News
Today's sightings-butterflies on safari, new waders arrive
General news So far this week we have recorded 20 species of wading bird on the scrapes or estuary. Large flocks are building up and a few scarcer species have arrived after thunderstorms. The Landrover safari's have been very productive with the usual wi
25 July 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 20th July include: Main Lake - 200 Mallards, 1 Shelduck with 14 young, 3 Tufted with 2 duckings 5 Mute Swans spotted on the Wader Marsh Saline Lagoon - 3 Herons, 6 Terns (including 2 Arctic Terns) and 1 Little Grebe with 1 youngster
25 July 2013
Ditch new dredging proposals, says WWT
Proposals to give farmers a greater licence to dredge watercourses on their land could increase flooding downstream and damage wildlife, says WWT. Dredging can, in many circumstances, enable rainwater to be carried away more rapidly. Currently the Environ
25 July 2013
Lesser yellowlegs reappears
The lesser yellowlegs has reappeared in front of the Michael Powell hide along with a male ruff. Other highlights this morning include 535 curlew, 151 black tailed godwit, 3 greenshank and 80 redshank.
25 July 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Black tailed godwit - 3 Knot - 1 Little ringed plover - 2 Common snipe - 2 Avocet - 7 Common tern - 56 & 45 young Tufted duck - 9 & 16 young Black-headed gull - 78 Curlew - 2 Teal - 3 Lapwing - 6 Redsh
25 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 1 Marsh harrier - 1 Little ringed plover - 4 Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Ruff - 2 Snipe
25 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 25th July 2013
10 Teal - scrape, main lake 5 Shoveler + 6 juvs - resr lagoon, scrape 4 Little Grebe broods - sheltered lagoon, main lake, resr lagoon, reedbed 1pr Great Crested Grebe - nest building again on sheltered lagoon island 2 Green Sandpiper - main lake 1 Oy
25 July 2013
Today's Sightings
Main Observatory: Snipe Green Sandpiper x2 Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover x2 Egyptian Goose Common Tern
25 July 2013
More Lepo
More lepidoptera action around the reserve with plenty of butterflies to log on the Butterfly Conservation sheet available free at the entrance desk. The survey continues until 11th August. Yesterday the moth trap was packed with just over 100 species inc
24 July 2013
Perfect Pond Season - 2
Guest blog by Nick Oliver Four weeks into the Perfect Pond Season and not much has changed with our pond succession experiment. The basin, up on the bank in Pond Zone, was dug back in April and filled with rain water collected in a water butt, and left
24 July 2013
Help count and conserve butterflies this summer
Joanna Lumley promoting the Big Butterfly Count at the London Wetland Centre Screen legend and passionate environmental campaigner Joanna Lumley has officially launched the Big Butterfly Count 2013 at WWT London Wetl
24 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 24th July 2013
4 Gadwall broods - main lake, reservoir lagoon, scrape 2 Pochard broods - main lake, reservoir lagoon 4 Teal - scrape 1 Little Grebe juvenile - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine – perched on hospital 1 Oystercatcher - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake
24 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Crane - 3 (early morning) Main observatory Little ringed plover - 4 Common tern - 2 Snipe Little egret - 3 Avocet - 4 Black-tailed godwit House martins Insects: Banded demoiselle - North pond dipping station Azure damselfly Blue-tailed damselfly
24 July 2013
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Mediterranean Gull 1, Green Sand 3, Snipe 5, Ruff 3, Black-tailed Godwit 129, Dunlin 19, Redshank 1. Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 9 Little-ringed Plover 2 Wood Sandpiper 1 (mobile juvenile) The South Lake Little-ringed Plover 4 Redshank 115 Blac
24 July 2013
Lead shot poisoning - latest
(c) Otto de Vries WWT has welcomed a campaign launched by eleven organisations across the shooting, game and land management industries for all shooters to comply with regulations on the use of lead shot. Most lead sh
23 July 2013