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Celebrity podcasts
A number of well known wildlife presenters and film makers have taken part in our monthly podcasts. Follow the links below to find out more: Kate Humble with tips on watching water birds Kate Humble Kate Humble, broad
8 February 2012
The latest from the saline lagoon...
The fence along the river bank has been removed in preparation for connecting our site with the River Wear The landscaping of the lagoon is pr
8 February 2012
Grenoble leads the late arrivers!
As the cold snap continues, a steady stream of swans have been heading west at a time of year when they are usually preparing to head east on spring migration! 14 new swans have arrived since the beginning of the month, including pair Grenoble and Gien wh
8 February 2012
Lookout for us on Inside Out
I spend all day yesterday with the BBC filiming a feature for Inside Out, that will be on Monday evening at 7.30pm. It was a really great day and we do get so well with the BBC and have a fantastic working relationship with them. Tony came out as the pres
8 February 2012
WWT London Wetland Centre: A year in two minutes
[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms6xdSLqJkg']Warden Mike Caiden took photographs of WWT London Wetland Centre from different angles as he worked outside throughout 2011, managing the Centre’s wide range of habitats. Mike edited the images to
8 February 2012
Out on the reserve today
There is quite a bit of activity in front of the main observatory and Lyle hide again today with these areas being the largest areas of open water. Look out for wigeon on the Hundred Foot drain [...]
8 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Lapwing 1 Black Headed Gulls 19 Heron 2 River Black Headed Gull 103 Teal 12 Curlew 1 Lapwing 1 &n [...]
8 February 2012
Greenland White-fronts and other Geese.
The first Greenland White-fronted Geese of the year with 7 adult birds and a couple of immature birds, also at least one European White-front present with ~1000 Pink-footed Geese mid morning. [...]
8 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th February 2012
2 Bittern - north side of reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - main lake, reservoir lagoon 4 Pintail - 3 males 1 female, reservoir lagoon 160 Teal - reservoir lagoon 3 Mandarin - collection [...]
8 February 2012
Today's sightings
Reed Bunting taken from the Zeiss hide JSLees WWT Send us your photographs We would love to publish your images of our wildlife here, please send them to james.lees@wwt.org.uk The South La [...]
8 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - Mid Tide - AM Black-headed gull - 24 Lapwing - 2 Moorhen - 3 Heron - 7 River Wear Mallard - 42 Cormorant - 1 Redshank - 12 Teal - 12 Hawthorn Wood [...]
7 February 2012
Bittern but will it Boom?
Top birding day! A Bittern was seen to fly in over the reed beds in front of the Harrier Hide. Most of the UK's wintering population of Bittern comes from continental Europe, so there's a good [...]
7 February 2012
Recent sightings
Reserve On the 5th February sightings on the main lake have included 3 male and 1 female pintail alongside 1 cormorant, 4 teal, 185 mallards and 32 tufted ducks. Large flocks of finches, goldfinch [...]
7 February 2012
Today's sightings
218 brent goose, 73 greylag goose, 196 shelduck, 1060 pintail, 83 wigeon, 92 gadwall, 52 teal, 175 mallard, 79 shoveler, 18 pochard, 76 tufted duck, 1800 oystercatcher, 138 grey plover, 940 knot, 875 [...]
7 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7th February 2012
2 Bittern - reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 5 Golden Plover - main lake 8.30am 88 Lapwing - site count 100+ Redwing - entrance lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 6 [...]
7 February 2012