News
UK’s largest new wetland to be created in Somerset
Innovative approach improves flood protection and creates new habitats Atlantic marsh creation - before Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Ste
8 March 2012
Why I otter! (or 'When Rod and Musa met a tasty-looking video camera')...
Rod and Musa (pic by Charlie Syme) Ahhhh, fame at last! Check out our cheeky Asian short-clawed otters Rod and Musa on the Sky Tyne and Wear website... http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/14262 To see more great videos, visit the Sky Tyne and Wear
8 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tde Level: Low Avocet - 6 Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 47 Redshank - 29 Shelduck - 37 Wigeon - 14 Teal - 31 Grey Heron - 44 Kestrel - 1 Stock D [...]
8 March 2012
Winter, Spring and Aurora
Many signs of spring with catkins out and Lapwing on territories, however there is still a winter feel and spectacle to the bird life around the reserve. Had a search for the Common Sandpiper that [...]
8 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 32 Wigeon 90 Whooper Swan 140 Folly Pond Shelduck 1 Oystercatcher 7 Teal 30 Shoveler 10 Wigeon 40 Black-headed Gull 2 Avenue Tower Yellowhamm [...]
8 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th March 2012
2 Redshank - main lake 16 Snipe - main lake, marsh 7 Pintail - marsh, main lake 1 Red Kite - flew N 2 Peregrine - across the river 155 Cormorant - main lake 2 Skylark - flew SW [...]
8 March 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Grey Plover 6 Dunlin 45 Curlew 40 All waders on Dumbles edge at high tide Peregrine 1 Tack Piece E White-fronted Geese 81 (42 left last night) Bewick's Swan [...]
8 March 2012
Nominate your favourite wetland. Reward a hero and win a day with a warden.
WWT are looking for the unsung wetland heroes of the UK. We’re proud of the wetlands we manage, but hundreds more small wetlands exist with the support of the communities that live around them. We want to raise up and reward those who put in so much ha
7 March 2012
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE Avocet 6 Mute swan 2 Lapwing 62 Redshank 16 Wigeon 11 Herring gull 1 Black headed gull 32 Grey heron 28 Shelduck 16 Teal 32 Greylag 8 [...]
7 March 2012
Record Roost
A record roost of 9300 Black-headed Gulls on Vinson's and Sunley's Marsh yesterday evening. We usually get a 'pre-breeding' build up of Black-headed Gulls in March before they move on [...]
7 March 2012
Today's highlights
The pink footed goose is still present with the flock of greylag geese on the lagoon. Other highlights include 263 black tailed godwit, bar tailed godwit, 4 greenshank, 55 knot, 178 redshank, 172 curl [...]
7 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Newfield Hide Dunlin 190 Redshank 46 Lapwing 30 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 140 Wigeon 90 Oystercatcher 1 Avenue Yellowhammer 20 Song Thrush 1 Goldcrest 1 Reed Bunting [...]
7 March 2012
Wildlife sightings
A really good mix of birds on the reserve at the moment. Highlights were 9 Shoveler and 9 Snipe from the Ramsar and Sand martin hides. Little grebes and water voles are busy on wetlands discov [...]
7 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7th March 2012
42 Wigeon - marsh and main lake 4 Pintail - marsh 88 Cormorant - main lake 1 Redshank - main lake Lots of Little Grebe activity today, with at least 12 seen across the reserve &nbs [...]
7 March 2012
Festival of Gardening for Wildlife
WWT Castle Espie will be celebrating gardening for wildlife throughout March by inspiring the community to make the most of the smallest patch of outdoor space and offering advice on how to entice wildlife into your garden. The Festival of Garde
6 March 2012