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A Peregrine spent much of the day perched on the fence posts at the back of the Mere, as did a Common Buzzard. 2 Goldeneye (male and female) were on the Mere this afternoon, as, unusually was a Little [...]
Today Sightings
Whooper Pond Wigeon 40 Teal 10 Pintail 2 Tufted Duck 50 Folly Pond Teal 800 Wigeon 500 Whooper Swan 20 Avenue Tower Teal 250 Wigeon 180 Snipe 1 Badger Cam Don [...]
Wildlife sightings for 17th November 2011
1 Bittern - main lake, observed from Headley Hide 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Pintail - male, main lake 35 Wigeon - marsh, sheltered lagoon 11 Common Snipe - grazing marsh and scrape [...]
Today's sightings
Foggy conditions from 0800-0930 so limited sightings, sunny from 0930 onward. Some disturbance from hedge cutting and fixing of Zeiss roof today, sorry. Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 110 T [...]
Is it a plane, is it a bird, it's both of them!
High flyers of the future learned all about birds and planes at Slimbridge Wetland Centre on Monday 14-November 2011. Airbus graduates from Filton and the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) education team ran a “bird vs plane” activities da
Caerlaverock Migration
Hi Folks!! Sorry i haven't put a blog in for a while, i have been on holiday!!! Anyway, migration here at Caerlaverock has started to slow down quiet a lot over the last few days. The only thing which has arrived recently is Eurasian White-fronted Geese!!
What’s the trick to counting flocks of birds?
Wilfowl at WWT's Slimbridge reserve (James Lees) Volunteers will spend this Sunday spotting and recording the thousands of waterbirds that migrate to the UK in winter. Staff and visitors at all nine WWT wetland r
November fungi
We're now seeing our second autumn flush of fungi, following something of a dearth of fungus during a mild , almost summery, dry October. The weather's slightly more autumnal now and the fruiting bodies of many species are popping up all over the reserve.
An excellent autumn for interesting geese
Five European White-fronted Geese with Pink-footed Geese were spotted yesterday morning with at least 3 Barnacle geese on the 14th . It's shaping up to be an excellent autumn for interesting geese on the reserve. Raptor sightings include 2 Peregrine,
Welcome back, you wonderful waxwing!
A Eurasian white-fronted goose has been on site since Monday, spending its time between the stream channel and the juvenile pen. The river footpath was alive with birds this morning, with at least 40 lesser redpoll feeding in the alder trees, as well as a
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Wigeon 3 Teal 32 Mallard 24 Shelduck 2 Shoveler 4 Lapwing 16 Kestrel 2 Lesser Redpoll (river footpath) 4 [...]
Bird News
A brief update. If it's your first time looking at these reports we would recommend that you look at the last seven days to get a feel for the numbers and species being seen on the reserve. On any [...]
Today's sightings
8 greenshank 1 spotted redshank 606 lapwing 4 snipe 8 dunlin c400 pintail 264 wigeon 36 tufted duck 84 shoveler 93 shelduck mallard, gadwall [...]
Todays Sightings
Eurasian white-fronted Geese with Greylag geese on the Whooper Pond, M.Youdale © Copyright 2011 WWT Whooper Pond EURASIAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 4 (2 adults, 2 juv) Whooper Swan 20 Greyl [...]
Wildlife sightings for 16th November 2011
1 Pintail - eclipse male, main lake 30 Wigeon - grazing on the marsh 1 Redwing - perched in tree by WWF hide 2 Collared Dove - Queen Elizabeth Walk Also seen yesterday: [...]