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Wildlife sightings for 8th August 2012
15 Shoveler – main lake and scrape 14 Teal – main lake 1 Green Sandpiper – scrape [...]
8 August 2012
Reserve news update – July 2012
Wildlife With the breeding season coming to a close on Wader Lake, all of the avocet adults and fledged young have departed site. Despite the floods at the end of June, 60 of the 82 pairs of nesting common tern have successfully fledged 50-60 young this y
7 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7 August
14 Shoveler – wader scrape 15 Teal – main lake, reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 1 Common Snipe – main lake 1 Kingfisher – wildside 2 Willow Warbler – wilds [...]
7 August 2012
Today's sightings
British Steel Hide 598 curlew 22 whimbrel 16 greenshank 112 redshank 267 black tailed godwits Brent goose Peregrine Sparrow hawk Buzzard 3 great crested grebe
6 August 2012
Today's sightings
British Steel Hide 598 curlew 22 whimbrel 16 greenshank 112 redshank 267 black tailed godwits Brent goose Peregrine Sparrow hawk Buzzard 3 great cres [...]
6 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 5th August 2012
1 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Common Sandpiper 8 Willow Warbler 5 Chiffchaff 1 Kingfisher 8 cetti’s Warbler 14 Shoveler 13 Teal [...]
5 August 2012
Flamingo researcher auf Deutsch
This week I have been in the same town of Bielefeld in north-east Germany, attending a workshop on developments in the field of animal social networks; how we can better understand what animals “get” out of the relationships that they form and why the
4 August 2012
Sightings will be updated Monday 6 Aug
Work is currently being carried out on our website so we won't be updating sightings (unless something very rare turns up) until Monday 6 August when the new site launches. In the meantime, yo [...]
3 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 2nd August 2012
2 Shoveler – scrape 11 Teal – main lake, scrape 1 Common Sandpiper – main lake 6 Common Tern – main lake 5 Cetti’s Warbler – resr lagoon, wil [...]
2 August 2012
Today's sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide) Lapwing - 152 Redshank - 2 Grey heron - 7 Common tern - 4 plus 2 young Black-headed gull - 6 plus 5 young Tufted duck - 6 plus 2 young Mallard - 28 Saline lagoon (AM low tide) Black-headed gull - 42 plus 16 young Grey hero
1 August 2012
WWT has first film entry to Wildscreen Festival
[gallery] WWT has, for the first time, had a film entry accepted into the Wildscreen Festival – one of the most prestigious and influential events in the wildlife and environmental filmmaking industry. The WWT Saving the Madagascar Pochard film follows
1 August 2012
Today's sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide) Lapwing - 152 Redshank - 2 Grey heron - 7 Common tern - 4 plus 2 young Black-headed gull - 6 plus 5 young Tufted duck - 6 plus 2 young Mallard - 2 [...]
1 August 2012
Wildlife sightings to 1st August 2012
13 Shoveler – main lake, scrape 6 Teal – main lake, scrape 1 new Little Grebe chick – sheltered lagoon 1 Chiffchaff – calling near sheltered lagoon 2 Blackcap & [...]
1 August 2012
Rare Dowitcher Bewitches Birdwatchers
Dowitcher by James Lees Hundreds of birdwatchers a day have been flocking to WWT Slimbridge to catch a rare glimpse of a Long-billed Dowitcher, a wading bird, not seen in Gloucestershire for 28 years and the currently
31 July 2012
Out on the reserve today
Water levels on the washes are still high and therefore conditions are not ideal for migrant waders. Yesterday we rotavated the edges of the pool in front of the visitor centre, these muddy edges are now perfect for waders to feed on, and should hope
31 July 2012