret 2 The Holden Tower Short-eared Owl 1 Avocet 1 Lapwing 16 Th [...]