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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
Notable birds to look out for... the Andean who likes to float.
Swimming is a behaviour that all flamingos will indulge in. You can see this quite a lot with the greater flamingo flock at WWT Slimbridge in their new "Flamingo Lagoon" enclosure. Swimming is good exercise for flamingos; it keeps their feet and legs heal
27 June 2013
What's hatching up at the Duckery?
A 90% fertile clutch of Greater Scaup eggs. I have been asked to provide some cuteness and fluffiness to the blog page, and so in the most part; here you go! Such distinctive ducklings
27 June 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - High Tide - AM Avocet - 10 adult, 9 juvenile & 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Lapwing - 21 + 5 juvenile Redshank - 2 Common Tern - 58 + 7 chicks Grey Heron - 14 adult + 21 chicks Gadwall - 4 + 4 duckling Shoveler - 8 Teal - 6 Malla
27 June 2013
Latest Sightings
Flood Ground Lapwings (with at least 11 juveniles) Oystercatcher 2 with 3 chicks Black-headed Gull 1 sitting birds and 1 bird with 3 chicks Moorhen & Mallard with Young Teal 10 Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 with 6 Cygnets Moorhen and Mallard young Folly Pond
27 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 27th June 2013
1 Green Sandpiper - marsh 3 Redshank adults + juveniles - scrape + marsh 1 Buzzard - flew directly over W (0900hrs) 4 Mute Swan broods 4 Tufted Duck broods - sheltered lagoon, world wetlands 2 Pochard broods - reedbed, resr lagoon 11 Teal - scrape
27 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Car Park Hobby - 1 Main observatory Black-tailed godwit - 78 (in summer plumage) Brilliant opportunities to get some good photographs of these birds feeding in the lagoon only as far as 200ft from the hide at times. Our photography basement is available
27 June 2013
Unlock the secrets of wildlife after dark on a Night Safari
Wildlife fans can discover what creatures become active after dark on WWT Slimbridge’s new Night Safaris. A long-eared bat by James Lees In August groups will go out on the Centre’s spectacular wetland reserve wit
26 June 2013
On the reserve.
The ringing demonstration produced a nice catch of recently fledged birds including numbers of Tree Sparrow, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch and a single Great-spotted Woodpecker. No further sign of the White-spotted Bluethroat despite plenty of people l
26 June 2013
Latest Sightings
Flood Ground Lapwings (with at least 11 juveniles) Oystercatcher 2 with 3 chicks Black-headed Gull 1 sitting birds and 1 bird with 3 chicks Moorhen & Mallard with Young Teal 10 Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 with 6 Cygnets Moorhen and Mallard young Folly Pond
26 June 2013
Today's bird highlights
Today’s highlights include whimbrel, 498 black tailed godwit, 6 bar tailed godwit, ruff, 2 greenshank, 4 Mediterranean gull, 2 common gull, 208 curlew, 9 redshank, 2 great crested grebe, 3 great spotted woodpecker, 24 lapwing, 4 little egret and 4 bullf
26 June 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 23 June 2013 included: Main Lake – 2 Shelducks with ducklings, 1 Little Grebe and 2 Gadwall Gravel Bank – 2 Shelduck with ducklings Fresh Water Lagoon – 2 Tufted Ducks with 9 ducklings Peninsula Salt Marsh – 2 Dunlin, 1 Ring
26 June 2013
26th June 2013 - Arundels reserve sightings
Morning All! What a beautiful day, sunny, dry and a light breeze. The Peregrines certainly think so they were flying over the reserve with a fresh catch this morning and are currently up on the hanger feeding. A couple of Buzzards and a Red kite have also
26 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 26th June 2013
10 Teal - scrape 2 Shoveler - main lake 1 Little Egret - scrape (p.m.) 2 Redshank adults with at least 1 juvenile visible - scrape 2 Blackcap - singing scrape, north side reservoir lagoon 1 Chiffchaff - singing wildside 1 Sedge Warbler - singing marsh &nb
26 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Spoonbill - 1 Lady Fen Hobby - 1 Yesterday afternoon the black-tailed godwit pair were right in front of the Nelson-Lyle hide with all 3 chicks. We've got some cracking footage and will be putting a video up on the website by the end of
26 June 2013