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Wildlife Sightings - 1/10/16
Wader Lake Tide Level: Low AM Black-Tailed Godwit: 11 Common Snipe: 8 Redshank: 42 Eurasian Teal: 21 Kestrel: 1 Stock Dove: 1 Saline Lagoon Tide Level: Low Greenshank: 1 Common Snipe: 2 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker: 2 Bullfi
3 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings - 3/10/16
Wader Lake Tide Level: Mid AM Sparrowhawk: 1 Common Snipe: 15 Grey Heron: 1 Black-Tailed Godwit: 17 Herring Gull (Juvenile): 1 Redshank: 6 Eurasian Teal: 18 Black-Headed Gull: 3 Saline Lagoon Tide Level: Mid AM Curlew: 1 Grey Heron: 1 Eurasian Teal
3 October 2016
Wild birds make the most of warmer weather
Moorhens are building nests and raising families of chicks at WWT’s wetland centres, four months after their peak breeding season in the spring.
20 September 2016
Swan woman takes off
Early this morning, conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench took to the air above the Russian tundra in her paramotor at the start of her 4,500 mile journey following the migration of endangered Bewick’s swans.
19 September 2016
Sightings 16/09/16
A nice sunny morning around the reserve after some over night rain. There was a scattering of Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff down the avenue and couple of Grey Wagtails &Meadow Pipits flew over calling. There were 60+ Wigeon feeding out on the merse
16 September 2016
Slough gets a taste for nature on the Salt Hill Stream
The people of Slough got a taste for nature today when TV naturalist David Lindo aka The Urban Birder helped the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) launched an initiative to restore the Salt Hill Stream.
14 September 2016
More than one in 10 UK species threatened with extinction, new study finds
It’s not too late to save UK nature but we must act now - that is the conclusion from WWT and a coalition of more than 50 leading wildlife and research organisations behind the State of Nature 2016 report. Following on from the ground breaking State of
14 September 2016
Shipping agreement helps tackle problem species
(c) CSIRO A new international agreement to reduce the spread of water-born invasive species between countries due to shipping has been warmly welcomed by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Large ships take on ballast
9 September 2016
Osprey over Arundel, sand martins over Sussex
Paul writes a column each week for local Observer Series newspapers on the latest sightings at Arundel, here's his latest article: Two weeks have passed since we first sighted a juvenile osprey over the reserve at Arundel Wetland Centre. The raptor ha
9 September 2016
Well-wishers bid farewell to adventurer Sacha Dench ahead of swan flight from Arctic
Well-wishers bid farewell to adventurer and conservationist Sacha Dench yesterday, ahead of her departure for the Arctic where she will accompany rare Bewick’s swans on a 4,500 mile journey in a paramotor as they make their annual migration back to the UK
26 August 2016
Farmland failings
Today, the Government released figures that find the life ebbing away from the English countryside. Many of DEFRA’s natural environment indicators are showing positive trends – carbon, air quality, connection with nature – but the picture in our far
25 August 2016
Today's sightings
Once again the reserve seems to be full of warblers with lots of Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler busily feeding in the hedgerows and willow beds. The warblers can often get mixed up in flocks of Long-tailed Tits so its worth checking any flocks you hear
18 August 2016
Recent Sightings
Black-Tailed Godwit, Cr. Rob Werran British Steel Hide, Sunday 14/8 Glossy Ibis 1 Black-Tailed Godwit 650 Redshank 187 Greenshank 47 Spotted Redshank 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Lapwing 46 Greylag Goose 47 Knot 9 Curlew 1180 out on mudflats
15 August 2016
WWT welcomes new invasive species law
A list of 37 invasive non-native plant and animal species including squirrels, a terrapin and a cabbage will be banned from being brought into the UK after this Wednesday – but only for as long as the UK remains in the EU.
1 August 2016
Today's Sightings
Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Golden plover - 3 Water rail - Friends hide Snipe Black-tailed godwit Hobby Little egret Yellow wagtail
31 July 2016