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Wildlife sightings for 26th October 2015
177 Teal - scrape and grazing marsh 75 Wigeon - scrape and grazing marsh 1 Pintail - scrape 1 Water Rail - calling from edge of main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 1 Stonechat - perched on marsh fox fence Also: 1 Marsh Frog calling from gra
26 October 2015
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Gadwall 28 Shoveler 21 Mallard 55 Pintail 3 Tufted Duck 9 Teal 29 Wigeon 1 Pochard 1 Shelduck 2 Mute Swan 8 Coot 10 Moorhen 6 Water Rail 1 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 1 Cormorant 18 Kingfisher 1 Snipe 8 Black-Tailed Godwit 15 Herring Gull 1 Siskin 18 Redwi
26 October 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/Am Tide/Mid Lapwing - 30 Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Redshank - 4 Teal - 20 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Mid Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch - 2 Dunnock - 7 Great Tit - 3 Robin - 1 Ot
26 October 2015
Around the reserve, Sunday 25th October
A Kingfisher has been showing well, catching fish in front of the Back Pond Hide again today The drake Green-winged Teal is still on the Folly Pond with over 200 Eurasian Teal. Tricky to spot, but if it is the same one as the past 2 winters (which we beli
25 October 2015
Sunny Sunday sightings
Barnacle Geese in flight taken by James Lees The Zeiss Hide Teal 900 Wigeon 38 Shoveler 36 Black-tailed Godwit 119 Dunlin 22 Redshank 8 White-fronted Goose 30 Pintail 6 Water Rail 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Kingfisher Hide G
25 October 2015
Cetti's Warbler
Cetti's Warbler calling at the Sewage Works end of the Reedbed Walk this morning. It's only the third time this year we have recorded this species. The other two records were in January and February. Given that they tend to be noisy birds it's remarkable
25 October 2015
Great grey shrike
Great grey shrike spotted near the main observatory
25 October 2015
Wildlife sightings for 25th October 2015
202 Teal - scrape 1 Pintail - scrape 10 Snipe - marsh, scrape 40 Goldfinch - entrance area 1 Stonechat - female, perched on marsh fox fence Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 Jack Snipe - marsh October bird highlights: Bittern, Little Egr
25 October 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Mid Teal - 10 Lapwing - 8 Redshank - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Black Headed Gull - River Wear - 40 Redshank - Window on the Wear - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Robin - 1 Dunnock - 1 Great Tit - 3 Blue Tit - 2
25 October 2015
Home improvements = happy flamingos #1
Hello all, the first of two posts about the work that the avics do at WWT to keep the flamingos fit, happy and healthy. In the pink you might say! This first instalment starts at the end of summer. I am sharing it now because of other changes th
24 October 2015
Merlin and other birds
A wet start to the day making observations difficult. Wildfowl numbers are building up with good numbers of Teal, Wigeon, Pintail and Mallard on the reserve. In among these birds smaller numbers of Pochard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall and Shelduck are arriving.
24 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 24th October
A Kingfisher has been showing well, catching fish in front of the Back Pond Hide this morning. The drake Green-winged Teal is still on the Folly Pond with over 200 Eurasian Teal. Tricky to spot, but if it is the same one as the past 2 winters (which we be
24 October 2015
Hardheads in the Duckery.
A little insight into the Australian white-eye or Hardhead today. Possibly one of the most overlooked species at WWT due to its residency within the Australian exhibit which must surely contain some of the weirdest and wackiest of all the wildfowl... It d
24 October 2015
Green-winged Teal Returns!
A Green-winged Teal has returned to Caerlaverock for the third winter in a row. We believe this to be the same bird as the past 2 years because it has very similar behaviour. It seems to have joined the Eurasian Teal population which migrate to Fennoscand
24 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Wigeon & Teal - 1500 viewed from the summer walk Pochard - 4 Black-tailed godwit - 67 Golden plover - 19 Snipe - 9 Curlew - 4 Water rail heard on the reserve Fieldfare flying over Peregrine - 1 Marsh harrier
24 October 2015