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New arrivals for the Caribbean flock
Can you spot a beady little eye poking out from a nest under the mass of legs of caring parent flamingos? The first Caribbean chick of the season hatched last week at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. There are new chicks in
1 July 2013
Terns!
The Common tern chicks have now both wandered away from the raft and are sitting in cover on the waters edge right in front of the Sand Martin hide. This gives even closer views of them being fed! Yesterday two more adult terns put in a brief appearance b
1 July 2013
Todays sightings
Rushy Avocet - 4 + 6 Juv Black-tailed Godwit - 39 Oystercatcher - 6 + 2 Juv Black-headed Gull - 24 + 4 Juv Tufted duck - 2 broods Little Egret Martin Smith Green Sandpipers - 3 Robbie Garnett Green Sandpiper - 7 Oystercatcher - 4 Holden Tower Little Grebe
1 July 2013
Wildlife sightings for 1st July 2013
16 Teal - scrape, resr lagoon, main lake 4 Shoveler - main lake, resr lagoon 2 Pochard broods - resr lagoon 1 Peregrine adult - over wader scrape a.m. 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon 11 House Martin - dropped in from W to feed on the resr lagoon a.m
1 July 2013
The weekend
A compilation of the weekend's sightings. Common Sandpiper, new in, from the Harrier Hide. At least one Green Sandpiper from the Hale. Other waders included 31 Avocet with 2 chicks, 50+ Lapwing, 4 Oystercatcher, 6+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ringed Plover, Ru
30 June 2013
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 61 Mediterranean gull, 3 sandwich tern, ruff, 442 black tailed godwit, 3 bar tailed godwit, 92 shelduck, 3 little egret. Lagoon 370 black headed gull, 18 greylag goose, 11 gadwall, 27 mallard, 5 pochard and 19 tufted duck
30 June 2013
Todays Sightings
Rushy Avocet - 6 + 5 juv Black-tailed Godwit - 41 Redshank - 2 Green Sandpiper - 2 Tufted duck - 13 + 1 brood Oystercatcher - 4 + 1 juv Robbie Garnett Green sandpiper - 6 Reed Warblers - 2 Holden Tower Little grebe - 2 Tufted duck - 19 + 2 broods Curlew S
30 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 30th June 2013
14 Teal - scrape 3 Shoveler - main lake 2 Peregrine juveniles - over site 2 Kestrel - over site 4 young Lapwing chicks, plus one full-sized juvenile - scrape Several fledged Black-headed Gull juveniles - around on main lake islands 1 Kingfisher - flew in
30 June 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Avocet - 10 adults, 8 juveniles, 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adults, 2 juveniles, 2 chicks Lapwing - 16 Redshank - 2 Grey Heron - 46 Common Tern - 72 Shoveler - 9 Shelduck - 14 adults, 42 ducklings Tufted Duck - 11 adults, 18 duckli
29 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 29th June 2013
3 Redshank Juv's + 2 Adult - wader scrape 1 Pochard brood - entrance lake 3 Blackcap - N side of reservoir lagoon, wildside, sheltered lagoon all singing Additional sightings from yesterday: 3 Gadwall Juv's - sheltered lagoon 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape @
29 June 2013
Today's Sightings.
Rushy Great watching here, the three pairs of Avocets (plus an extra adult this morning) have eight young between them all doing very well. The Oystercatcher chick is all but full grown and 18 Black Tailed Godwits were roosting as normal on the top pond.
29 June 2013
Todays Sights
Wader Lake - High Tide - AM Avocet - 8, juvenile & 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adult & 2 juvenile Lapwing - 9 adult & 5 juvenile Redshank - 2 Curlew - 3 Grey Heron - 12 adult + 22 juvenile Common Tern - 66 + 5 chicks Gadwall - 6 + 7 chicks Sal
28 June 2013
Today’s sightings
The Rushy Avocet 3 pairs with 8 young (2, 2, 4) The Zeiss Hide Shoveler (10) Teal (12) Reedwarbler (1) Reed Bunting (1) Sedge Warbler (1) Oyster Catcher - (Pair + juvenile) Little Grebe (1) Tufted Duck (Brood) The Holden Tower Green Sandpiper (2) The So
28 June 2013
Rare wader chicks thrill visitors to WWT Welney Wetland Centre
[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LITE1shWaKQ'] Black-tailed godwit chick by Tom Rosselli These black-tailed godwit chicks are some of the rarest young birds in the country. Hatched on the Ouse washes at W
28 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 28th June 2013
3 Little Egret - main lake 7+ Common Tern chicks - main lake, reservoir lagoon rafts 5 Tufted Duck broods - entrance lake, sheltered lagoon, world wetlands 1 Peregrine - hunting over river 90+ Swift - over site and river Recent bird highlights: Black-nec
28 June 2013