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Wildlife sightings for 23rd September 2017
1 Cattle Egret - main lake shingle island nearest the Peacock Tower (0820hrs). Still present on main lake 'gull ridge' (1440hrs). 1 Little Egret - main lake, marsh 2 Stonechat - marsh fence (reedbed border) 2 Meadow Pipit - marsh bank 11 Chiffchaff 1 Whe
23 September 2017
Wood Sand & Little Gull
A few new birds today in the form of a cracking juvenile Wood Sandpiper which appeared over the Mere early morning calling and then spent the rest of the day being very mobile around the site appearing to have freshly arrived. Also late afternoon a 3rd ca
22 September 2017
Todays sightings
Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Mallard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Moorhen Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Ruff Dunlin Snipe Grey heron Little egret Lapwing Black-headed gull Kingfisher Goldfinch Tree sparrow House sparrow Great tit Blue tit Stonechat Robin Mea
22 September 2017
Recent Sightings (19th (evening)- 22th Sep)
British Steel Hide The British Steel has produced the goods this autumn with a Lesser Yellowlegs on the 20th and a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope (site first) from the 21st to at least 2pm on the 22nd. Other waders from the hide include a Whimbrel, up
22 September 2017
Wildlife sightings 22/09/17
a.m. mid tide Wader lake Black headed gull 12 Lapwing 52 Redshank 5 Eurasian teal 21 Shoveler Saline lagoon Black headed gull 2 Eurasian teal 14 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 4 Greenfinch Great tit 5 Blue tit Dunnock
22 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 22nd September 2017
1 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 7 Swallow - flew S 1 Bullfinch - world wetlands/main lake bank ('Tundra pen') 6 Meadow Pipit - over W+NW 15 Chiffchaff 1 Linnet p.m. 1 Wheatear - scrape bank p.m. 8 Snipe - scrape, marsh, main lake 1 Hobby 1 Peregrine Augu
22 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Common Crane - 4 (Lyle Hide) Dunlin - 5 Ruff Snipe Lapwing Green sandpiper Gadwall Shoveler Wigeon Teal - 200 Tree sparrow - 13 Marsh Harrier Sparrowhawk Kestrel
21 September 2017
Reserve Update Thursday 21st September
No sign of the Barnacle Geese so far this morning....but it is a little murky out there! The over-summered Whooper Swan remains on the Flood Ground together with three Little Grebes. A further two Little Grebes are present on the Whopper Pond. Large
21 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 21st September 2017
2 Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Rail - south route 5 Wigeon - main lake 2 Black Swan - main lake 2 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Swallow - flew SW 2 Grey Wagtail - flew S and SE 1 Wheatear - wader scrape 3 Stonechat - marsh
21 September 2017
Whooper Swans return
The first Whooper Swans appeared yesterday with a count of 7 birds, we have had 5 with us throughout the summer so 2 new birds seemingly arriving with the recent big arrival of Pink-footed Geese, also coinciding with returning birds on the Western Isles i
20 September 2017
Todays highlights
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Mallard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Gadwall Crane (x4) Little egret Moorhen Lapwing Snipe Ruff Black-tailed godwit Green sandpiper Dunlin Cormorant Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Blue tit Great tit Swallow House martin Cetti'
20 September 2017
High Tide Watch Brings Keen Birders Flocking
Bird enthusiasts flocked to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre for a special ‘after-hours’ guided High Tide Watch on 19 September when the first September tide to rea
20 September 2017
Junior photo winner
Joshua Brierley aged 14 from Lostock, Bolton, has won the WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre Junior Photography Competition with an amazing picture of a whistling duck bathing in water. The competition was judged by photographer Ben Cherry: ”It takes pati
20 September 2017
Wildlife sightings 20/09/17
a.m. low tide Wader Lake Lapwing 100 Mute swan Snipe Redshank 20 Greylag 3 Eurasian Teal 10 Black tailed godwit 6 Robin Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch 5 Bullfinch 2 great tit 3 Willow tit 2
20 September 2017
New urban wetland at WWT London Wetland Centre
A new urban wetland feature at WWT London Wetland Centre is showing visitors how to use rainwater to improve their environment and for wetland wildlife A series of ponds and planters in the courtyard capture rainfall from the visitor centre’s roofs, and
20 September 2017