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A lovely autumnal return
Following a few days' holiday, I've returned to work to find the site feeling very autumnal, with lots of gold and red foliage in the trees. Highlights for today's blog include a flock of 50 siskin down near the amphibian ponds and six lesser redpoll.
Marbled duck seen on reserve
A Marbled Duck was found 4.15pm with Common Teal from the Ron Barker Hide yesterday. It appeared to be fully winged and the assumption is that it will be the same bird that turned up on the Ribble on the 4th of September. There has been a couple of furthe
Dawn swan count
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Seal spotted
Wardens have just reported a seal in the River Wear, near our Window on the Wear viewing platform. [...]
Murky
Pretty murky conditions all day but plenty of activity nonetheless. Raptors in action included 3 Marsh Harrier, one with an unidentified bird (hopefully not Marbled Duck..) as prey item, was 'robb [...]
Wildlife sightings for 8th November 2011
1 Bittern - south side main lake 1 Shelduck - male, main lake, 14:40 1 Pintail - female, main lake 13 Snipe - marsh, scrape, main lake 2 Jack Snipe - one left side, one right side of m [...]
Today's sightings
A rather misty start to the day so visibility not so good when we checked out the hides early this morning. It has cleared. Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 40 Tack Piece [...]
Great White Egret roosting with Llanelli
Having just returned from a relaxing holiday it’s nice to get back to the reserve and see what birds have arrived. On Saturday afternoon a Great White Egret was found roosting in the European Pen, along with 50 Little Egrets. Records of Great White Egre
WeBS Count
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Today's sightings, including 2 sparrowhawks!
Wader Lake: Teal - 34 Grey heron - 3 Lapwing - 12 Redshank - 16 Wigeon - 2 Shoveler - 7 Moorhen - 3 Mute swan - 1 Other bird species counts: Song thr [...]
Marbled Duck late afternoon.
A Marbled Duck was found 4.15pm with Common Teal from the Ron Barker Hide. It appeared to be fully winged and the assumption is that it will be the same bird that turned up on the Ribble on the 4th of [...]
Today's sightings
On estuary: 124 brent c180 pintail c200 curlew 216 wigeon 33 greylag tufted duck teal mallard gadwall pochard shovele [...]
Wildlife sightings for 7th November 2011
1 Short-eared Owl - over main lake and then flew E, mobbed by crows and starlings 1 Pintail - female, main lake 1 Peregrine - bathing in the main lake, then flew to hospital 1 Sparrowhawk [...]
Today's sightings
An overcast start to the day after the sunshine filled previous day. A cold NE wind blowing but these conditions are forcing thrushes to fly a bit lower as they migrate. Flocks of Redwing and Fieldfar [...]
Celebrity speaker at Bird Watching Festival
Celebrity David Lindo is the special guest speaker at WWT Martin Mere’s North West Bird Watching Festival on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November. David Lindo is The Urban Birder, bringing a fresh, urban perspective to modern birding. Tipped as the next B